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Revolutionary NASA/NOAA GOES-R Geostationary Weather Satellite Awesome Night Launch
Stephen Hawking Issues A Wake Up Call
According to a recent speech given by Hawking at the Oxford Union, humanity has 1000 years to become interplanetary, or face extinction
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How Bad is the Radiation on Mars?
Due to the lack of a magnetosphere and its very thin atmosphere, the surface of Mars is exposed to a lot more radiation than planet Earth.
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This Star Is The Roundest Natural Object Ever Seen
Using data obtained by the Kepler mission, international team of astronomers have found the roundest object yet in the universe!
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Sunset Saturday Blastoff of GOES-R Set to Deliver Quantum Leap in Weather Forecasting on Nov. 19 - Watch Live
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - From both the technical and weather standpoint, the outlook is outstanding for Saturdays sunset blastoff of the NASA/NOAA GOES-R geostationary weather observation satellite that's set to deliver a 'quantum leap' in weather forecasting on Nov. 19.
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Soar Over Ceres With New Images From the Dawn Spacecraft
Mars Has Features That Look Very Similar To Life Bearing Hot Springs On Earth
Rock formations at the Gusev Crater on Mars closely resemble formations at El Tatio in Chile, which were partly formed by living processes.
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Colonizing the Inner Solar System
In this epic, 2-part episode, we team up with Isaac Arthur to imagine how humans will colonize the inner Solar System, becoming a true spacefaring civilization.
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Colonizing the Outer Solar System
This episode continues our team up with Fraser Cain to look at Colonizing the Solar System, we move from the inner solar system to the Asteroid Belt and beyond, all the way out to the Oort Cloud.
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Weekly Space Hangout - November 18, 2016: Dr. Jason Wright and Tabby's Star
What is Moon Mining?
The idea of Moon mining has been around for decades, and is becoming more attractive thanks to the NewSpace industry and renewed lunar exploration
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New Theory of Gravity Does Away With Need for Dark Matter
Dark matter? Who needs it?! Gravity may be something else altogether.
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Pluto Has a Subsurface 'Antifreeze' Ocean
NASA Stands Ready For Trump Transition Team
Almost a week after the election, NASA is still waiting to talk to Trump's transition team, making the future of the space agency seem uncertain
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In the Cleanroom with Game Changing GOES-R Next Gen Weather Satellite - Launching Nov. 19
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - After an ironic detour due to Hurricane Matthew, liftoff of the game changing NASA/NOAA next generation GOES-R geostationary weather observation satellite offering a "dramatic leap in capability" is finally on track for this weekend on Nov. 19 from the Florida Space Coast.
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Carnival of Space #483
A New Prototype Telescope Proves Itself Worthy
The ASTRI telescope - a prototype for a new type of gamma-ray telescope located on Mount Etna, Siciliy - just passed its most important test to date
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What Is The Interplanetary Transport Network?
Sure, if you've got lots of energy, you can zip around the Solar System. But if you've got time and rocket fuel is in short supply, you can take the Interplanetary Superhighway.
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When Good Showers Turn Bad: The 2016 Leonids
The Leonid meteors are expected to peak on the night of Thursday, November 17th into the morning of Friday, November 18th.
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What is the Death Ray?
First proposed in the early 20th century, and a staple of science fiction for over a century, the concept of the "death ray" is fast becoming a reality!
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Carl Sagan's Crazy Idea: Life Inside A Comet?
Space Habitat designs are enormous, high-tech structures. Carl Sagan had a different idea: comets as space habitats.
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America's Pioneering Astronauts Honored with new 'Heroes and Legends' Attraction at Kennedy Space Center
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX, FL - America's pioneering astronauts who braved the perils of the unknown and put their lives on the line at the dawn of the space age atop mighty rockets that propelled our hopes and dreams into the new frontier of outer space and culminated with NASA's Apollo lunar landings, are being honored with the eye popping new 'Heroes and Legends' attraction at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (KSCVC) in Florida.
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November 2016 Super Moon Images from Around the World
Detector With Real-time Alert Capability Waits Patiently For Supernova Neutrinos
Researchers at the Super-Kamiokande Observatory hope to be able to learn more about the elusive neutrino particle, thanks to a new computer system that can monitor detections in real-time.
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Princeton Team Directly Observes Planets Around Nearby Stars
A new instrument that took five years to build allows astronomers to capture and analyze the light reflecting off distant exoplanets.
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Weekly Space Hangout - November 11, 2016: Pat Ammons of Space Camp, and Bob King of "Night Sky With The Naked Eye"
Was Physics Really Violated By EM Drive In "Leaked" NASA Paper?
The controversial EM Drive has received a potential shot in the arm, thanks to a "leaked" report which claims it works in a vacuum.
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Discovery Of A Nearby Super Earth With Only 5 Times Our Mass
An international team of researchers have found another planet orbiting a red dwarf; in this case, a small super-Earth less than 33 light years away.
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 428: The Moons of Mars
Rock Legends – the Asteroids and Their Discoverers
Preview: Comet 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková Brightens in December
Looking for a good binocular comet? Well, if luck is on our side, we should be getting our first looks at periodic Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková as it tops +10th magnitude in dusk skies over the next few weeks.
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Where Will President-Elect Trump Take American Space Endeavours?
With the election over, there are concerns over at NASA at how a Trump presidency might affect their research and exploration efforts
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November's Supermoon 2016 - Closest of a Lifetime?
By now, you've heard the news. We'll spare you the "it's a bird, it's a plane..." routine to usher in the Supermoon 2016. This month's Full Moon is not only the closest for the year, but the nearest Full Moon for a 80 year plus span.
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What are Active Galactic Nuclei?
The center of large galaxies are active places, where supermassive black holes pump out an incredible amount of light and radiation!
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SpaceX Aims for Mid-December Falcon 9 Launch Resumption: Musk
Hoping to recover quickly after suffering a calamitous launch pad explosion of their Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral some two months ago, SpaceX is aiming to resume launches of the booster in mid-December, said company founder and CEO Elon Musk in a recent televised interview on Nov. 4.
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Mars One Merges With Mobile Payment Company In Odd Restructuring
Space exploration oddball Mars One has announced a merger with a Swiss mobile payment company called InFin AG.
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What are Magellanic Clouds?
Beyond the Milky Way Galaxy lies the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, two bundles of stars and dust that orbit our galaxy at a distance of 160,000 and 200,000 light years.
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What I Learned Writing 'Night Sky with the Naked Eye'
Next Cygnus Cargo Launch to Space Station Switched to ULA Atlas V
In a complete change of plans from less than three weeks ago, NASA has asked Orbital ATK to switch rockets and launch the firms next Cygnus commercial cargo freighter to the space station on the tried and true Atlas V rather than their own Antares rocket - which just successfully delivered another Cygnus to the orbiting outpost with a hefty stash of science and supplies.
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Messier 26 - The NGC 6694 Open Star Cluster
Located in the direction of the Scutum Constellation, about 5,000 light years from Earth, is the open star cluster known as Messier 26
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A Pulsar and White Dwarf Dance Together In A Surprising Orbit
The discovery of a millisecond pulsar orbiting a low-mass white dwarf star has astronomers puzzled, mainly because its orbit defies conventional models of stellar formation
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Carnival of Space #482
Some Of The Deepest & Sharpest Shots of The Moon from Earth
The Orbit of the Moon
The Orbit of the Moon is strange, which gives rise to changes in its appearance. It is also slowly changing, moving farther away from Earth.
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Carnival of Space #481
When Was the First Light in the Universe?
When was the first time that the Universe cooled down enough that light could finally move around?
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The Cancer Constellation
Located in the Zodiac, the asterism known as Cancer is a medium-sized and relatively faint constellation, and one of 88 recognized by the IAU today.
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SpaceX's Fueling Process Makes NASA Queasy
A NASA advisory group has expressed concerns over SpaceX's safety standards in the wake of the explosion that claimed one of the company's rockets
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 427: Click Bait vs Clear Science
Weekly Space Hangout - November 4, 2016: Mars and Where to Land on it with Dr. Matt Golombek
