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Morgan Freeman Visited The Large Hadron Collider — Where They Found The God...
Morgan Freeman visited the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) tunnel yesterday, where CERN scientists discovered the the "God Particle,"a type of Higgs Boson.Freeman visited the LHC before hosting the...
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Researchers Just Found A New Type Of Supernova
Astronomers have discovered a new kind of supernova, a star explosion so weak that scientists dubbed it a miniature stellar blast.Supernovas represent the deaths of stars, which collapse in powerful...
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This incredible film from The Planetary Collective does a great job of showing what astronauts call "The Overview Effect"— the feeling you get when you see the "blue marble" of the Earth floating in...
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NASA's Transport Guppy Can Eat Whole Planes
Have you ever seen a plane eat a plane? NASA's Super Guppy transport plane can swallow everything from rockets to International Space Station modules to trainer aircraft, which fit inside its humongous...
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The Earth And Moon Are So Bright In This Picture, They Make The Stars Invisible
Canadian commander Chris Hadfield tweeted this picture of the full moon from the International Space Station. When asked why we can't stars or planets behind the moon — just endless black — Hadfield...
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Scientists Announce First Evidence Of Dark Matter
On Wednesday, an international team of scientists announced the first results from the most powerful cosmic ray particle detector ever deployed in space to hunt for dark matter.The $1.6 billion Alpha...
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Here's What We Know About Dark Matter
On Wednesday, NASA and European Space Agency scientists announced that they've detected the first hints of dark matter from a detector on the International Space Station.What is dark matter?Dark...
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How Dark Matter Went From Crazy Idea To Bombshell Discovery
On Wednesday, an international team of scientists announced they had found the most convincing evidence yet that dark matter exists. Dark matter makes up at least quarter of our universe. It's the...
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NASA Will Get $100 Million To Drag An Asteroid Around The Moon
NASA will likely get $100 million next year to jump-start an audacious program to drag an asteroid into orbit around the moon for research and exploration purposes, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson says.The...
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Here's Your Chance To Ask Neil deGrasse Tyson Anything
Tomorrow Business Insider will have the chance to spend time with astrophysicist, science communicator, and all-around awesome guy Neil deGrasse Tyson.He's the host of the wildly entertaining StarTalk...
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Obama Wants To Spend $100 Million To Lasso An Asteroid — Here's How It Could...
There's been an increased interest in asteroids ever since a meteor exploded in the sky above the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February, an event almost immediately followed by the closest known...
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There's A Strange Green Bubble In Space
The strange green glowing bubble shown below is a planetary nebula known as IC 1295. Planetary nebulas are gaseous regions of space surrounding a dying star. The star explodes and sends material flying...
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This Is What Fire Looks Like In Space
Astronauts on the International Space Station are lighting things on fire. But don't worry, it's all in the name of science.As a part of one of the experiments sent into space on April 5, astronaut...
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The Transcript From The Apollo 13 Disaster Will Give You Chills
Exactly 43 years ago, on April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 blasted off from Cape Canaveral. Destination: the moon. But about 56 hours into the mission something went terribly wrong. "Okay, Houston, we've had...
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New Mars Photos May Show Russian Lander That Disappeared In 1971
The Soviet Union's Mars 3 lander plopped down on the Red Planet's surface in 1971, making it the first spacecraft to arrive on Mars and then send data back to Earth.The celebration was short-lived.Less...
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50 Unbelievable Facts About Earth [INFOGRAPHIC]
Earth Day is April 22. The 43-year-old tradition, started in the spring of 1970, signaled the rise of the modern environmental movement.Around 20 million people across the United States took to the...
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86 HOURS OF TERROR: The Greatest Space Rescue In History
Forty-three years ago today, the Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down into the Pacific Ocean following one of the most remarkable recovery missions in space history. Inside was mission commander Jim...
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Power Failure Cancels Rocket Launch Test
The launch of the Orbital Sciences Corporation's Antares rocket was delayed today, and probably won't happen for another 48 hours.The rocket was designed to ferry cargo to the International Space...
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Researchers Discover First Earth-Sized Planets That Could Support Life
Researchers have discovered five Earth-sized planets, two of which are circling a sun-like star at a distance that would allow those planets to support life.NASA will hold a news briefing at 2 p.m. EDT...
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Earth Isn't So Special Anymore
Every day, astronomers, with the help of NASA's Kepler telescope, get closer and closer to finding more planets like our Earth that circle stars like our sun.On Thursday, researchers announced the...
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