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Awesome images of this week's meteor shower
The Perseid meteor shower put on an incredible celestial show this week as tons of fiery meteors crash into Earth's atmosphere and lit up the night sky.The meteor shower happens every year starting in...
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This isn't the only jaw-dropping light show astronauts just photographed from...
Astronauts have captured two jaw-dropping Earth-based light shows from their lofty perch in space.One of them is incredibly beautiful, the other incredibly rare.In case it isn't obvious, the beautiful...
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Here's what would happen if the sun disappeared right now
Inspired by this intriguing YouTube video, we're going to dive into the tantalizing question:What would happen if the sun disappeared this very second?The sun is about 333,000 times the mass of Earth...
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An astronaut on the ISS captured these stunning images of Aurora Australis
Over the weekend astronauts on board the International Space Station witnessed incredible scenes of the Aurora Australis, a natural light phenomena native to Australia.Astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted...
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The first person to spend a year in space keeps taking amazing photos
Astronaut Scott Kelly is halfway to making history.Along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, Kelly is about six months into a year-long mission on board the International Space Station (ISS). If...
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Here are the cold hard facts behind the fabulous Facebook hoax of a giant...
I almost fell for a Facebook hoax last week when I saw this post: In the post were two photos showing Mars to be similar in size to the moon — although anyone with an eye for detail can tell the photo...
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A company just patented a 12-mile-tall building to use as a launchpad for...
A Canadian space and defense company thinks it knows how to get astronauts into space without the wasteful energy costs of launching a rocket and never getting it back. It wants to shuttle them up to...
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Astronauts in space have captured a rare image of a giant red sprite
An astronaut took a beautiful photo of Earth at night, below, while flying over Central America in the International Space Station.The moon is in the upper left, and a massive thunderstorm off to the...
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The first video of NASA's epic visit to Pluto is breathtaking
When NASA flew a spacecraft by Pluto for the first time in history last month on July 14, we were treated to beautiful photos of the dwarf planet's surface, but unfortunately, there was no video of the...
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Astronomers are furious about a new Roomba-like robotic lawnmower
A little more than a decade ago, the world met the Roomba: a little automated vacuum cleaner that picks up lint, dust, dirt, and cats.Now iRobot, the company behind the Roomba, is expanding its arsenal...
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Why 'The Martian' is going to blow 'Interstellar' and 'Gravity' out of the water
Two trailers for the film adaptation of Andy Weir's "The Martian" are out and the movie looks like it's going to be way better than "Interstellar" or "Gravity." To some, "The Martian" might just sound...
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Here's why astronauts age slower than the rest of us here on Earth
Time feels like one of the only constants in life — it passes day after day at the same pace.Then Einstein had to go and ruin that for us.We've all heard the phrase that "time is relative," but it can...
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I traveled to Russia and met the first dogs to ever survive space in this...
Laika the dog gets all the credit for paving humanity's path to the stars. But the harsh reality is that she didn't survive before returning to Earth in 1957.The distinction of "first dogs to orbit the...
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Here's why NASA raided a California museum to cannibalize an old ship
The retired space shuttle Endeavor is the crown jewel of the California Science Center museum, and this week it was ransacked for spare parts.The "heist," however, happened in broad daylight, and with...
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This insane new 12-mile-tall 'space elevator’ concept is driving engineers crazy
Canadian space and defense company, Thoth Technology, announced that it has secured a US patent for a 12-mile-tall tower. The concept would deliver astronauts, supplies, and even tourists to...
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67,000 people have already signed up for this one-time opportunity from NASA
Calling space fans worldwide: Now is your chance to participate in NASA’shuman ‘Journey to Mars’ initiative and NASA’s next robotic mission to Mars – the InSight lander launching to the Red Planet next...
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Scientists created a magnetic wormhole that could transform the way we use...
Ripped from the pages of a sci-fi novel, physicists have crafted a wormhole that tunnels a magnetic field through space."This device can transmit the magnetic field from one point in space to another...
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Two MIT students just schooled a company trying to send people to Mars
Two MIT engineering students just faced off with a private company that wants to send people on a one-way trip to Mars — and one group won by a landslide.The debate stemmed from the students' scathing...
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2 studies have narrowed the search for dark matter and dark energy
Only about 5% of the universe consists of ordinary matter such as protons and electrons, with the rest being filled with mysterious substances known as dark matter and dark energy. So far, scientists...
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Astronauts actually age slower than the rest of us here on Earth
Time feels like one of the only constants in life — it passes day after day at the same pace.Then Einstein had to go and ruin that for us.We've all heard the phrase that "time is relative," but it can...
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