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This space probe could solve a mystery of life's origins
Lockheed Martin just finished building the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft for NASA.If all goes according to plan, the 1.7-ton probe will launch next year toward an asteroid called Bennu, then bring the...
View ArticleHere's what happens when a black hole and a star collide
NASA has released this artist rendering of the beautiful consequences when a star gets too close to a black hole. Prepare to be mesmerized.Produced By Matt Johnston. Special thanks to Dave Mosher....
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Astronomers discover dead star feeding on a tiny world for the first time
In the first observation of its kind, astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized dead star in the process of feeding on a small planetoid.The discovery could solve a long-standing mystery about these...
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Scientists are days from finding out if that mysterious star could actually...
When astronomer Doug Vakoch heard the news that there might be an alien civilization around the mysterious star KIC 8462852, he took immediate action.For the last week, Vakoch and his colleagues at the...
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There's an incredible piece of gaming history at the heart of NASA's Pluto...
In 2006, NASA launched a spacecraft named New Horizons with an eye toward the dwarf planet Pluto.Nine years later, it's taking gorgeous photos of Pluto, its moons, and other, mostly cold stuff in the...
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NASA just released scary footage of Hurricane Patricia from space
Astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted out this incredible image of Hurricane Patricia on October 23, taken while the space station floated over the storm, which has sustained winds traveling at 190 miles per...
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The 15 most compelling scientific findings that suggest aliens are real
Every one of us is made up of atoms that were once part of an exploding star, including atomic carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen — some of the fundamental ingredients for life.Over billions of years, these...
View ArticleDutch students built an insane rocket that launched 13 miles into the air
Students from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have built Stratos II+, a record-breaking rocket that shot 13 miles into the air. The 40 person team took 4 years to engineer and...
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This is the best explanation yet for that 'alien megastructure' 1,400...
A curious star more than 1,400 light-years from Earth has completely baffled astronomers.It's so unlike anything we've ever seen, scientists can't entirely discount that it's evidence of an alien...
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NASA just announced an asteroid will hurtle past Earth on Halloween
It’s time to get to know a new friend: asteroid 2015 TB145, a sizeable chunk of rock that’s hurtling through space at speeds of over 126,000 km/h (78,293 mph) right now.Discovered just a few days ago,...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson: Here’s what would happen if the sun disappeared
What would happen if you woke up one day and the sun was just gone? Neil deGrasse Tyson explains this improbable astrophysics question. Produced by Darren Weaver and Kamelia Angelova. Additional...
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This alcohol-laced comet spewed 500 wine bottles' worth of booze per second
Comet Lovejoy is carrying the ingredients for a raging celestial happy hour.When the frozen comet passed by the sun earlier this year, part of it thawed and started spewing a huge stream of ethyl...
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How to watch the last supermoon of the year tonight
There is an especially large and bright full moon coming out tonight.So, if you want an exceptionally good look at some of the stunning features on the lunar surface, this evening will be the night to...
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How to watch Mars, Venus, and Jupiter come together in a rare close encounter...
A celestial event happening this week will be so bright even people in bright cities like New York City, will get to see it — as long as the morning skies remain clear of clouds.The two brightest...
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A giant asteroid flying past Earth on Halloween is the least of our nightmares
A skyscraper-sized asteroid will speed past Earth from an uncomfortably close distance this Halloween.Although 310,000 miles away may not sound close, the giant space rock is zooming by only a little...
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A mysterious piece of space junk nicknamed 'WTF' could help protect humanity...
An unidentified chunk of space debris will plunge into the Indian Ocean on November 13.Scientists aren't sure if the 2-meter-wide object is a space rock or possibly debris from a rocket, satellite, or...
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The monster rocket NASA is building to shuttle astronauts to Mars just passed...
The SLS, America’s first human-rated heavy lift rocket intended to carryastronautsto deep space destinations since NASA’s Apollo moon landing era Saturn V, has passed a key design milestone known as...
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A NASA space probe is about to 'sniff' the water of a habitable ocean world
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is going to sample the vast subsurface ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Wednesday, October 28.This is a particularly exciting event because scientists think Enceladus is,...
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A mysterious chunk of space debris called 'WTF' is headed straight for Earth
Space junk is becoming a real problem.Today, millions of pieces of it huddle within the region of space just beyond our planet.Sometimes this debris is carefully guided into Earth's atmosphere, where...
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There's a hidden message on this family portrait that an Apollo astronaut...
On April 20, 1972, Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke took his first steps on the moon. He was 36 at the time and is the youngest human in history to ever walk on the lunar surface.But that's not the...
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