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Scientists found something unexpected in this eerie new image of Pluto
New Horizons, a spacecraft that flew by Pluto in July 2015, continues to stream photos back to Earth from billions of miles away — and each set is more incredible than the last.The following images,...
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Scientists found something unexpected in this eerie new image of Pluto
New Horizons, a spacecraft that flew by Pluto in July 2015, continues to stream photos back to Earth from billions of miles away — and each set is more incredible than the last.The following images,...
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Breakdown of the fastest spaceships in the history of science fiction
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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Edward Snowden has a really good theory as to why we've never heard from aliens
Whistle-blower Edward Snowden has some strong opinions on communications — even when those communications are coming from aliens.The former intelligence-agency contractor turned fugitive was an...
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Edward Snowden has one big regret about dropping out of high school
It may come as a surprise that infamous whistle-blower and fugitive Edward Snowden never finished high school.Instead, he went straight to community college, completed a master's program in computer...
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This Air Force unit caught spy satellite photos as they fell from space
When the Cold War was at its peak, America began spying on the Russians from space with the Corona Program. Corona used a system of satellites that flew over Russia, taking photos of sensitive and...
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This is the first model of the Solar System that accurately shows just how...
We’ve all seen illustrations of the Solar System. They’re in our school textbooks, on posters, on websites, on t-shirts… in some cases they’re used to represent the word “science” itself (and for good...
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The best way to colonize Mars is crazier than Elon Musk's idea of dropping...
Right now, Mars is a frozen, lifeless, and entirely inhospitable place.Yet the Red Planet holds great promise, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recently discussed its future with comedian and television host...
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NASA's space shuttles are being ransacked, but for good reason
The retired space shuttle Endeavor is the crown jewel of the California Science Center museum, and last month it was ransacked for spare parts.The "heist," however, happened in broad daylight, and with...
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An eerie NASA video shows how Sunday's 'super blood moon' will look — from...
On Sept. 27, you can see the first "supermoon" total lunar eclipse in 30 years.The moon will turn red, which is normal for a lunar eclipse, but this rare event will be bigger and brighter than those of...
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The likeliest reasons why we haven’t contacted aliens are deeply unsettling
Even on the clearest, darkest night far from city lights, you can see only about 1% of the Milky Way galaxy's 100 billion to 400 billion stars.Here's the real trip though: For every star in the Milky...
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Elon Musk says his new rocket could get us to an icy moon where alien life...
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk just declared that his spaceflight company, SpaceX, could use it biggest rocket to send a crew-carrying spacecraft all the way to Jupiter.The giant planet Jupiter is...
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How an astrophotographer captures breathtaking nebulas, comets, and galaxies
Gerald Rhemann started taking photos of space nearly 30 years ago.And while his field of astrophotography takes incredible skill and dedication, Rhemann is up to the task.From nearby comets to far-off...
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The amount of space junk around Earth has hit a 'critical density' — and it...
Since humans launched Sputnik 1 in 1957, we have polluted the once-empty space around Earth to the point that it is now becoming dangerous, according to former NASA scientist Donald Kessler."We're at...
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There's a rare supermoon total lunar eclipse happening this weekend, and it...
On Sunday evening, Sept. 27, you'll get the chance to see a rare type of lunar eclipse that hasn't happened since 1982.It is called a supermoon total lunar eclipse, and over the last 115 years there...
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Here's what being stranded on Mars like Matt Damon in 'The Martian' would do...
Spoiler alert if you haven't read The Martian.As Elton John once said, it's lonely out in space.And it's even lonelier being stranded on a planet millions of miles from Earth, without communication,...
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9 tripped-out sci-fi technologies in 'The Martian' that NASA really uses
In Matt Damon's latest thriller "The Martian," NASA doesn't just play a key role in the movie — the agency was also an important consultant in the making of the film.The movie is based on the...
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11 tips to capture perfect pictures of Sunday's supermoon eclipse
This weekend a supermoon will coincide with a total lunar eclipse, making the blood-red spectacle appear bigger and brighter than usual, according to NASA.The eclipse will start Sunday night at 10:11...
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Here's why you don't want to miss this week's super-rare lunar eclipse
A celestial event unlike anything we've seen in over 30 years is happening Sunday night in the form of a supermoon total lunar eclipse.While we only get about one to two total lunar eclipses a year, a...
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The sharpest Pluto photos ever released are in stunning color and changing...
NASA has released the sharpest images yet of Pluto. What's more, unlike the usual black-and-white photos of Pluto we're used to seeing, this latest set reveals Pluto in stunning color.The photo below...
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