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Jim Mattis urges House to abandon Space Corps proposal
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has taken the unusual step of urging House lawmakers to reject a proposal to create a new Space Corps military service.Mattis warned the proposal would create a "narrower...
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There's a compelling reason scientists think we've never found aliens, and it...
Unchecked climate change would eventually lead to widespread devastation on Earth.Rising seas would inundate coastal cities like Miami, searing heat would increase human mortality, and acidic oceans...
View ArticleNASA released the closest-ever images of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
As NASA's Juno probe flew over Jupiter on July 10th, it snapped photographs of the planet's most iconic feature, the Great Red Spot. Following is a transcript of the video.This is our closest look at...
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The phrase 'dog days of summer' actually comes from the night sky
The days between July 3 and Aug. 11, often referred to as the "dog days of summer" are some of the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere. Contrary to popular thought, the burden these days place upon our...
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Scientists are floored by NASA's new photos of Jupiter's Great Red Spot —...
NASA's $1 billion Juno probe beamed back its latest photos of Jupiter on Wednesday, and the images are stunning.The eye-popping new pictures feature the closest-ever views of the Great Red Spot...
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot may die within your lifetime
Get a good look while you can: Jupiter's Great Red Spot is shrinking, and it might fade into memory within your lifetime.NASA's $1 billion Juno probe took stunning new photos of the tempest on Monday —...
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NASA just admitted it can’t afford to send humans to Mars
NASA has been talking about getting humans to Mars for years, and continues to provide updated plans for getting there. Unfortunately, though, NASA’s chief of human spaceflight, William H....
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Astronomers have detected 'strange signals' coming from a star 11 light-years...
Astronomers say they've detected "strange signals" coming from the direction of a small, dim star located about 11 light-years from Earth.Researchers picked up the mysterious signals on May 12 using...
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Millions of dollars' worth of Apollo moon-landing gear is about to be sold on...
In the market for a helium tank from an Apollo-era spacecraft? How about a bag to collect lunar soil samples? Or an authentic training checklist for launching to the moon?Welcome to the spectacle that...
View ArticleA new NASA video shows Pluto in exquisite detail
The New Horizons spacecraft traveled more than 3 billion miles to reach Pluto. Scientists at NASA have used the mission data to create flyovers that are even closer than the actual spacecraft. Video...
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China and Russia could cripple the US with a space attack, but the US is...
In 2007, China fired a missile that flew 537 miles above the earth and smashed one of its weather satellites, causing thousands of pieces of debris to drift endlessly through Earth's orbit. Just a year...
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This is what Buzz Aldrin was thinking when he left the moon
As the second man to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin has described what it was like to take his historic first steps.But what was he thinking when he left?When Business Insider asked this question, he...
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Google Street View now lets you explore the International Space Station
Google Street View gave flat-Earth truthers another reason to doubt their beliefs by opening up the air-locked doors to the International Space Station. Now anyone with access to the navigational tool...
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Astronomers have solved the mystery of 'strange signals' that appeared to...
Astronomers who detected "strange signals" that appeared to come from a small, dim star have finally gotten to the bottom of the mystery.Researchers first picked up what they now call the "Weird!"...
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A tiny satellite filmed a rocket launching 48 more tiny satellites into space
So far, humanity has launched more than 4,000 satellites into orbit above Earth.That may seem like a lot, but the party is just getting started.On July 14, a company called Planet Labs launched four...
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NASA once envisioned life after Earth in these funky floating colonies
When humans finally outstay their time on Earth, we're going to need a plan B.In the 1970s, physicists from Princeton University, the NASA Ames Research Center, and Stanford University imagined what...
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President Nixon had this 'MOON DISASTER' speech ready in case Apollo 11...
Three Apollo 11 astronauts went to the moon (two landed) and safely returned to Earth in July 1969.NASA knew the mission was very risky, so the White House prepared remarks in case the astronauts died....
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Scientists have found some of Mars’ youngest volcanoes – and they could have...
It may seem that Mars was once a much more exciting planet. True, there are dust storms and possible water-seeps occurring today, but billions of years ago it was a dramatic place with huge volcanoes,...
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The moon has more way more water than scientists thought, new study shows
There's way more water locked inside the Moon than we previously thought, according to a new analysis of satellite data.This unexpected finding about our planet's grey companion is giving scientists...
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There are 7 times more large comets in our solar system than scientists...
New research shows that the outskirts of our solar system are littered with many more large comets than has been previously estimated.These massive icy wanderers can take hundreds or thousands of years...
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