Debris flows are fast-moving landslides made up of liquefied, unconsolidated, and saturated mass. They are one of the most dangerous natural hazards in the world today.
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Investigators have determined that a "large breach" in the second stage helium system likely triggered the catastrophic Falcon 9 launch pad explosion that suddenly destroyed the rocket and Israeli commercial payload during a routine fueling test three weeks ago, SpaceX announced today, Friday, Sept. 23.
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Bad news, our Sun is living on borrowed time. It's only got a few billion years left. But there might be a way we can extend its life, and make it last for trillions of years into the future.
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With the recent passage of the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2016, NASA can look forward to financial stability in the coming year
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Using data from the PS1 survey, an international team of researchers has made some interesting discoveries about Neptune's Trojan asteroids
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NASA is targeting mid-October for the 'Return to Flight' launch of the upgraded Orbital ATK Antares rocket on a cargo mission to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time in nearly two years. Antares will launch for the first time in the 230 configuration powered by new Russian-built first stage engines.
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The Moon occults Aldebaran tonight, crosses the Hyades star cluster and more.
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Elon Musk is suggesting that SpaceX's Mars Colonial Transporter (MCT) can go a lot further than Mars. What does this mean for their plans?
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After days of delay caused by a technical glitch, the Russian space agency has announced that the Soyuz SM-02 mission will launch on Nov. 1st
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX, FL- Think a Holodeck adventure on Star Trek guided by real life Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin and you'll get a really good idea of what's in store for you as you explore the surface of Mars like never before in the immersive new 'Destination Mars' interactive holographic exhibit opening to the public today, Monday, Sept.19 at the Kennedy Space Center visitor complex in Florida.
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It's not just our Solar System that has a habitable zone, it turns out our entire galaxy has regions which would be hostile to the formation of life as we know it.
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An amazing new view of Ceres' Ahuna Mons reveals it as a towering volcanic dome likely composed of salty mud. The Dawn spacecraft also found evidence for a scant atmosphere on the dwarf planet.
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Reaching across the Great Plains - from Texas to the Canadian Prairies - is the infamous "Tornado Alley", where tornado activity is very common.
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As Earth's outermost layer, the temperature of its crust varies considerably, depending on where it is measured from and various other factors.
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