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Space travel can lead to new motor skills but impaired vision, according to a...
Summary List PlacementImagine you could throw the perfect bullseye, but you'd have to wear glasses to do it. That's a trade-off some space travelers may unwittingly make when they venture off the...
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Rocket Lab just launched its first spacecraft, transforming a leftover piece...
Summary List PlacementRocket Lab — a private rocket company — quietly launched its own satellite for the first time this week.Rocket Lab has been launching other firms' satellites aboard its Electron...
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A new simulation reveals what dark matter might look like if we could see it:...
Summary List PlacementLike a skeleton, dark matter provides the universe with structure.The elusive stuff is thought to make up about 85% of all matter in the universe, and scientists can measure the...
View ArticleHow NASA strategically paints its vehicles for space
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Getting one of NASA's vehicles into space takes engineering, aerodynamics, lots of science, and a special paint job. This is...
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Astronomers found a gas in Venus' clouds that could signal alien life
Summary List PlacementAstronomers have assumed for some time that the best places to hunt for extraterrestrial life in our solar system are on Jupiter and Saturn's moons or on Mars. But new research...
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I'm one of 4 astronauts in history to have piloted a space shuttle. Here's...
Summary List PlacementNinety-nine percent of my time outside during spacewalks was spent working. I almost always had a face full of equipment and station structure, and I was constantly keeping track...
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In a lucky coincidence, a spacecraft is scheduled to fly by Venus just weeks...
Summary List PlacementOn Monday, astronomers announced an exciting discovery about Venus' clouds: They seem to contain phosphine, a toxic and flammable gas that could be a sign of life. On Earth, the...
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The Hubble telescope captured a stunning photo of the distant spiral galaxy...
Summary List PlacementThirty-five million light-years away sits a mammoth spiral galaxy.Its distinct arms, where stars and gas are compressed, create the illusion of an eye — which is why astronomers...
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The universe likely has trillions of planets made primarily of diamonds,...
Summary List PlacementOn Earth, diamonds are considered precious partly because they're fairly rare: The planet's diamond content is about .001%. But on other planets in the universe, diamonds may be...
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A scientist's quick animation reveals that Earth has two types of day. Humans...
Summary List PlacementHow long does it take Earth to complete a 360-degree rotation? Not quite 24 hours, it turns out — it's precisely 23 hours and 56 minutes.But because Earth is constantly moving...
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The world's first reality show in space plans to send one winner on a 10-day...
Summary List PlacementAn unusual new reality show plans to blast an ordinary person into space aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship.Space Hero Inc., a US-based media production company, is developing...
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Russia's top space official tried to claim that the planet Venus belongs to...
Summary List PlacementThe head of the Russian space agency has staked the country's claim on Venus, saying this week that it is a "Russian planet."Dmitry Rogozin, who is the director general of Russian...
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New types of polar lights are upending what we know about the aurora. Amateur...
Summary List PlacementThe colorful lights that dance across polar skies create beautiful displays, but they also reveal mysteries about how planets, space, and the sun interact.Though humans have been...
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The fall equinox comes on Tuesday. A planetary scientist's simple animation...
Summary List PlacementThe fall equinox comes this Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. ET.Although not the best time to balance an egg (that's an old wives' tale), the equinox heralds the coming of autumn, cooler...
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A striking new photo of Jupiter shows the Great Red Spot is shrinking – and...
Summary List PlacementMajestic Jupiter, our solar system's belligerent big brother, is putting its best side forward. A sharp new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the giant planet's wild,...
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NASA's Hubble space telescope captured the ribbon of a supernova blast that...
Summary List PlacementWhen a star runs out of the nuclear fuel burning at its core, it collapses under its own weight. This death is so violent and sudden that it sends out a shock wave that hits the...
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NASA just unveiled its step-by-step plan to land astronauts on the moon via...
Summary List PlacementNASA has released its first full plan for its Artemis missions, which aim to put the first woman on the moon and the first man since 1972. The plan calls for a lunar landing in...
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'Unknown' space debris almost flew within 1 mile of the International Space...
Summary List PlacementA "piece of unknown space debris" passed within several kilometers of the International Space Station on Tuesday night, NASA said in a blog post.Engineers predicted the mystery...
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NASA is developing a new space toilet for moon-bound astronauts — but the...
Summary List PlacementNASA is actively preparing to send astronauts back to the moon for the first time since 1972. The agency plans to send a crew on a 10-day flyby around the moon in 2023 on its...
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