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There's a compelling explanation for why we've never found aliens — and it...
An important existential question about human survival is also relevant to the search for alien life: Is it possible for a civilization to survive long enough to explore the stars?A new paper suggests...
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Elon Musk says a new study about aliens gives humans even more reason to...
Elon Musk says we need to colonize space because we may be the only intelligent civilization.His comments were inspired by a draft study from Oxford University researchers that looks at the Drake...
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is embroiled in a public feud with his kids over...
Buzz Aldrin, the former NASA astronaut who was the second man to step foot on the moon, is embroiled in a legal battle with his children.They are feuding over control of Aldrin's finances, as well as...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old who just defeated a powerful House...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old Democrat, defeated incumbent Joseph Crowley in a New York primary race on Tuesday.The House of Representatives nominee happens to have a space rock named after...
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NASA 'tasted' complex organic compounds in a blast of water from one of...
Enceladus, an ice-encrusted moon of Saturn, hides an ocean of saltwater that blasts ice into space.NASA flew its Cassini spacecraft through the ice geysers in 2015.Scientists continue to analyze the...
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The space between Earth and the moon is mind-boggling. This graphic reveals...
The moon is far away from Earth — very, very far away.But don't take our word for it: Scroll from the moon to the Earth yourself in a new interactive graphic.The graphic also reveals interesting...
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SpaceX's pre-dawn rocket launch made a spectacular 'Dragon's Tail' that...
SpaceX launched a Dragon ship to the International Space Station just before dawn on Friday.The launch of the Falcon 9 rocket created a miles-high pillar of exhaust stretching toward space.One witness...
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NASA just launched 20 mice into space on a SpaceX rocket while their...
NASA just launched 20 mice to the International Space Station to study how the stress of space impacts the microbiome. A set of 20 other mice are staying on Earth.Scientists on the ISS and in a US lab...
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How large asteroids must be to destroy a city, state, country, or the planet
Scientists who study asteroids often say that Earth is drifting through a cosmic shooting gallery.Some angry space rocks, like the recent Chelyabinsk meteorite that exploded over Russia, are big enough...
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This seasoned NASA astronaut wore SpaceX and Boeing's new spacesuits — here's...
SpaceX and Boeing designed and built new spacesuits for NASA's Commercial Crew program.Spacesuits can protect astronauts if a spaceship unexpectedly leaks or depressurizes.Sunita "Suni" Williams, who's...
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Buzz Aldrin, who walked on the moon, wants the lunar surface to become a...
Buzz Aldrin, the second person to step foot on the moon, wants humans to go back to the lunar surface.But this time, Aldrin told Business Insider, he envisions the moon as a launch pad for missions to...
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Astronomers caught a planet being born for the first time in a stunning new...
Astronomers on Monday confirmed they've taken the first picture of a newborn planet.The planet, called PDS 70b, is about 370 light-years from Earth and orbits a young star.Although the distant...
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Scientists use this formula, called the Drake equation, to explore the chance...
Nearly half of Americans believe aliens have visited Earth, according to a poll.The Drake equation explores the chances that detectable alien civilizations exist using seven variables.While some...
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This mysterious space object is baffling astronomers all over the world
Two telescopes that are part of the ATLAS project, Hawaii, came across an unnaturally bright explosion in the sky in mid-June.The flash was about ten times brighter than a normal supernova.Astronomers...
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Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin plans to land on the moon by 2023
Blue Origin, the space flight project launched by Jeff Bezos in 2000, has set a goal to reach the moon by 2023. The plan, named Blue Moon, is aimed at preparing the moon for an eventually permanent...
View ArticleSuper-Earths are real and they could be an even better place for life than Earth
What is a super-Earth? Exactly what it sounds like: It's a planet that's similar to Earth but larger. And astronomers are realizing that super-Earths may be one of the most common planets in our...
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NASA's Mars Opportunity rover is celebrating its 15th birthday with a nap...
NASA's Opportunity Mars rover was built to last just 90 Martian sols, or 92 Earth days. But the scrappy machine shocked engineers by lasting far longer than that. The rover is now celebrating 15 years...
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Astronaut Chris Hadfield says we could have gone to Mars decades ago — here's...
Former astronaut Chris Hadfield has flown on three space missions and spent nearly half a year in orbit.People could have landed on Mars"decades ago" if we'd really wanted to, Hadfield said, but such...
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More delay, cost for NASA's next-generation space telescope
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) —NASA's next-generation space telescope has been delayed yet again at a staggering cost of $1 million a day.For the third time in less than a year, the space agency announced...
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Strange, beautiful 'Manhattanhenge' sunsets are about to happen in New York City
Manhattanhenge happens when a sunset aligns perfectly with New York City's gridded streets.In 2018, the next Manhattanhenge will happen on July 12 and 13.A few city streets and locations offer the best...
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