French researchers will pay young men $16,000 to lie in bed and do nothing...
Scientists are currently looking for 24 fit and healthy men to take part in an experiment that will study the effects of microgravity on their bodies.Researchers have nearly completed the first round...
View ArticleA group of college students have a plan to brew beer on the moon in a...
While NASA is attempting to grow potatoes and greens in space-like conditions, a group of engineering students have another goal: brewing beer on the moon.They have invented a device they believe can...
View ArticleNASA will destroy a $3.26 billion Saturn probe this summer to protect an...
The Cassini spacecraft, which launched toward Saturn in 1997, is running low on fuel.To avoid accidentally crashing into and contaminating a nearby moon that may harbor alien life, NASA is going to...
View ArticleAstronauts now have a sweet 1,340-foot zip line they can use to evacuate...
No one wants to have to evacuate a burning spacecraft at the last minute before launch. But if you had to do it, the zip line — or "Emergency Egress System"— designed to help astronauts evacuate the...
View ArticleThe fascinating and terrible things that would happen to you if you tried to...
In the book "What if?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions" by Randall Munroe, it is possible to picture some unpractical scenarios by using science. According to the book, we...
View ArticleFor thousands of dollars, Amazon's Jeff Bezos will send you to space for 10...
Jeff Bezos wants to send you to space, but you won't be up there for very long. In a recent report by The New York Times about Bezos selling $1 billion in Amazon stock to finance his Blue Origin space...
View ArticleThe length of Saturn's day is still a mystery, but a doomed space probe may...
The length of Saturn's day isn't precisely known, but is estimated to be about 10.5 hours.It's hard to determine because the planet is shrouded in clouds that go thousands of miles deep.However, the...
View ArticleJohn Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, has been laid to rest in...
US flags worldwide were ordered flown at half-staff on Thursday as astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, was laid to rest with military honors.Glenn died in December 2016 at the age...
View ArticleThis one-of-a-kind rocket is designed to reach space in just 5 minutes
This rocket is about to change space travel. The Haas 2CA rocket is designed by the ARCA Space Corporation. It's set to be the cheapest rocket of its kind, and could get to space faster and cheaper...
View ArticleThe American flags on the moon are disintegrating
The photos have stood the test of time: A spacesuit-clad Apollo astronaut stands proudly next to a red-white-and-blue American flag, his national trophy telling the lonely world "the United States was...
View ArticleAn Oxford mathematician explains how time might have existed before the Big Bang
Marcus du Sautoy, mathematician and author of The Great Unknown, explained why we don't really know what happened before the Big Bang.He told Business Insider: "We’re really not too sure and in fact,...
View ArticleWatch 3 space station crew members return from the ISS in 90 seconds
The Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and Russian space agency cosmonauts Sergy Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko landed safely on April 10 in Kazakhstan. The three were crew members...
View ArticleNASA is about to hold a press conference on the 'search for life beyond Earth'
NASA will hold a major press conference on ocean worlds in our own solar system, it has said.The agency will reveal results that will inform the "broader search for life beyond Earth" at the mysterious...
View ArticleJeff Bezos doesn't want his Blue Origin passengers to poop or pee in space
Blue Origin owner (and Amazon CEO) Jeff Bezos has a message for wannabe space tourists: Hold it until you land!Speaking to a crowd at a conference in Colorado Springs, Bezos said that the trip on his...
View ArticleWATCH LIVE: NASA is revealing new discoveries about alien ocean worlds
Earth's bounty of liquid, life-giving water is not unique.The solar system is teeming with ocean worlds, including ice-covered moons like Saturn's Enceladus and Jupiter's Europa. Beneath their thick,...
View ArticleNASA has found evidence that an ice-covered moon of Saturn could sustain...
Enceladus is a icy moon of Saturn that hides an ocean and sprays water into space.NASA's Cassini spacecraft detected gases on Enceladus that some Earth-based bacteria feed on.The gases likely come from...
View ArticleThe Trump transition team seems to have asked NASA about mining on the moon
Donald Trump's transition team asked NASA for details on its for-profit partnerships, and sought information about the potential to mine resources on the moon, according to a trove of internal...
View ArticleNASA just filmed a 'potentially hazardous' asteroid flying near Earth that's...
Astronomers are taking radar images of a "potentially hazardous asteroid" named 2014 JO25.The space rock looks like a peanut and may be as big as some of the tallest skyscrapers on Earth.It will safely...
View ArticleThe first Mars astronauts may be trapped inside of a tube for 3 years with no...
NASA has finally revealed details about its plan to send astronauts to Mars.The plan calls for building an outpost to orbit the moon and test Mars hardware.A crew of four may have to spend up to three...
View Article10 gut-wrenching pleas from astronauts to save planet Earth
Floating hundreds of miles above Earth, astronauts have an unparalleled and beautiful view of the planet.But that view also lets them look down on the devastating effects of climate change, wildfires,...
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