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CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL - Following a pair of back to back launch scrubs this week on Wednesday and Thursday due to rocket fueling issues with the liquid oxygen propellant, SpaceX has reset the blast off of their upgraded Falcon 9 rocket - carrying the commercial SES-9 television and communications satellite - to coincidentally coincide with a serene sunset on Sunday, Feb. 28.
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By measuring a fast radio burst (FRB) coming from space, a team of CSIRO scientists claims to have accounted for the "missing matter" of the Universe
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We turn our gaze away from Pluto's "heart" to explore the ancient ice canyons of its north polar region.
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With the recent milestone achieved by the New Horizons mission, many are contemplating what our next space exploration goal should be
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US astronomers announced last month they may have found a ninth planet beyond Neptune, but conceded they had no idea where on an estimated 10,000-20,000-year orbit it might be.
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Now that Advanced LIGO has made the first direct detection of gravitational waves, what does the future of gravitational wave astronomy hold in store?
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Pluto has been explored, and now the USPS has released new stamps to celebrate this accomplishment. And that's not all, more planets, the Moon and Star Trek?
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There's always time for a practical joke, even for the astronauts aboard the ISS.
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CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL - Final preparations are underway for SpaceX's first launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral during 2016 with the commercial SES-9 television and communications satellite on Wednesday evening Feb. 24, following a smooth static fire engine test on Monday. Update: Technical issue postponed launch to Feb 25 at 6:46 pm.
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Where, why, and how should we terraform? What are the challenges, and is such a thing even possible with the technology we have?
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Wondering if the science in that sci-fi movie you just saw is real? Get a hold of the book "Hollyweird Science - From Quantum Quirks to the Multiverse" by Kevin Grazier and Stephen Cass. With it, you can sift through a lot of "tropes and conceits" and glean some wonderful insights of both modern science and modern cinema.
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NASA has made public a recording of strange "music" that astronauts reported hearing in 1969 while on the far side of the Moon, out of radio contact with the Earth.
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Opposition season 2016 for Jupiter kicks off with a great series of double shadow transits of the Galilean Moons.
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A new system holds the promise of interstellar travel, asteroid deflection, and even interstellar communication.
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