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This incredible image is the clearest view of the surface of Saturn’s moon...
A new image-processing technique is bringing Saturn's largest moon, Titan, into clearer view than ever before.More than 10 years of observations by the Cassini probe have mapped almost half of the...
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SpaceX will attempt a potentially historic rocket launch and landing next week
Get ready for another historic SpaceX rocket landing attempt scheduled for Monday, April 13.This will be the second time that SpaceX will try to land a massive, 140-foot-tall first stage Falcon 9...
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The European Space Agency has plans to blow up an asteroid
It's terrifying to think about, but if an asteroid were hurtling toward Earth right now, we couldn't do much to stop it from smacking us in the face.Knowing this, the European Space Agency (ESA), with...
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Here's what NASA plans to do if an astronaut dies in space
President Nixon was prepared for Neil Armstrong and the other Apollo 11 astronauts to die on the moon in 1969.Written in an old memo titled "In Event of Moon Disaster" is Nixon's backup speech for the...
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SpaceX aborts historic rocket launch and landing due to bad weather
SpaceX aborted its second attempt at a historic flyback rocket landing on Monday, April 13. In the last couple minutes before the launch, an anvil cloud drifted within 10 nautical miles of the launch...
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China wants to build a solar power plant in space to solve its pollution problem
In 1941, science fiction maven Isaac Asimov wrote a short story entitled "Reason." The plot revolves around protagonists Powell and Donovan, who live on a space station that collects energy from the...
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New find suggests that liquid water flows on Mars
Liquid water lurks just below the surface of Mars on cold winter nights, according to new research.The Mars Curiosity rover has found evidence that when temperatures drop on cold winter nights, trace...
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Here's the insane video of the last time SpaceX tried to land a rocket on a...
SpaceX will attempt another historic flyback rocket landing today, Monday, April 13.This will be the second time that SpaceX has tried to land a massive, 140-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket on a platform...
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These 2 graphics will fully explain why tomorrow's SpaceX launch is...
SpaceX is poised to make spaceflight history tomorrow as it attempts to land a rocket on a platform floating in the Atlantic.At 4:10 p.m. ET on April 14, SpaceX will launch a 22-story-tall Falcon9...
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BILL NYE: Mars is horribly inhospitable — here's why we should send humans...
Mars is a freezing, oxygen-less, barren wasteland.So why do we want to go there again?Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye appeared on astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson's StarTalk Radio show in March and...
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Astronauts took a GoPro for a spacewalk — here's what it's really like to...
If the thought of floating in space — no gravity, the vastness of the universe around you, and a beautiful blue planet below — fills you with awe, this is the GoPro video for you.NASA astronaut Terry...
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Scientists have just created the best map yet of one of the most mysterious...
Astronomers have created the largest map yet of the mysterious, invisible substance called dark matter that makes up nearly a quarter of the universe.The map is a result from the Dark Energy Survey...
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SpaceX unsuccessful in its historic rocket landing attempt
SpaceX successfully launched its Dragon space capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday April 14 at 4:10 p.m., but the rocket it tried to re-land on an ocean platform tipped over just...
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We’ve already found some of the ingredients for life in outer space
For the first time, scientists have confirmed what they have long suspected: Complex organic molecules exist in the disks from which planets form.While it is a big step from these observed molecules to...
View ArticleWatch the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lift off with 4,300 pounds of supplies
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral Wednesday, carrying more than 2 tons of supplies to the International Space Station.Produced by Matthew StuartFollow BI Video:On FacebookJoin the...
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The Pentagon sees 'endless' business opportunities in the space sector
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - Top U.S. military officials on Tuesday said a new push to defend U.S. government satellites against potential attacks by China or other countries created promising...
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This is the first color photo taken of Pluto
Miami (AFP) - The best picture we have of Pluto is a blurry, pixelated blob, but that is about to change when a NASA spacecraft makes the first-ever flyby of the dwarf planet.The US space agency's...
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Here’s how astronomers wrap their mind around the mind-blowing size of the...
Michelle Thaller is the Assistant Director of Science at Goddard Space Flight Center at NASA. She contributed this article toSpace.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.A lot of people ask me if...
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Humans living on Mars will have the same tax headaches as you and me
Paying taxes is an inescapable reality — even in space.Taxes are going to play a big role in a Mars mission, both in getting there and upon arrival, Adam Chodorow, a law professor at Arizona State...
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New video shows the SpaceX rocket landing ending in a giant explosion
On Tuesday, April 14, the commercial spaceflight company SpaceX attempted what would have been a game-changing feat when it tried to land a rocket on a robotic platform in the Atlantic Ocean.The idea...
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