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NASA will soon figure out what these weird, white spots are on dwarf planet...
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has beamed home the best-ever photo of the mysterious bright spots that speckle the surface of the dwarf planet Ceres.The new image resolves Ceres' strange spots, which are found...
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High-ranking Pentagon official: the US needs to be prepared to fight wars in...
In order to deter potential adversaries, the US military must demonstrate its ability to wage war in the space realm, Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work said June 23 in a speech in Washington,...
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These are the first color 'movies' of Pluto and its biggest moon
Back in April, NASA’s New Horizons space probe snapped the first colored images of the dwarf planet Pluto.On Monday, the space agency took it a step further, releasing two color "movies" that reveal...
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SpaceX is going to try a revolutionary rocket landing this Sunday — here's...
Get ready: SpaceX will try another historic rocket landing on Sunday, June 28.The landing attempt will happen minutes after SpaceX launches one of their Falcon 9 rockets out of Cape Canaveral Air Force...
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Here's what happens when a planet evaporates at 1,100 tons a second
Some planets that are now small, hot, and rocky may have started off as icy giants like Neptune. Orbiting too close to their stars, their gassy shells boiled off until all that's left is a rocky...
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Protesters just blocked the construction of a revolutionary scientific...
HAWAII — Hundreds of people staged a major protest on a Hawaiian mountain on Wednesday to stop the construction of a gigantic scientific instrument.Their target: the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). Once...
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Boeing sets its sights on space with massive new research facility
The world’s largest aircraft maker has opened a new, state-of-the art research facility in Alabama — and it’s larger than a football field Boeing’s massive, 80,000-square-foot Research and Technology...
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Here's why some Hawaiians are so angry, they keep marching up a volcano
HILO, HAWAII — Hundreds of protestors flocked to Mauna Kea on Wednesday to block construction of the world's largest optical telescope.It's the second time in the past few months that demonstrations...
View ArticleCanadian astronaut Chris Hadfield explains what it's like to spend 166 days...
Canadian astronaut and best-selling author Chris Hadfield talks about the hardest part about being an astronaut and spending 166 days living in space. Produced by Jacqui Frank and Will Wei....
View ArticleThis is how Elon Musk wants to drastically reduce the cost of space flight
Right now commercial spaceflight is a dream, but SpaceX is close to making it reality. In the not-too-distant-future we could see multiple rocket launches a day instead of once or twice a month.*This...
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SpaceX is trying a revolutionary rocket landing this morning — watch it live
SpaceX is about to attempt a new landing procedure that could eventually make space travel much cheaper and easier.The landing attempt will happen minutes after SpaceX launches one of their Falcon 9...
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SpaceX failed at its third attempt to make history, and its 'reusable rocket'...
SpaceX just failed in its third attempt to make history.On Sunday morning it tried and failed to retrieve one of its Falcon 9 rockets, the CRS-7, after a launch, which would have made it the first...
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SpaceX's 'reusable rocket' just exploded to bits — but the company says it's...
Despite SpaceX's failure on Sunday morning, the company says it wants to stay on track for manned space flights.On Sunday, SpaceX cargo flight CRS-7 exploded over Florida.The rocket was carrying food,...
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MCCAIN: US should spurn Russia rocket engines despite SpaceX failure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The failure of a SpaceX rocket over Florida on Sunday should not lead U.S. officials back to Russia to look for a rocket engine that can get military equipment into space, Senate...
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How to watch Venus and Jupiter come together in a rare close encounter that...
There's a celestial event happening tonight that will be so bright even observers in dense, luminous cities, including New York City, will get to see it, so long as the skies remain clear of clouds.The...
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A nearby black hole just erupted for the first time in 26 years and...
Lurking 8,000 light years from Earth is a black hole 12 times more massive than our sun. It's been peacefully sleeping for 26 years.But on June 15, it woke up.Now, scientists around the world are using...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson explains why astronomers are obsessed with Ceres
We all know Neil deGrasse Tyson's stance on Pluto and its status as a planet. But what does the world renowned astrophysicist consider to be the most underrated planet? Produced by Kamelia Angelova,...
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Photos from around the world of last night's rare close encounter between...
Last night, the brightest planets in the night sky came together in a spectacular event called a conjunction, the likes of which won't be seen again until the year 2023.Venus and Jupiter, although...
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Scientists just discovered what these mysterious pits on a comet are
Scientists just discovered something amazing: sinkholes on a comet.These are the first sinkholes ever detected on a comet, and some are so deep, you could fit the entire Washington Monument inside of...
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Russia has successfully launched a cargo ship to the space station
By Irene KlotzCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off on Friday to deliver a cargo ship loaded with food, water and equipment to the International Space Station, breaking a...
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