A Photographer Standing On Top Of NYC's Rockefeller Center Caught This...
Last night NASA's Ladee spacecraft took off onboard an unmanned Minotaur rocket from Virginia a little before midnight. The Ladee is designed to study the atmosphere and dust on the moon.Amazingly,...
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You've Officially Blown Your Chance To Live On Mars
If you haven't already applied for a one-way trip to Mars — you've officially missed your chance. Sorry. The application phase of the Mars One Astronaut Selection program is now closed. The open call...
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A NASA Probe Is Spinning Out Of Control After Handlers Lose Contact
NASA lost contact with its Deep Impact spacecraft in mid-August and the comet-hunting probe is now spinning out of control, principal investigator Mike A'Hearn from the University of Maryland tells...
View ArticleHere's What Astronauts Pack When They Go To Space
There is no washing machine in space. Water is heavy and therefore expensive to take on a 250-mile journey above Earth. That pretty much means what you think it does — astronauts have to wear the same...
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This Spectacular Photo Shows A Frog Photobombing NASA's Recent Rocket Launch
An unlucky frog seems to have hopped in front of a photo taken of the LADEE launch at Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia on Sept. 6. Jeremy Eggers from the Wallops/Mid-Atlantic Regional...
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A Picture Of The Soyuz Spacecraft Engulfed In Flames Shows The Exact Moment...
The photo below shows the Soyuz spacecraft landing on the flat steppes of Kazakhstan in central Asia around 11 p.m. eastern time on Sept. 10. Inside the capsule was NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and...
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The Best 3-D Map Of The Milky Way's Center Ever Created
Below is the best three-dimensional map of the Milky Way's center ever created. It was put together using data from the European Space Observatory's (ESO) VISTA telescope.The center region, known as...
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Someone Has Come Up With The Best Happy Ending For The Frog That Photobombed...
An unusual photo of an airborne frog in the foreground of NASA's latest spacecraft launch has now gone viral. The photo is authentic— it was taken by a still camera planted a few hundred feet away from...
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NOW AND THEN: Here's A Voyager 1 Team Picture From 1972 And 2013
Voyager 1 has officially become the first man-made object to leave the solar system 36 years after it was launched, NASA announced on Thursday. The spacecraft entered interstellar space, the region...
View ArticleThis Is What Space Sounds Like 12 Billion Miles Away
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, has officially left the solar system NASA has confirmed.While out all alone in the blackness of space the craft has been gathering data. One type of data...
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NASA's Latest Rocket Launch Looks Breathtaking From A Distance
The launch of NASA's latest spacecraft may have been overshadowed by a photo-hogging frog (whose current health is unknown), but at least we know the mission is doing well right now.The Lunar...
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What It's Like To Be A Science Advisor For Sandra Bullock's Space Movie...
In Alfonso Cuarón’s upcoming film Gravity (opening Oct. 4), George Clooney and Sandra Bullock play an astronaut and a medical engineer stranded in space.Cuarón reportedly spent five years perfecting...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson Wants To Go To Europa — A Moon With An Ocean Of Water
Humans have set foot on the moon and NASA has sent multiple rovers to Mars. So, where should we go next?Astrophysicist and StarTalk Radio host Neil deGrasse Tyson wants to explore deep space. More...
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What Is The Harvest Moon?
Turn your attention toward the sky tonight. For those in North America, the Harvest Moon will look brightest and fullest at sunset on Wednesday.The Harvest Moon is the name for the full moon that is...
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Here's The Longest You Could Survive On Mars Wearing Only Jeans And A T-Shirt
Mars is a cold world, full of deserts and containing very little oxygen or gravity.The average annual temperature on Mars is -64°F. At its hottest, Mars could hit 80°F near the equator in the middle of...
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New Methane Discovery On Mars Is 'Disappointing For Many'
Over the last decade, there have been many reports of methane in the Martian atmosphere detected by Earth-based telescopes and satellite observations.The presence of methane, the main component of...
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23 Incredible Prize-Winning Astronomy Pictures
The Royal Observatory just announced its Astronomy Photographer Of The Year 2013 winners.Australian photographer Mark Gee was chosen among a thousand amateur and professional photographers around the...
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NASA Will Pay You $170 Per Day To Lie In Bed
If you have the stamina to lie in bed for 70 days straight, NASA will pay you $18,000 — no joke.It's actually called the "Bed Rest Studies— The Exercise Study (CFT 70)."They say the study is "designed...
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The Moon Is 100 Million Years Younger Than We Thought
The moon is quite a bit younger than scientists had previously believed, new research suggests.The leading theory of how the moon formed holds that it was created when a mysterious planet — one the...
View ArticleSony Pictures TV Is Planning A Reality Show That Sends Celebrities Into Space
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