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Total Solar Eclipses Are on the Path to Extinction

Total Solar Eclipses Are on the Path to Extinction

After 1,000 Days in Orbit, Here Are the 10 Most Remarkable Things MAVEN Taught Us

After 1,000 Days in Orbit, Here Are the 10 Most Remarkable Things MAVEN Taught Us

Meet the 7 Alien Planets Most Likely to Have Life

Meet the 7 Alien Planets Most Likely to Have Life

By Jolene Creighton

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The UK Is Building a $150 Million Facility Where You Can Train for Trips Into Space

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Futuristic Space Lasers Have Arrived, And They’re Far More Than Weapons

By Patrick Caughill

Stephen Hawking’s Tiny Spacecraft Could Reach Another Solar System in Just Over 20 Years

Stephen Hawking’s Tiny Spacecraft Could Reach Another Solar System in Just Over 20 Years

A New Machine Could Allow Us to Print Life in Space

A New Machine Could Allow Us to Print Life in Space

By Patrick Caughill

Are We Alone? – Calculating the Number of Alien Civilizations

Are We Alone? – Calculating the Number of Alien Civilizations

Scientists Hypothesize That Space Travel Caused This Worm To Grow Two Heads

Scientists Hypothesize That Space Travel Caused This Worm To Grow Two Heads

By Patrick Caughill

The First Space-Based ‘Nation’, Asgardia, Plans to Illegally Store Data Off-Planet

The First Space-Based ‘Nation’, Asgardia, Plans to Illegally Store Data Off-Planet

By Science Alert

The World’s First “Space Nation” Will Attempt a Launch This Summer

The World’s First “Space Nation” Will Attempt a Launch This Summer

Private Companies, Not Governments, Are Shaping the Future of Space Exploration

Private Companies, Not Governments, Are Shaping the Future of Space Exploration

By Kristin Houser

Adventures in Satspotting: Why Are Different Orbits Needed for Satellites?

Adventures in Satspotting: Why Are Different Orbits Needed for Satellites?

What are the Zodiac Constellations?

What are the Zodiac Constellations?

By Brian Koberlein

How Galaxies Evolve in the Cosmic Web

How Galaxies Evolve in the Cosmic Web

The First Private Space Station Will Be Equipped to Manufacture

The First Private Space Station Will Be Equipped to Manufacture

What Exploding Stars Can Teach Us About ‘Thunderclouds’

What Exploding Stars Can Teach Us About ‘Thunderclouds’

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New Research Shows Microgravity Mutates Bacteria Into Superbugs

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Microsoft’s Co-Founder Just Revealed the Largest Plane in the World

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Science Explained: How Does Our Sun Work?

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The U.S. Military Has A “Space Aggressor Squadron” Trained for Off-World Warfare

The Largest Galaxy In the Known Universe: IC 1101

The Largest Galaxy In the Known Universe: IC 1101

By Jolene Creighton

The Strange Magnetic Bubbles At The Edge Of The Solar System

The Strange Magnetic Bubbles At The Edge Of The Solar System

The Scale of the Cosmos: From Atoms to the Supermassive Galaxies

The Scale of the Cosmos: From Atoms to the Supermassive Galaxies

By Jolene Creighton

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A Private Company Just Successfully Launched Their Rocket Into Space

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A Powerful Energy Beam in Space Seems to Exceed the Speed of Light

Kardashev Scale: What It’ll Be Like When We Harness the Power of…Everything

Kardashev Scale: What It’ll Be Like When We Harness the Power of…Everything

By Sarah Marquart

Kardashev Scale: What It’ll Be Like When We Harness the Power of an Entire Galaxy

Kardashev Scale: What It’ll Be Like When We Harness the Power of an Entire Galaxy

By Sarah Marquart

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Physicists Have Discovered a Gigantic Magnetic Bridge Spanning Galaxies

By Christianna Reedy

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You Can Now Take an Entire College Course on Martian Architecture

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A “Gas Station in Space” Could Allow Us to Reach Other Worlds

6 of the Largest Objects in the Known Universe (video)

6 of the Largest Objects in the Known Universe (video)

By Jolene Creighton

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An Ultra-Rare “Impossible” Planet Could Revolutionize Our Understanding of Space

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