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How Elon Musk's 'UFO on a stick' devices may turn SpaceX internet subscribers...
In 2020, SpaceX plans to launch 60 Starlink satellites every two weeks, ostensibly to create a functional global internet service by the end of the year.Customers would connect to Starlink using what...
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Scientists detected ripples in space and time from a potentially new class of...
Large collisions in space, like those between black holes or neutron stars, create ripples in space-time called gravitational waves. The phenomenon was first predicted by Albert Einstein.The Laser...
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A meteor that struck Australia brought indestructible stardust more ancient...
In 1969, a 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite struck Murchison, Australia.The meteorite contained fragments of stardust called presolar grains.This stardust is between between 5 billion and 7 billion years...
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A rare chemical that helped DNA form may have come to Earth on comets from...
Phosphorus is key in forming DNA and giving rise to life on Earth, but the element is rare in the universe.Scientists don't know how Earth got its phosphorus, but scientists just found...
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A second planet might orbit the closest star to the sun, and astronomers...
Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun, might have a second planet in its orbit, according to a new study.Astronomers think the planet, called Proxima c, is a super-Earth that formed far from...
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A 17-year-old intern at NASA discovered a new planet on his 3rd day on the job
A 17-year-old intern at NASA discovered a new planet on his third day on the job.Wolf Cukier, then a junior in high school, was interning at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland when he made...
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Elon Musk says he plans to send 1 million people to Mars by 2050 by launching...
Elon Musk recently shared details on Twitter about his plans to send 1 million people to Mars by 2050. The SpaceX founder said there would be "a lot of jobs" in the city he hopes to build on Mars.Musk...
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NASA asked kids to name its new Mars rover, and the 9 finalists include...
NASA plans to launch its next Mars rover in July. The robot will search for signs of ancient alien life and collect rock samples.Kids across the country submitted 28,000 essays in a contest to name the...
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New, detailed pictures of planets, moons, and comets are neither photos nor...
Visualizing distant planets, moons, and comets in our solar system can be challenging.Typically, astronomers use images from NASA missions or artistic renditions to show what space objects look...
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Vintage NASA images reveal the agency's earliest feats, from launching the...
The US has been launching spacecraft since 1950, but NASA formed in 1958.Vintage photos show the space agency's earliest missions — from training the first astronauts to creating the golden record it...
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SpaceX's license to launch hundreds of internet satellites may have violated...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave SpaceX a green light to launch a constellation of thousands of internet satellites, called Starlink. But some astronomers worry that the bright...
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India wants to send a legless, female humanoid robot called 'Vyommitra' into...
India has unveiled a "female" humanoid robot which it plans to send into space in 2020 as part of an unmanned mission.The robot, which doesn't have any legs, is called 'Vyommitra'. A prototype of the...
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SpaceX is poised to launch astronauts into space this spring. Here's how...
SpaceX completed an explosive test on Sunday that showed its Crew Dragon capsule can whisk astronauts to safety in the event of a rocket failure.The test was part of NASA's Commercial Crew program, a...
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NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will be the first to fly SpaceX's...
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will be the first to fly SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship— and probably the first people in history to fly any commercial spaceship.SpaceX CEO Elon Musk...
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Big Bird almost rode the Challenger space shuttle, but his costume saved him
Big Bird almost went on the Challenger space shuttle to teach kids about space.The shuttle's explosion on January 28, 1986 killed seven crew members.The beloved Sesame Street character wasn't on board...
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A dead NASA space telescope and an old Air Force satellite have a 1-in-10...
A dead NASA telescope and an old US Air Force satellite have up to a 1-in-10 chance of crashing in space above Pittsburgh on Wednesday evening.Experts called the odds "dangerous" and "alarming," since...
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The most detailed photos and videos of the sun's surface ever captured reveal...
The highest-resolution photos and video ever taken of the sun's surface show it covered in Texas-sized blobs of boiling plasma.The images come from the new Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawai'i.By working...
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Aurora chasers discovered and filmed a new type of aurora that reaches across...
Amateur northern-lights chasers made a rare discovery: a new type of aurora, which they dubbed "the dunes."The new aurora reaches horizontally across the sky in long green fingers, and it could help...
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Watch 57,000 planned satellites swarm Earth within 9 years in a stunning new...
SpaceX, Amazon, OneWeb, and other companies plan to collectively launch as many as 57,000 new satellites before the end of 2030.A new animation by aerospace data firm Analytical Graphics, Inc. shows...
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A Silicon Valley startup is developing 'digital' drugs to buck up US troops...
AeBeZe Labs has patented "digital pharmaceuticals" and has a development contract with the US Air Force. These systems could one day be used to monitor troops in space.The technology keeps a record of...
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