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Congress is taking Trump's call for a military 'Space Force' seriously
President Donald Trump said that the US might create a "Space Force" dedicated to military operations in outer space at a speech given to Marines in California on Tuesday.While the idea has been mocked...
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A brief history of Stephen Hawking's time on planet Earth in one chart
Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist who pioneered new understandings of black holes, the universe, and how much one person can achieve.Hawking died early in the morning on March 14, 2018 — Pi...
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One of the last TV shows starring Stephen Hawking is now streaming for free —...
Stephen Hawking died at age 76 on Wednesday.The world-renowned physicist worked on an Emmy Award-winning TV show called "Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places" before he passed away.In the show, Hawking...
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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly shared what it was REALLY like to live in space...
AstronautScott Kelly spent a year aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to study the effects of space travel on the human body. His identical twin brother and former NASA astronaut, Mark Kelly,...
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8 weird things that happen to your body if you live in space for a year like...
In the name of science, former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly shoved himself into the top of a rocket, accelerated to 17,500 mph, and fell around Earth for 340 days — nearly an entire year.The lack of...
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The brightest object in the night sky is a disco-ball-like satellite — and...
The Humanity Star is part of California-based company Rocket Lab's entry into the global space-industry scene.The 65-sided, carbon-fiber, mirrored sphere launched over a month and a half ago and is...
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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly thinks we should never have all humans on Earth at...
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly lived on the International Space Station for a year-long mission to see how living in space changes the human body.But the ISS might come to an early end, since President...
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Astronaut Scott Kelly: 'I think that China will overtake the US in the space...
Scott Kelly, a former NASA astronaut who lived in space for nearly a year, visited the offices of Business Insider.Commercial companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin, Boeing, and others are hoping to...
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The spacecraft that discovered most of the Earth-like planets we know about...
NASA's Kepler space telescope, which first launched in 2009 with the goal of finding new exoplanets, is running out of fuel 94 million miles from Earth's orbit.The NASA spacecraft has discovered...
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See the incredible 57-year evolution of US spacesuits — and new models that...
Space may be the final frontier, but it's also inaccessible — and deadly— to human beings without a good spacesuit.For 57 years, NASA and US companies have met the call to protect high-flying...
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'Holy shite, what am I seeing out here?': 7 astronauts reveal what it really...
Seeing our planet from space is a rare treat — fewer than 540 people have ever left the Earth.Seven astronauts who've blasted off from our planet with NASA came together this week for the premiere of...
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The 2018 spring equinox has arrived — here's what it is and how it works
The vernal (or spring) equinox of 2018 happens Tuesday, March 20.Earth's rotation does not cause equinoxes.Equinoxes occur when Earth's tilted axis is perpendicular to the sun's rays.During an equinox...
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot may have only 10 to 20 years left before it disappears
NASA's $1 billion Juno spacecraft flew over the Great Red Spot in July 2017.The probe provided the closest-ever photographs of the gigantic storm.However, planetary scientists think the Great Red Spot...
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What 'Mercury in retrograde' really means — and why it can't tell you...
Mercury retrograde — or more scientifically, Mercury apparent retrograde motion — is a real phenomenon.It's an optical illusion that astronomers can observe as Mercury speeds past the Earth a few times...
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China's 9.4-ton space station is about to fall from the sky — and no one is...
A Chinese space station called Tiangong-1, or "Heavenly Palace," is about to crash to Earth.The 9.4-ton spacecraft will fall from the sky around April 1, break up, and sprinkle debris over Earth's...
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A California man who believes the Earth is flat launched himself almost 2,000...
"Mad" Mike Hughes, a self-described rocket scientist, launched himself almost 2,000 feet in the air in a homemade rocket over the weekend.He landed hard, and his rocket got dinged, but he is otherwise...
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Elon Musk has published a new study about his ambitious plans to colonize...
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has authored a second academic study, published this month in the journal New Space.The paper describes SpaceX's current plans for starting a Mars colony with a fully reusable...
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A space junk disaster is a real possibility — here's how the US government...
China's school-bus-size Tiangong-1 modular space station is expected to fall to Earth in a fiery blaze on or around Easter Sunday.The US government is tracking the orbit of Tiangong-1 and about 23,000...
View ArticleWhat living on Earth would be like without the moon
Following is a transcript of the video.Our moon is on the move. Each year, it drifts an estimated 1.5 inches further away from Earth. And in the process, Earth's rotation is actually slowing down. What...
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The second blue moon of 2018 is about to arrive — here's what that means and...
On March 31, much of the world will get to see the second blue moon of the year, making this a rare double-blue moon year.That's according to a newer definition of the term "blue moon"— it would be...
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