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Ready Or Not, Musk Is Dragging Us Into Interplanetary Species Status

Today, Elon Musk elaborated on his plans to make humanity a planet-faring species. We've known for a long time that…

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Mercury Is Tectonically Active & Shrinking

Images taken by the MESSENGER spacecraft have shown features on Mercury's surface that indicate that the planet is still tectonically…

8 years ago

What is Absolute Zero?

Absolute Zero is the coldest possible temperature, the point at which you can no longer extract any energy from a…

8 years ago

What is a Total Eclipse?

A total eclipses is an amazing sight, occurring whenever the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth (or the…

8 years ago

Europa’s Venting Global Ocean May Be Easier To Reach Than We Thought

Today, NASA announced that images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope have shown more evidence of water plumes on Europa's…

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Tears of the Hunter: Our Guide to the 2016 Orionid Meteor Shower

The month of October is upon us this weekend, and with it, one of the better meteor showers is active:…

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How Can You see the Northern Lights?

The northern lights are an amazing thing to behold, and can be seen regularly from locations spanning from Siberia and…

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Bright Binocular Nova Discovered in Lupus

A powerful explosion on an otherwise obscure star in the constellation Lupus is now bright enough to see in binoculars.

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Drilling at Unfathomable Alien Landscapes – All in a Sols (Day’s) Work for Curiosity

Our beyond magnificent Curiosity rover has just finished her latest Red Planet drilling campaign - at the rock target called…

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Why Are Stars Different Colors?

Like everything else in the Universe, stars come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and colors, and three of…

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