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What The Air On Mars Was Like Four Billion Years Ago
Martian air samples analyzed by the Curiosity rover provide the most detailed picture yet of how the Red Planet's atmosphere has changed over time.The findings, discussed in two papers published on...
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NASA Is Going To Take Your Picture Today — From Saturn
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sent back boatloads of stunning images since it left our atmosphere almost 16 years ago. And on Friday, July 19, the fast-moving probe will point its camera at Earth — and...
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NASA Releases The First Images From Cassini And Messenger's Glimpse Of Earth...
Last Friday, NASA's Cassini spacecraft took a photo of Earth from 900 million miles away as it was orbiting Saturn.The Earth images are part of a larger mosaic that will show the full Saturn system...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson: Comet ISON Isn't Going To Hit Earth
Astronomers and stargazers alike are anxiously anticipating Comet ISON and the major spectacle it could provide.Comet ISON – the so-called "comet of the century"– is set to fly through the sun's...
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The Full Moon Can Mess Up Your Sleep
This post was originally published on July 25, 2013.Moonstruck madness has long been relegated to the annals of folklore, but newfindings raise questions about if the moon may actually hold some sway...
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How To See The Big Bang
Editor's Note: In this weekly series, SPACE.com explores how technology drives space exploration and discovery.While we may never know all the details of our universe's explosive birth, scientists have...
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Amazing Pictures Show The Russian Meteor Hitting Earth From Space
The amazing picture below shows the meteor that hit Chelyabinsk, Russia, on February 15. It was captured by the Meteosat Second Generation satellites and dug up from the archives by Simon R. Proud from...
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A Big Asteroid Will Fly By Earth Tonight
An asteroid as large as five football fields will zoom by Earth tonight, and you can watch the close approach live from the comfort of your home.The near-Earth asteroid 2003 DZ15 will come within 2.2...
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X-Ray Images Show What's Inside A Spacesuit
An exhibit, "Suited for Space," which opened last Friday, July 26, at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, allows visitors for the first time to see what's inside space clothing. The...
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See The Totally Gross Thing That Happens To Your Skin In Space
Chris Hadfield, the Canadian astronaut who popularized answering questions about what happens to astronauts and how things are done in space with his video Q&A series this year, might have retired,...
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The 20 Most Exciting Moments From Curiosity Rover's First Year On Mars
As of Aug. 5, 2013, the Curiosity Mars rover has spent an whole year on the Red planet.She's supposed to be there for two years total, investigating if ancient Mars was once habitable — a feat she...
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Meet One Brave Woman Who Has Signed Up For A One-Way Trip To Mars
Mars One, a Netherlands-based private spaceflight project, announced April 22 that it would begin accepting applications for a one-way mission to colonize Mars; three weeks later, 78,000 people had...
View ArticleAn Incredible View Of What It's Like To Rocket Away From Earth [VIDEO]
This amazing video of Earth was taken by the Messenger spacecraft as it rocketed away from our home planet toward Mercury, never to return. We found it through NASA's Astronomy Picture Of The Day. They...
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Here Are The 1400 Potentially Earth-Ending Asteroids Circling Our Planet
There are more than 1,400 potentially dangerous asteroids orbiting alongside the Earth, and any one of them is big enough to end humanity.Fortunately, NASA keeps an eye on them for us — and they've...
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We Can't Stop Staring At This New Glowing Pink Planet
A newly-discovered planet, Gj 504b, is still glowing from the heat of its formation, making it deep magenta in color. It's hard to stop staring at it.The dark pink color is not the only thing that...
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The Sun's Magnetic Field Is About To Flip
The sun is gearing up for a major solar flip, NASA says.In an event that occurs once every 11 years, the magnetic field of the sun will change its polarity in a matter of months, according new...
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Bill Gates Disses Tech Billionaires Spending Their Free Time On Space...
A lot of successful tech entrepreneurs are fascinated by space exploration and rockets. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has a side business in space exploration. Elon Musk has SpaceX, which is working on...
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One Year Of Seasons On Earth In One Second
John Nelson of IDV Solutions has created an animation showing one year of seasons on Earth.The images come from NASA's Visible Earth database. Nelson writes on his blog that he stitched together 12...
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Researchers Believe Russian Meteorite Part Of Larger Threat
That Chelyabinsk meteorite from earlier this year might have been a warning shot from space, astronomers this week warned. Scientists studying the dramatic event from earlier this year believe the...
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NASA Wants To Land On Jupiter's Icy Moon Europa
The top priority of a robotic lander mission to Jupiter's potentially life-supporting moon Europa should be investigating the composition and chemistry of its subsurface ocean, scientists say.Such a...
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