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We just detected visible light from an exoplanet for the first time ever
One does not simply look at an exoplanet.In order to learn more about these space rocks lurking many light years away, researchers have various indirect methods for deciphering their...
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Epically detailed photos of Mercury
Mercury is the smallest and fastest planet in the solar system, racing through space at 105,000 miles per hour, circling the sun every 88 days.But besides small size and swift speed, little was known...
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Watch the incredible first test flight of Jeff Bezos's mysterious new rocket
Blue Origin, the commercial spaceflight company founded by Amazon entrepreneur Jeff Bezos, just tested its first suborbital rocket and the results were pretty impressive.Just like SpaceX's Elon Musk,...
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4 plans scientists have to contact aliens
In our search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), we humans have mostly just waited, and listened, for aliens to contact us. But in February, policymakers, philosophers, futurists, and...
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Here’s what happened when scientists blasted mouse brains with radiation to...
The vacuum of space is filled with dangerous radiation that can seep through spacecraft, spacesuits, and even the bodies of astronauts, and scientists are trying to figure out the risks it poses for...
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5 undeniable reasons humans must colonize Mars
Establishing a permanent colony of humans on Mars is not an option. It's a necessity.At least, that's what some of the most innovative, intelligent minds of our age — Buzz Aldrin, Stephen Hawking, Elon...
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Here's how humans are going to find alien life
There's more than two dozen exoplanets in our galaxy that have the potential to harbor life, not to mention the numerous other habitable worlds that could exist in the 100 billion other galaxies...
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How to watch this week's meteor shower created by Halley's Comet
Halley's Comet is visible from Earth only once every 75 years, but the meteor shower created from the tail of the comet comes around every single year.This year, the best time to see the shower will be...
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SpaceX is about to fly the life-saving capsule that could revolutionize...
Before the end of the 21st century, spaceflight is going to look completely different from spaceflight of the 20th century, and one of the leaders paving the way is Elon Musk’s private company...
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NASA has no idea what these creepy sounds coming from the edge of space are
Scientists at NASA are baffled after a student recorded never-before-heard hissing noises 22 miles above earth.The eerie noises were recorded using infrasound microphones aboard a NASA student balloon...
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President Obama’s senior space science adviser just said "Mars matters"— here...
On May 5 NASA Administrator and senior science advisor to President Obama, Charles Bolden asked those at The Humans to Mars Summit in Washington, D.C., to repeat after him:"Mars matters."The summit,...
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SpaceX just had its 1st successful launch of its Dragon spacecraft, which...
At 9 a.m. ET, SpaceX successfully launched its Dragon 2 — or Crew Dragon — spacecraft out of Cape Canaveral in Florida. Check out a video of the entire event at the end of this post.The test lasted...
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2 new ‘super earths’ discovered around a nearby star
Astronomers have discovered two new alien worlds a bit larger than Earth circling a nearby star.The newfound exoplanets, known as HD 7924c and HD 7924d, are "super Earths" with masses about 7.9 and 6.4...
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How you can get NASA to pay you $29,000
NASA is dead-set on getting to Mars, but they need your help.One of the biggest hurdles standing in the way right now is radiation. Alone, radiation is made up of harmless energetic, subatomic...
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Buzz Aldrin doesn't want to be remembered for being the second man on the Moon
Apollo 11 astronaut and second person to set foot on the moon, Buzz Aldrin, doesn't spend a lot of time thinking about the moon anymore.He's become a champion of Mars, and not just short-term human...
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Big Bird was almost on board the Challenger shuttle when it exploded
Big Bird, the giant yellow-feathered Sesame Street character, was offered a place on the doomed Challenger space shuttle mission but had to withdraw because his oversized costume would not fit in the...
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NASA CHIEF: We'll see American boots on Martian soil by the 2030s
Mars isn't just a pipe dream.That was NASA Administrator Charles Bolden's confident opening message at the Humans to Mars Summit in Washington, D.C. on May 5.In 2010 President Obama directed NASA to...
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Telescopes have spotted a lake of lava on one of Jupiter’s moons
It’s only slightly bigger than our own moon, but Jupiter’s Io is the most geologically active body in our entire solar system.It’s home to hundreds of volcanic areas covered with sulfur and sulfur...
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A NASA balloon recorded creepy ‘X-files’ sounds coming from the edge of space
Eerie sounds from the edge of space were recorded for the first time in 50 years aboard a NASA student balloon experiment.Infrasound microphones captured the mysterious hisses and whistles 22 miles (36...
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A major discovery just demoted Europa from a likely place to harbor aliens to...
A meteorite may have been responsible for a water plume briefly spotted above Europa two years ago, implying it takes a very rare event to breach the ice on the Jovian moon.Astrobiologists worldwide...
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