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Why NASA's latest discovery of Earth 2.0 is so important in the search for...
Today, a team of NASA scientists hit a new milestone in the 20-year hunt for a planets outside our solar system by finding a world more like Earth than anything we've ever seen before. Their momentous...
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We need to redefine our idea of 'habitable planets' if we want to find alien...
The news that the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is to receive increased funding and data through the $100m (£64m) Breakthrough Listen project is welcome news for astrobiologists like myself....
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Here's how many intelligent alien civilizations might live in our galaxy
BI Answers: How many planets in the universe have intelligent alien life?More important than finding life on another planet would be communicating with those life forms. Do aliens engage in practices...
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Here's how much a mission to Pluto costs
Last week, on July 14, NASA's New Horizons mission sent a spacecraft to fly over Pluto for the very first time in history, and they did it on a budget of $720 million.This mission has already...
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New jaw-dropping Pluto photos were just released and we spoke with an expert...
The most highly anticipated space photos of the year are without question the ones that NASA is releasing of Pluto.Today, at 2 p.m. ET, the agency unveiled their latest batch.Many of the photos that...
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Space tourism just got another big boost, and this time it's in Texas
Houston, Texas is already home to the Johnson Space Center, responsible for the famous Apollo program and every Space Shuttle mission.Now, Texas’ largest city will also be home to the tenth commercial...
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The sharpest photos of Pluto were just released and point to why there is a...
Today, NASA's New Horizons team — which sent the first spacecraft in history to fly over Pluto last week— revealed the latest set of Pluto mind-blowing images that came with some big surprsies and new...
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Europe just invested over $380 million in an alien-hunting space mission to...
In the ultimate quest for life beyond Earth, some of Jupiter's largest moons hold great potential, and Europe plans to explore that potential in the coming years. What's more, their mission just hit a...
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Here's the only way to destroy a black hole
I've wondered out loud how it might be possible to destroy a black hole because I talk to myself and sometimes there's a camera watching.I've suggested a bunch of crazy ideas, like blasting it with...
View ArticleHere’s how NASA astronauts wash their hair in zero gravity
Karen Nyberg, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, shows how she washes her hair in space. Video courtesy of NASAFollow BI Video: On Facebook Join the conversation about this story »
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How to watch tomorrow's meteor shower created by a bizarre comet that's...
There's a very strange comet flying through our solar neighborhood that is like nothing astronomers have ever seen in a another comet.And this had led some to speculate that maybe it's not from around...
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We finally know why Virgin Galactic's spacecraft disintegrated in mid-air
The National Transportation Safety Board has finally determined what caused Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo to crash into the Mojave Desert last October.Pilot error. Investigators blamed the crash on a...
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How technology developed for astronauts is saving lives here on Earth
Astronauts living in the International Space Station have something in common with people living in rural and remote areas of developing countries: They're not very close to hospitals.Both groups can...
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Virgin Galactic is switching things up after an investigation into its deadly...
A devastating combination of human error and insufficient safety procedures led to the deadly crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo in October 2014, according to a new report released by the US...
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A rare blue moon will appear this Friday
There's a full moon coming this Friday that is unlike anything we've seen since 2012 and won't see again until early 2018 — it's called a blue moon.The color of the moon will not change. This full moon...
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NASA might send revolutionary robots to float on Jupiter
NASA is looking into a wild idea to explore the atmosphere of Jupiter or other gas giants using a robotic spacecraft designed to sail across extraterrestrial skies.The so-called "windbot" is the...
View ArticleHere’s what happens when you put an Alka-Seltzer tablet in a droplet of water...
Astronaut Terry Virts shows what it looks like when an effervescence, such as an Alka-Seltzer tablet, dissolves in water in outer space. This demonstration was performed to test the new RED Epic Dragon...
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Pluto's dwarf planet status is 'bulls---,' says lead scientist of NASA mission
Pluto is perhaps the most beloved object in our Solar System.So when the New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto on July 14 — a nearly 10-year, 3-billion-mile journey — we weren't too surprised to...
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What is a blue moon?
Tonight, July 31, skywatchers will be treated to a blue moon. Does this mean the Moon will actually look blue? Unfortunately, no.To understand the celestial event — and the story behind the name —...
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A mission almost 30 years in the making has just profoundly changed what we...
It's very possible that carbon-carrying comets that smashed into Earth long ago brought the very ingredients needed for life to arise.We know that because spacecraft observing comets from afar helped...
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