New 'Dark Matter' Rap Explains What's 'Funky With The Universe'
Dark matter — the controversial idea that there's some invisible (to us) stuff out in the universe that accounts for a large amount of the total mass of the universe — has hit the big time. A nerd...
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NASA On The Exact Moment The Mars Rover Landed: 'Holy Sh*t. It Actually Worked'
NASA's Mars rover team is on Reddit right now answering questions about Curiosity. How did they feel the exact moment the rover touched down on the Red Planet? "Holy s$!t. It actually worked,"...
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Meet 'Hippy NASA Guy' In This Mars Team Group Shot
The group of engineers and scientists who helped put NASA's six-wheeled rover Curiosity on Mars on Aug. 5 is answering all your questions about the mission on Reddit right now. Here's the list of...
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The Mars Team Does Their Best McKayla Maroney Pissed-Off Face
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory team — the people in charge of Mars rover Curiosity — hosted an Ask Me Anything on Reddit today. A redditor pointed out that in the original group shot posted to...
View ArticleHere's The 'We're NASA And We Know It' Video That's Going Viral
The worlds of science and pop culture collide in this parody music video that mixes LMFAO's hit song "Sexy And I Know It" with references from the Curiosity mission to Mars. The video, created by a...
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The Most Expensive Failed Space Missions Of All Time
Space travel, because of its high profile and expense, has been highly publicized and scrutinized ever since the space race began during the Cold War. NASA estimates that the average space shuttle...
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Britney Spears Is Caught Tweeting With Mars Curiosity Rover
Before NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars, Britney Spears was queen of the Red Planet in her music video for "Oops... I Did It Again" back in 2000. Twelve years later, it sounds like the the...
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'Mohawk Guy' Gets Personal About His Hair, NASA Superstitions, And Landing A...
When NASA's Mars rover Curiosity pulled off its daring Red Planet landing on Aug. 5, the 1-ton robot became an international star — and so did Bobak Ferdowsi. As a flight director for Curiosity's...
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Curiosity Is Going To Burn This Mars Rock With A Laser
Curiosity has set her sights on her first laser target: Rock N165. The rock is located about seven feet from the rover and is about three inches long. In a few days, the chemcam will shoot 30 laser...
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Mars Rover Zap Its First Rock With A Laser
Two weeks after landing on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover has zapped its first Martian rock using a powerful laser fired by the machine's ChemChem instrument. The goal is to analyze the atomic elements...
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Meet The Family Who Lives On Mars Time: Breakfast At 3 P.M., Lunch At 8 P.M.,...
A Martian day, called a Sol, is about 39 minutes and 35 seconds longer than a 24-hour Earth day. This is because Mars has a slower rotation than Earth does. For the engineers, scientists, drivers and...
View ArticleRussian Cosmonauts Leave The Space Station For A 6-Hour Spacewalk
Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Yuri Malenchenki stepped outside the International Space Station today to perform some maintenance work. This is Padalka's ninth spacewalk and Malenchenki's...
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The Next Robot To Land On Mars Will Drill Deep Into The Planet's Core
Just two weeks after landing one-ton roving laboratory Curiosity on Mars, NASA is already preparing for its next big project on the Red Planet: To land a robot on Mars that will delve deep into the...
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Curiosity Passes Arm-Stretching Test With Flying Colors
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity flexed its long robotic arm for the first time on the Red Planet Monday (Aug. 20), passing a critical health check with flying colors, mission managers say. The rover...
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Mars Update: Curiosity Gets Ready To Rove And More
Two weeks after landing on the surface of Mars, the Curiosity rover will take its first road trip tomorrow, the JPL team announced. The rover will inch forward about three meters (one rover length),...
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Terrific Animation Of Mars Rover Spinning Its Wheels For The First Time
For two weeks, Mars rover Curiosity has been stretching its limbs, so to speak as scientists and engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory test out the robot's various instruments before it gets...
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What A Martian Rock Looks Like After It's Zapped With A Laser 50 Times
Curiosity's rover's onboard laser gun is at it again. After a successful test of the ChemChem instrument earlier this week, the rover targeted a rock about 19 feet away. The rock was exposed by the...
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Meet The Beautiful Women Who Send Rockets Into Space
On June 18, 1983, a 32-year-old physicist from California shattered the gender barrier, becoming the first American woman in space aboard the shuttle Challenger. That brave lady was the late Sally...
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Why NASA Intentionally Put Large Holes In Curiosity's Wheels
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover may be loaded with a bunch of highly-sophisticated instruments to help it scoop, drill, and snap awesome photographs, but it doesn't come with a built-in GPS. The only way...
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The Sound Of A Star Being Shredded By A Black Hole
Move over John Williams. CNN's Libby Lewis recently interviewed Dr. Jon Miller, a University of Michigan astrophysicist who has converted the wavelength frequency of a dying star into sound. "We...
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