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NASA’s Michelle Thaller explains how an accidental discovery led to the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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It’s the first time humans have landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon.
In theory, we could use high-energy lasers to make our own artificial black holes, potentially capturing the enormous energy they emit.
On Tuesday, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew by the space rock, located some 4 billion miles away from Earth.
We’re finally here! We’ve been counting down the 10 most popular videos of 2018. This is #1…
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It’s possible that the Higgs boson is connected to a bizarre doomsday scenario for the universe.
The countdown continues! The 4th most popular video from 2018 involves humanity hiding behind a tree.
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Superpowers team up to heat up the ionosphere by over 200 degrees.
Two new papers say everything we knew about black holes was wrong.
A theory from cosmology claims the Universe could rip apart to shreds.
Star production peaked three billion years after the Big Bang.
It was captured by the Parker Solar Probe, which is currently studying the star.
The Geminid meteor shower grows more intense with every year, and it’s expected to be particularly bright in 2018.
The rocket reached an altitude of 51 miles, meeting the Federal Aviation Administration’s definition of space.
The NASA probe has ventured beyond our solar system.
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The photos were taken the same day as Russian cosmonauts investigated a mysterious hole discovered in one of the craft.
Matter from the first few microseconds after the Big Bang.
Technology’s rapid advances may slow down, limiting our possibilities.
Breakthrough Starshot is moving ahead with an audacious vision for space exploration.
Astronauts will be able to harvest the Moon’s natural resources to sustain human life.
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On Friday, NASA’s InSight Mars lander captured and transmitted historic audio from the red planet.
Russia has launched several so-called “inspector satellites” that could potentially be weaponized.
To strengthen your mind, work with your hands, says former astronaut Leland Melvin.
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NASA’s Michelle Thaller explains why the term ‘Big Bang’ is misleading, and how to best imagine the shape of the universe.
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It was “one of the most complex and intricate endeavors” SpaceX has ever undertaken.
The Mars landing is a reminder that we never know what—or whom—we might discover out there.
Venus: Hot, toxic, hellish… home?
Time to build a Corellian shipyard?
The unmanned lander will help scientists learn more about the interior of Mars and the development of rocky planets.