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Russia and Europe are about to land a robot on Mars
Cross your fingers for good weather on the Red Planet on October 19.That's the day the European Space Agency's Schiaparelli lander pops open its parachute, fires nine, liquid-fueled thrusters and...
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There may be far, far more galaxies in the universe than scientists thought
When astronomers first trained the Hubble Space Telescope on the deepest, darkest patch of the night sky, they knew they'd see a lot of faint, never-before-seen galaxies.And they did. Ten years of...
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27 amazing photos that show what it was like to work for NASA throughout the...
There are only 45 active NASA astronauts in the world today — and fewer than 300 former ones since the organization's inception in 1958.But it's a highly sought-after job.In 2016, a whopping 18,300...
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A major meteor shower peaks this week. Here's how to watch
Orionid meteors will streak across the night sky as the shower is set to peak late this week.The Orionid meteor shower is a moderate shower that produces about 25 meteors per hour on the peak...
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TONIGHT: Millions of Americans will be able to see a rocket streak across the...
It's a very good night to be a rocket geek on the East Coast.As Maddie Stone highlighted over at Gizmodo, an Antares rocket launch at 7:40 p.m. just off the coast of Maryland should be visible across...
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Stephen Hawking's alien-hunting project is investigating strange signals from...
Astronomers have been analysing light signals from 2.5 million stars observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and have detected strange 'strobe-like' bursts coming from not one, but 234 stars.The pair...
View ArticleA new study reveals an exciting, newly-discovered exoplanet could be covered...
Exoplanet Proxima b, the closest one to Earth, may be home to a 124-mile deep ocean and marine life.Follow BI Video: On TwitterJoin the conversation about this story »
View ArticleEurope and Russia are about to make history by landing a spacecraft on Mars
The European-led Mars lander is approaching the Red Planet as part of the ExoMars mission between the European Space Agency and Russia's Roscosmos.The lander will be searching for signs of alien life...
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2 Russians and an American are headed for the International Space Station
Baikonur (Kazakhstan) (AFP) — Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut soared into orbit in a Soyuz spacecraft Wednesday to begin a two-day journey to the International Space Station.NASA's Shane...
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The fate of Europe's Mars lander is unknown — watch live as a crucial signal...
Update: The Schiaparelli lander may have crashed. Read our full story here.If all went well around 10:48 a.m. EDT Wednesday, a joint European-Russian probe called the Schiaparelli lander safely plopped...
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Europe's Mars lander may have crashed into the robot graveyard that is the...
"Somewhere within this frame, there is a new robot on Mars," science journalist Corey Powell quipped on Twitter.The question, however, is whether the spacecraft is intact and struggling to make contact...
View ArticleThere’s a supermassive black hole so close to Earth that astronomers can see...
Black holes are more common than you may think. There’s even one in our galaxy. Close enough for scientists to actually observe its destructive nature.Follow Tech Insider: On FacebookJoin the...
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NASA's $1 billion Jupiter probe has suffered 2 big problems in 2 days
NASA's tennis court-size Juno probe is in a bit of a sticky situation 600 million miles from Earth.Just days before Juno swooped by Jupiter on Wednesday morning — its second 130,000 mph flyby since...
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One of the most violent battles in the galaxy has finally been photographed
About 7,500 light-years from Earth, two of our galaxy's most massive stars have engaged in a mysterious war that's raged off-and-on for millennia.Called Eta Carinae, the double-star system is shrouded...
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234 stars seem to be emitting alien-like signals
Too often, when we encounter a seemingly inexplicable occurrence in space, we automatically think Aha! Aliens!It's not exactly best practice to jump into declaring extraterrestrial life with a snap of...
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European Space Agency: Experimental probe crash-landed and may have exploded...
BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency says its experimental Mars probe crash-landed and may have exploded when it hit the surface of the red planet Wednesday.NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has...
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A giant black hole may have birthed our universe
According to our best understanding of the Universe, if you travel back in time as far as you can, around 13.8 billion years or so, you'll eventually reach a singularity - a super-dense, hot, and...
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Europe's lost Mars lander probably 'exploded on impact' — see the photos
When the European Space Agency (ESA) lost contact with its Schiaparelli lander on October 19, the probe was headed toward its doom: a 60-second free-fall that ended in an explosion — and a new crater...
View ArticleJust because we haven’t found aliens doesn’t mean they haven’t found us
At one point or another most of us have wondered whether aliens really do exist. Here are some haunting scientific reasons why we haven't yet discovered extraterrestrial life.Produced by Eames Yates....
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Elon Musk is about to test the 'trickiest' part of his Mars spaceship — a...
Less than a month ago, Elon Musk shared his audacious plan to launch a million people to Mars and beyond, all in hopes of backing up humanity for if and when some future apocalyptic calamity dooms...
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