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NASA is in a strange and expensive pickle with the Russians
NASA, in dealing with Russia's monopoly on human spaceflight, is hoping Boeing can help — that is, by buying tickets the company owns for rides aboard Russian rockets.When NASA retired its last space...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson: Here's how long you could survive on each planet in our...
We know how long a human could survive on a summer day on Mars without a spacesuit. (Answer: not long at all.) But what about the other planets in our solar system? Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks it...
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This is the closest-ever photo of a 'wavemaker moon' that hides out in...
While trucks across the northwestern US pushed around snow this week, a Mount Everest-size rock near Saturn continued a multicentury effort of clearing its own lane in the planet's expansive disc of...
View ArticleNASA just released over 100 images of Pluto — and it’s breathtaking
NASA released this video made from over 100 high-resolution images taken of the former planet Pluto. It gives us a never-before-seen view of the details on the surface.Video courtesy of NASAFollow Tech...
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This new Periodic Table shows the astounding origins of every atom in your body
In the first episode of his famous TV series about space, "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage," the late astronomer Carl Sagan wastes no time dramatically setting the stage."The surface of the Earth is the...
View ArticleThere's a $10 million precious stone hidden in plain sight at Grand Central
Grand Central Terminal is one of the busiest train terminals on earth, with more than 700,000 people coming through the doors every day. Whether they're traveling or simply visiting the beautiful New...
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A new full-disk view of Earth is now live that's 4 times more detailed than...
Below is one of the most detailed full-disk photos of Earth ever taken — and the US government is now downloading a fresh version of it every 15 minutes.The unprecedented view, taken on January 15 at...
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Here's the true story behind those strange 'alien' signals from outer space
Every so often, we hear about a strange radio signal winging its way Earthward from the cold, lifeless depths of outer space. Suddenly, bored news personnel around the world come alive and begin...
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Something mysterious is killing 11,000 nearby galaxies
New research published January 17, 2017 by a global team of researchers focused on 11,000 relatively nearby galaxies and asked why their gas — their lifeblood for the formation of new stars — is being...
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An asteroid is about to slip between Earth and the moon — the second near...
Less than 3 weeks ago, while America was getting the kids to school and arriving at work, an asteroid the size of a building slipped past Earth from a distance about halfway to the moon.Now a similar...
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Boeing just unveiled its slick new 'Starliner' spacesuit to protect a new...
NASA isn't thrilled about having to pay Russia billions of dollars to launch US astronauts on Russian rockets inside of Russian spacesuits.But that's the current spaceflight pickle the space agency...
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We just got one of the best looks at Jupiter ever
If you’ve ever wanted to know what it would be like to hang above Jupiter’s clouds, here you go. This absolutely stunning view of Jupiter’s northern latitudes shows incredible detail of gas giant’s...
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UK SPACE AGENCY BOSS: Brexit won't derail our mission to discover life on Mars
LONDON — The stratospheric ambitions of the British space industry and its role in discovering life on Mars will not be blown off course by Brexit, according to the UK Space Agency boss.Chief executive...
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The UK Space Agency CEO has a simple theory on why Elon Musk can realise his...
LONDON — The UK Space Agency CEO has a simple theory on why Elon Musk can realise his ambition of conquering Mars by 2022: Never underestimate human ambition.Katherine Courtney — who has overseen...
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Astronomers have filmed 4 planets orbiting an alien solar system
Located about 129 light years from Earth in the direction of the Pegasus constellation is the relatively young star system of HR 8799.Beginning in 2008, four orbiting exoplanets were discovered in this...
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Earth is bombarding the moon with oxygen
Life on Earth may have made its mark on the moon billions of years before Neil Armstrong's famous first step.Observations by Japan's moon-orbiting Kaguya spacecraft suggest that oxygen atoms from...
View ArticleHow this astronaut overcame failure and rejection to land his dream job
Astronaut and "Spaceman" author Mike Massimino has made two trips to space, one of which was spent servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.He put his odds at achieving his dream career at .0000001....
View ArticleThis super powerful telescope is helping astronomers understand the first...
Astronomers are using the Chandra X-Ray observatory, a powerful, space-based telescope, to examine the first black holes. These black holes appeared in the first one to two billion years after the Big...
View ArticleNASA released the most detailed images of Saturn ever taken — and they’re...
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is on a daredevil mission that is taking it closer to the planet Saturn than it has been in over a decade. In December, the spacecraft skimmed by Saturn's outer rings,...
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NASA just captured some of the most amazing images of Saturn's icy rings ever
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured some of the closest-ever views of Saturn's rings, with new images revealing unprecedented levels of detail in the massive discs of icy particles orbiting the...
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