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Felix Baumgartner Prepares For Supersonic Free Fall By Not Eating Fiber
Early Tuesday morning, Felix Baumgartner will attempt to shatter records by going faster than the speed of sound in a free fall. He will launch in a capsule lifted by a giant helium balloon. This...
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Felix Baumgartner's Biggest Fear: His Own Space Suit
Felix Baumgartner is about to plunge 120,000 feet over the New Mexican desert in an attempt to break the speed of sound. A number of things could wrong: his blood could boil, he could go into an...
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First Scoop Of Mars Dirt Looks A Lot Like Baking Flour
On Sunday, Oct. 7, 61 one days after the Curiosity rover landed on Mars, NASA used the scoop on her robotic arm for the first time to dig up a small batch of Martian soil. It turns out the elusive...
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NASA: We Think The Shiny Object Is Part Of The Rover, Not Alien Material
Two nights ago, the space enthusiast twitterverse lit up when a shiny object was sighted on Mars and interrupted Curisoity's soil-scooping mission. The Curiosity rover stopped the mission to...
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It May Be Possible To Travel Faster Than The Speed Of Light
Although Einstein's theories suggest nothing can move faster than the speed of light, two scientists have extended his equations to show what would happen if faster-than-light travel were possible....
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Astronomers Catch A Crazy Spiral Structure Around Dying Star
The image below is of a newly discovered, and utterly surprising, spiral structure in the material around the red giant star R Sculptoris, 780 light-years from Earth. Scientists used to think the...
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Keep Your Eyes Peeled For A Bright Moon And Venus In Friday Morning's Sky
With daylight saving time still in effect across most of the United States and Canada, the sun is now rising at many localities after 7 a.m. local time. That means dawn is coming late, so a lot of...
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Astronomers Find A Planet Mostly Made Of Diamond!
Astronomers from Yale University believe planet 55 Cancri e is made largely of diamond. The planet was first spotted orbiting its star in 2011. But at that time, scientists thought 55 Cancri e had a...
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Bubbles In 700,000-Year-Old Meteorites Contain Ancient Martian Air
Black glass from a Martian meteorite that crashed in Morocco last summer may shed light on not only the surface of the Red Planet but also its interior and atmosphere, a new study reveals. Rocks are...
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Curiosity's First Science Target Turns Out To Be A New And Unexpected Type Of...
A rock on Mars being studied by NASA's Curiosity rover is unlike any Martian stone ever seen, and is surprisingly similar to an unusual, but well-known, kind of rock on Earth. This type of rock is the...
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Space Shuttle Endeavour's Journey Through LA Costs Nearly $1 Million Per Mile
Space Shuttle Endeavour left Los Angeles International Airport late Thursday night. After being delivered to Los Angeles on the back of a modified Boeing 747 in September, NASA's youngest orbiter will...
View ArticleBill Nye Pleads With America To Ask The President For NASA Money
In a recent YouTube video, Bill Nye asks for your help to restore the budget for NASA's planetary exploration program. The letter is asking to allocate $1.5 billion to NASA for the next five years in...
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NASA Just Found A Crater On Mercury That Looks Like Cookie Monster
Reuters' Matthew Keys just tweeted this extraordinary image which appeared on NASA's Flickr account. "Anyone else think this looks like Cookie Monster?" asks NASA. But the truth is that there's much...
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Felix Baumgartner Looked Absolutely Devastated After His Mission To Break The...
"I am strapped into the capsule, and I am ready to go," Felix Baumgartner told Mission Control moments before a giant helium balloon was to take him 23 miles above the New Mexican desert for a...
View ArticleLIVE: Felix Baumgartner Attempts To Break The Sound Barrier
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner tries again today to become the first skydiver to break the speed of sound, despite earlier delays due to strong winds. You can watch the live feed at the Red Bull...
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A Beautiful Shot Of Earth From 80,000 Feet
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner is more than halfway to reaching 120,000 feet over New Mexico in an attempt to break the sound barrier in a free fall. Here's an incredible shot from his space...
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Two Scary Incidents Almost Forced Felix Baumgartner To Abort His Mission
Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier in a 24-mile jump from the edge of space on Sunday. But that almost didn't happen. Two serious issues nearly forced the Austrian daredevil to abort his...
View ArticleFelix Baumgartner's Helmet Camera Shows Him Going Into An Uncontrolled Spin
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner broke the speed of sound while falling 128,000 feet to Earth yesterday. A camera fixed on the Austrian's chest pointed at his helmet gives a first-hand look of the...
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Newly-Discovered Planet Is The First To Have Four Suns
A newly discovered planet is the first to have four suns. The planet, named PH1, is around 5,000 light-years away and is about 6.2 times the size of our planet. It's a gas giant similar to Neptune,...
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Chuck Yeager Says Baumgartner's Record-Breaking Space Jump Is Nothing New
Former U.S. Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager appeared on CNBC today to discuss Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking 24-mile jump to Earth yesterday. Yeager famously broke the speed of sound in a...
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