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The CEO once said a self-sustaining Mars colony won’t work if it’s wildly expensive for each person to make the voyage.
An astronaut had to overcome hearing loss to get to fly to space.
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The famous astrophysicist argues why Elon Musk is more important than Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.
SpaceX plans to launch about 12,000 internet-providing satellites into orbit over the next six years.
Here’s the science of black holes, from supermassive monsters to ones the size of ping-pong balls.
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Giving our solar system a “slap in the face.”
It’s unlikely that there’s anything on the planet that is worth the cost of shipping it back
The greatest space program spinoff? Human collaboration.
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Two massive clouds of dust in orbit around the Earth have been discussed for years and finally proven to exist.
Our friendly neighborhood gas giant serves as a cosmic catcher’s mitt.
The concept was likened to a porch light in our little neighborhood of the galaxy.
We may not find Klingons, but what we do find will blow our terrestrial minds.
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It’s an asteroid, it’s a comet, it’s actually a spacecraft?
It’s exotic, incredibly cold stuff.
Follow along as the InSight spacecraft crosses millions of miles to the red planet.
A young star and a belt of gasses give the game away.
Around Halloween in 2015, astronomers discovered ‘The Goblin’. Now, it’s leading us to what some call Planet X.
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Future or extraterrestrial civilizations could create megastructures the size of a solar system.
By 2022, there may be as many as three artificial moons floating above the city of Chengdu.
At what point does spending billions on rocket technology seem irresponsible to those suffering on Earth?
This meteorite is the oldest known volcanic rock in the solar system, dated at 4,565,000,000 years old.
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Researchers at Japan’s Tohoku University might be clearing the way for space travel.
It had a role in that old farmhouse…
Is The Goblin’s orbit a breadcrumb leading us to Planet X?
Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why Trump’s Space Force is “not a crazy idea”.
Modern life hinges on satellite connectivity. President of Kraus Aerospace Fatema Hamdani explains how the science of perpetual flight is unfolding, and how to defend satellites and drones from enemy fire.
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Credit: NASA NASA this week unveiled its new plan that many are calling “bold” and other lofty adjectives, with a 10-to-20-year span, each phase of which is somewhat dependent on […]
No particle we know of can explain what’s going on.
Also known as the “Halloween Comet,” a 2,000-foot-wide asteroid is expected to pass Earth on November 11.