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This awesome GIF shows what we saw when humanity landed on a comet for the...
In November of 2014, the European Space Agency became the first humans to land a probe, named Philae, on a comet.Luckily the little probe was able to catch images of its first approach to the surface...
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Scientists have measured a comet's impenetrable shield in action for the 1st...
Comets are often referred to as the dirty snow balls of space, and they are in a constant battle against the sun, which is trying to strip them bare.To protect themselves from annihilation, comets have...
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This little probe landed on a comet 300 million miles away and found the...
The European Space Agency's Philae space probe just revealed that its target comet is covered in organic compounds — the building blocks of life — and the data could have a profound impact on...
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In this 2-minute video, David Kaplan explores the leading cosmological explanation for the origin of the universe. Learn more about cosmic inflation.Video courtesy of Quanta MagazineFollow Quanta...
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Why Stephen Hawking's $100 million project to find alien life may be a huge...
The launch of the $100M Breakthrough Initiative project to Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has been supported by many leading scientists including Stephen Hawking and astronomer royal...
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People trap themselves on this volcano for 8 months at a time — and it's...
Mauna Loa volcano, HAWAII — What will it be like to live and work on the red planet?To find out, I visited a Mars colony — OK, so it was a small camp near the top of a giant Hawaiian volcano. But it's...
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Pluto's dwarf planet status? It's 'bulls--t,' says scientist behind New...
Pluto is perhaps the most beloved object in our solar system.So when the New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto on July 14 — after a nearly 10-year, 3-billion-mile journey — we weren't too surprised...
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EXPERT: The future of Virgin Galactic is not in space tourism
A recent report revealed that Virgin Galactic's fatal crash of SpaceShipTwo last year was largely due to pilot error and safety oversight— not a mechanical malfunction of the craft. But the point of...
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Here’s what it will look like when all the planets in our solar system are...
The planets in our solar system orbit the sun at very different speeds, and it can be a difficult concept to wrap the mind around.Jeroen Gommers, an information designer in the Netherlands, built an...
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A world-famous distillery is launching whiskey into space for a surprising...
Suntory Holdings, a Japanese brewery and distillery, announced that it's going to send six samples of its whiskey (or whisky, if you prefer) to space.It's launching samples of a 21-year-old single malt...
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The husband of a volunteer Mars colonist is worried about saying goodbye to...
When Sonia Van Meter signed up for Mars One, a controversial one-way mission to establish a permanent human colony on the red planet, she accepted the possibility of leaving Earth behind — and her...
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The 2016 Republican presidential candidates have a plan for the future of...
On July 14, the New Horizons spacecraft made its historic flyby of the Pluto system. As the probe beams back key geographical data on Pluto and its moons over the next year, it will continue on its...
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NASA wants to use this robot to detect water on the Moon
NASA can afford to set up a permanent, manned station on the moon, according to a recent study. By working with private companies and turning water into rocket fuel, say the study authors, colonizing...
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A camera 1 million miles away from Earth just recorded this impossible video...
NASA just released this incredible photo of the dark side of the moon that is impossible to see from here on Earth.The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite that launched in February has...
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NASA signs $490 million contract with Russia to fly astronauts to the...
NASA said on Wednesday that it is being forced to extend its contract with Russia to fly astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) due to “continued reductions in the president’s funding...
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The fastest spaceships from all different sci-fi universes stacked up against...
Han Solo is convinced that the Millennium Falcon is the fastest ship in the galaxy — and he's right if you're only counting the "Star Wars" universe.But what about compared to spaceships in other...
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Here's why the author of 'The Martian' says he's never setting foot on a...
Andy Weir, author of the sci-fi bestseller "The Martian," is afraid of flying.Actually, more like terrified.Which is a problem when your book suddenly surges in popularity, gets a movie deal, and...
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Here's what it would take to colonize the largest planet in the solar system
So just what would it take to terraform Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system?Just a few videos ago, I blew minds with a “How to” on terraforming the Moon. Once we've developed a Solar System...
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Fly over the strange white spots in space that have 'puzzled' NASA scientists
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned the closest images yet of Ceres — the Solar System's largest dwarf planet, which lurks in the Asteroid Belt.Dawn also captured a 3D video of Ceres' surface that...
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A man was able to call the international space station and talk to astronauts...
Here’s a great excuse for bad phone reception — being in outer space. This, at least, was the reasoning some astronauts could have given to Adrian Lane, a 52-year-old radio operator who managed to call...
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