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Does the Universe Really Go on Forever? Bill Nye Answers.

Does the Universe Really Go on Forever? Bill Nye Answers.

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How Long Would it Take Us to Reach the Most Earth-like Planet We Know of?

By Jolene Creighton

Carl Sagan on How Humanity Would Transform if Aliens Contacted Earth

Carl Sagan on How Humanity Would Transform if Aliens Contacted Earth

By Jordan Bates

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Any Alien Life in the Trappist-1 System Exists in a Tenuous Balance

Is the Universe Infinite & Do an Infinite Number of Charlies Exist?

Is the Universe Infinite & Do an Infinite Number of Charlies Exist?

A “Superpower” of Nature Made This Stunning Image of a Far-Off Galaxy Possible

A “Superpower” of Nature Made This Stunning Image of a Far-Off Galaxy Possible

By Kristin Houser

Why We Must Explore the Final Frontier

Why We Must Explore the Final Frontier

By Jolene Creighton

Here’s What We’d Need to Transform Wormholes Into Intergalactic Shortcuts

Here’s What We’d Need to Transform Wormholes Into Intergalactic Shortcuts

How Can Space Travel Faster Than The Speed Of Light?

How Can Space Travel Faster Than The Speed Of Light?

Breakthrough Tech Could Allow Us to Reach Alien Worlds in Just 70 Years

Breakthrough Tech Could Allow Us to Reach Alien Worlds in Just 70 Years

By Chelsea Gohd

Do We Inhabit in a Universe Tailor-Made For Life (And Why)?

Do We Inhabit in a Universe Tailor-Made For Life (And Why)?

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Our Future Space Colonies Could Be Built Using Super-Strong Martian Bricks

By Christianna Reedy

The First People to Colonize the Solar System Will Risk Deadly, Cosmic Radiation

The First People to Colonize the Solar System Will Risk Deadly, Cosmic Radiation

By Kelsey R. Marquart

Alan Stern: We Are Returning to Pluto

Alan Stern: We Are Returning to Pluto

By Neil C. Bhavsar

Research Indicates That Most Habitable Planets Might Be “Water Worlds”

Research Indicates That Most Habitable Planets Might Be “Water Worlds”

By Patrick Caughill

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We May Have Finally Solved the Mystery of Solar Flares

We Just Entered a New Age in Space. Here’s Proof.

We Just Entered a New Age in Space. Here’s Proof.

By Jolene Creighton

The Next Earth May Be Even Closer Than We Imagined

The Next Earth May Be Even Closer Than We Imagined

500,000 Pieces of Space Junk Are Orbiting the Earth. Here’s How We Can Get Rid of Them.

500,000 Pieces of Space Junk Are Orbiting the Earth. Here’s How We Can Get Rid of Them.

By Patrick Caughill

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Planet 9 Found? Astronomers Have Officially Found A Candidate

New Evidence Has Emerged on the Potential for Life in the Trappist System

New Evidence Has Emerged on the Potential for Life in the Trappist System

By Christianna Reedy

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Elon Musk Says His Reusable Rockets Will Make Space Access 100-Times Cheaper

Telescope Upgrades Will Allow Scientists to See 13 Billion Years Into the Universe’s Past

Telescope Upgrades Will Allow Scientists to See 13 Billion Years Into the Universe’s Past

By Patrick Caughill

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To Explore Alien Planets, We Need a Better Braking System

The Latest Super Telescopes Will Let You See Space Like Never Before

The Latest Super Telescopes Will Let You See Space Like Never Before

We Must Reach the Final Frontier: The Legacy of John Glenn

We Must Reach the Final Frontier: The Legacy of John Glenn

By Sarah Marquart

Stephen Hawking is Going to Outer Space

Stephen Hawking is Going to Outer Space

By Sarah Marquart

The World’s Most Mysterious Space Drone Is Finally on Its Way Back to Earth

The World’s Most Mysterious Space Drone Is Finally on Its Way Back to Earth

By Christianna Reedy

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The Competitors in Today’s Space Race Are Companies, Not Countries

Another Terrifying Imagining of Aliens Is Arriving in May

Another Terrifying Imagining of Aliens Is Arriving in May

By Patrick Caughill

Physicists Suggest That Recently Found Cosmic Radio Bursts Are Evidence of Alien Life

Physicists Suggest That Recently Found Cosmic Radio Bursts Are Evidence of Alien Life

By Neil C. Bhavsar

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China Is Making Futuristic Space Rockets That Launch From Planes

We’ll Soon Be Able to Look Into the Heart of the Milky Way

We’ll Soon Be Able to Look Into the Heart of the Milky Way

By Chelsea Gohd

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The ISS Is Getting Its First African-American Crew Member in 2018

By June Javelosa

Should We Try to Colonize Other Worlds or Stay and Fix Earth?

Should We Try to Colonize Other Worlds or Stay and Fix Earth?

By Chelsea Gohd

India Just Set a New World Record for Satellite Launches in a Single Day

India Just Set a New World Record for Satellite Launches in a Single Day

By Neil C. Bhavsar

What Will We Do When Hubble Dies?

What Will We Do When Hubble Dies?

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Our Neighboring Sun May Actually Not Have Any Habitable Planets

By Kathleen Riley

A Real Life “Hibernation Chamber” is Being Made For Deep Space Travel

A Real Life “Hibernation Chamber” is Being Made For Deep Space Travel

By June Javelosa

Living in Space Proven to Transform Humans on a Genetic Level

Living in Space Proven to Transform Humans on a Genetic Level

By Patrick Caughill

Could Humans Ever Really Reach Alien Stars?

Could Humans Ever Really Reach Alien Stars?

By Jelor Gallego

Companies Aiming for 2020 Launch of Commercial ISS Replacement

Companies Aiming for 2020 Launch of Commercial ISS Replacement

By Chelsea Gohd

Astronomers Discover Closest Alien Planet in Its Star’s Habitable Zone

Astronomers Discover Closest Alien Planet in Its Star’s Habitable Zone

Russia’s Ballistic Missiles Versus Asteroid Apophis

Russia’s Ballistic Missiles Versus Asteroid Apophis

By Annabs Sanchez

Planet Nine Could Cause Chaos in Our Solar System (Fortunately, We’ll be Long Gone)

Planet Nine Could Cause Chaos in Our Solar System (Fortunately, We’ll be Long Gone)

By Patrick Caughill

China Just Successfully Launched its Second Space Station, Tiangong-2

Japanese Rocket Suffers Catastrophic Failure

Japanese Rocket Suffers Catastrophic Failure

By Patrick Caughill

Research Shows How Space Travel Affects Humans

Research Shows How Space Travel Affects Humans

By June Javelosa

Scientists Have Launched a New Quest to Take Humanity Beyond Our Solar System

Scientists Have Launched a New Quest to Take Humanity Beyond Our Solar System

By Todd Jaquith

Rogue World: The Solar System’s Mysterious Ninth Planet

Rogue World: The Solar System’s Mysterious Ninth Planet

Predicting 2017: A Look At Humanity’s Future in Space

Predicting 2017: A Look At Humanity’s Future in Space

By Todd Jaquith

Becoming Martian: This Is Our Future on the Red Planet

Becoming Martian: This Is Our Future on the Red Planet

2017 Will Bring Us More Earth-Like Alien Worlds Than We Ever Dreamed

2017 Will Bring Us More Earth-Like Alien Worlds Than We Ever Dreamed

By Cecille De Jesus

For the First Time in History, We Are Seeing Alien Worlds

For the First Time in History, We Are Seeing Alien Worlds

This Light-Powered Craft Is Paving the Way to Alpha Centauri

This Light-Powered Craft Is Paving the Way to Alpha Centauri

What Space Travel Will Do To You

What Space Travel Will Do To You

By Cecille De Jesus

It Turns Out, Finding a Habitable Alien World May Be Rather Difficult

It Turns Out, Finding a Habitable Alien World May Be Rather Difficult

How a New U.S. Space Station Would Let Humanity Colonize the Solar System

How a New U.S. Space Station Would Let Humanity Colonize the Solar System

By Weston Hochmuth

This Self-Healing Tech Could Let Us Reach the Closest Alien Stars in Just 20 Years

This Self-Healing Tech Could Let Us Reach the Closest Alien Stars in Just 20 Years

Scientists Weigh in On the Possibility of Life in Pluto’s Oceans

Scientists Weigh in On the Possibility of Life in Pluto’s Oceans

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Virgin Galactic’s Spaceplane Completed Its First Solo Glide Flight

Africa’s First Private Satellite is Set to Launch, And It Was Made By Teens

Africa’s First Private Satellite is Set to Launch, And It Was Made By Teens

By Eleazer Corpuz

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Space Leaves Astronauts Partially Blind, and We May Finally Know Why

By Jess Vilvestre

The Missing Universe: CERN Has Started Searching for “Dark Photons”

The Missing Universe: CERN Has Started Searching for “Dark Photons”

By Jess Vilvestre