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Rosetta just did an extreme maneuver to get closer than we ever have to a...
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft came close enough to almost kiss a comet on Valentine's Day this year.In fact, it was the closest that Rosetta has ever and will ever get to Comet...
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A super bright fireball streaked across the sky over Pennsylvania
An intensely bright hunk of space rock traveling at 45,000 mph (72,000 km/h) streaked through the sky over Pittsburgh in the predawn hours of Tuesday morning (Feb. 17).Three NASA meteor cameras spotted...
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Here's why scientists think a tiny moon of Jupiter is the most likely place...
The big question that astrobiologists are asking is: Is there life on Europa? Europa is a tiny moon that orbits the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter.Despite being about a quarter of the size...
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Rosetta just took these amazing pictures of a comet 300 million miles away...
While couples were getting closer this Valentine's Day, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft was doing just the same — it snuggled up nice and close to a comet and took pictures to prove it....
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You can spot Mars and Venus this weekend — here’s how
On the night of February 20, 2015, as night is falling, go outside and look west! The waxing crescent moon and the planet Venus – the brightest and second-brightest orbs of nighttime, respectively –...
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Astronauts are already starting to work on 'space taxis'
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) - A pair of U.S. astronauts floated outside the International Space Station on Saturday to begin rigging parking spots for two commercial space taxis.Station commander...
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There's more to this beautiful space image than meets the eye
Earlier this year, NASA released this stunning new image of the Whirlpool Galaxy.But don't be fooled by its beauty — this image has been manipulated by scientists to look different than how the galaxy...
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Humans put a man on the moon before calculators were even invented
"I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer, born under the second law of thermodynamics, steeped in steam tables, in love with free-body diagrams, transformed by Laplace...
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The man who designed Victoria’s Secret angel wings will now be designing NASA...
As the era of civilian space travel draws nearer with the successful launch and return of a reusable spacecraft, NASA is now faced with the challenge of creating a lightweight and cost-efficient suit...
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The physics of Mario World show the game has a fundamental flaw
Nintendo's Mario series is the best-selling video game franchise in history. And with moves like Mario's, it's no mystery why so many people enjoy navigating the little Italian plumber through his...
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A fireball seen in the skies over the western US was likely a Chinese rocket
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A fireball spotted streaking across the night sky late on Monday in the western United States was almost certainly the body of a rocket used by China in December to launch a...
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The closest images ever taken of the sun show just how powerful it really is
On a cloudless day, the sun appears warm and inviting from 93 million miles away, but we know better. Upon closer examination with NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), scientists have seen exactly...
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Scientists can't explain how this black hole grew to 12 billion times the...
A black hole 12 billion times as massive as the sun has been found in a glowing quasar that existed when the universe was just a fraction of its current age, scientists said on Wednesday.The discovery...
View ArticleIncredible Vine shows an icy blue sunset on Mars
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has been exploring the Red Planet for more than a decade, and just last year set a new record for traveling farther than any other off-world rover in...
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These are the hardest things to get used to when living in space, according...
Above a door on a platform standing 200 feet in the air that connects to the NASA space shuttle that ferries astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), there's a sign that holds some serious...
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NASA astronaut snaps an epic selfie outside the space station during a spacewalk
A NASA astronaut snapped a truly out-of-this-world selfie during a spacewalk over the weekend.Barry "Butch" Wilmore, commander of the International Space Station's current Expedition 42, took a photo...
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'Edge of space' tourism company World View just flew a balloon two times...
If you've always wanted to glimpse Earth from near-space, there's hope!A private space tourism company called World View wants to gently float people almost 20 miles above Earth's surface in...
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NASA gives a heart-warming send off to Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy
After being hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease earlier this week, famed Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy died at age 83 Friday morning. Nimoy is best known for his acting role as the...
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Four ways to break the universe's speed limit
BI Answers: What can travel faster than the speed of light?When Albert Einstein first showed that light travels the same speed everywhere in the universe, he essentially stamped a speed limit on our...
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21 glorious, vintage photographs of NASA's first days
Space exploration's golden age was arguably at its very start, when ambition was boundless and progress came in great strides.A massive collection of vintage photos from this era went up for auction on...
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