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The First Sample From A Rock On Mars Isn't Red — It's White!
A couple of weeks ago, NASA's Curiosity rover used the drill on her robotic arm for the first time to drill into a Martian rock and collect a powered sample from the inside of that rock. The rock,...
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Gigantic Sunspot Grows In 48 Hours
During a 48-hour period, between Feb. 19 and Feb. 20, scientists watched a massive sunspot form on the surface of the sun. The spot is more than than six Earths in diameter, and could potentially be...
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It's Raining Plasma On The Sun [VIDEO]
Loops of superheated plasma far larger than Earth rain down on the solar surface in a dazzling video captured by a NASA sun-watching spacecraft.NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) watched as a...
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This Millionaire Is Reportedly Planning A Trip To Mars Within Five Years
Millionaire Dennis Tito, 72, became the first private citizen to fly into space in 2001. Now the entrepreneur, who made is fortune as the founder of California-based investment firm Wilshire...
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Space Robots Aren't Even Close To Being As Capable As Humans
WASHINGTON, DC — Space robots have been in the news a lot lately. We have the Curiosity rover on Mars doing science and other rovers, landers, and orbiters studying the planets in our solar system and...
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NASA's 'Mohawk Guy' Bobak Ferdowsi On The Perks Of NASA, Space Camp, And His...
This is part of our series on the Sexiest Scientists Alive.Bobak Ferdowsi, the mystery man who made waves over the summer for his rocker hairdo during NASA's Curiosity Rover landing on Mars, has...
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Lisa Randall Brings Theoretical Physics To The Masses
This is part of our series on the Sexiest Scientists Alive.It's refreshing to see one of the most highly-cited thinkers in theoretical physics being a good sport about topping our selection of the...
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Scientists Track Down The Origins Of The Russian Meteor
Earlier this month, a medium-sized meteoroid entered Earth's atmosphere, leading to an explosion over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk that blew out windows, caused walls to collapse, and injured more...
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The Snow Moon Is Tonight
Turn your eyes toward the sky tonight — the snow moon will be making an appearance. The snow moon is actually just the name for a full moon that occurs in February and refers to the time of year...
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A 'Nation-Busting' Asteroid Could Hit Earth In 2036
Theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku appeared on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" last night to discuss the potential of Earth-smashing asteroids. Even small asteroids, like the one that recently...
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Here's The Plan To Cram A Married Couple Into A Tiny Space Capsule For 18 Months
Last week, multimillionaire Dennis Tito, 72, announced in a press release that he was planning "a historic journey to Mars and back" in January 2018. More details were revealed in a news conference in...
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Here's What Tomorrow's SpaceX Capsule Will Bring To The Space Station
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft will launch from Cape Canaveral on Friday, March 1, performing its second NASA-funded cargo shipping mission to the International Space Station.They will be bringing 1,268...
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Researchers Found A 40 Pound Meteorite In Antarctica
Meteorite hunters at the bottom of the world bagged a rare find this southern summer: a 40-pound (18 kilogram) chunk of extraterrestrial rock.A team from Belgium and Japan discovered the hefty...
View ArticleSpaceX Dragon Thruster Failures Means The Capsule Won't Rendezvous With The...
After thruster malfunctions following launch this morning, the SpaceX Dragon Capsule, meant to deliver important cargo to the International Space Station, though the problem has been fixed, the NASA...
View ArticleALL FOUR SpaceX Dragon Thrusters Are Working Again
All four of the Dragon capsule's thrusters are working normally again, Elon Musk announced on twitter:Thruster pods one through four are now operating nominally. Preparing to raise orbit. All systems...
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Take A Tour Of The Bouncy Castle That Will Be Shipped To Space
Astronauts on the International Space Station will get a fun addition to their space home-away-from-home in 2015. Their new annex is an inflatable balloon to be clamped to the side of the ISS first as...
View ArticleSpaceX Dragon Capsule Will Dock With The ISS Sunday Morning
After thruster issues after launch on Friday, the SpaceX Dragon capsule containing cargo bound for the International Space Station had to miss this morning's planned docking with the space station.The...
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China Will Launch Another Manned Space Mission This Summer
China announced Thursday (Feb. 28) that it will send three astronauts to space this summer on a docking mission to its orbiting lab, according to news reports.Carrying three Chinese astronauts the...
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For The Best View Of The Comet Pan-STARRS, Grab A Ticket On This Plane
Any German-speaking tourist willing to shell out about 500 bucks (359EU) has a shot at getting a seat on a two-hour flight to watch the Pan-STARRS comet, expected to be most visible to Earth on March...
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Our Galactic Neighbor Is Up To 40,000 Light-Years Closer To Us Than We Thought
Using high-powered telescopes and a sophisticated system of measurement, scientists know the distance of a neighboring galaxy more accurately than ever before. The study measured the Large Magellanic...
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