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In an image from video footage from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center as it soars among the clouds, traveling against the wind.
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UFO report: No sign of aliens, but 143 mystery objects defy explanation

This could have been the day that finally answered the burning question: Are there aliens out there? Sadly, we'll still have to wait.

1 year ago

Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, STS-3 commander, wearing communication kit assembly mini headset, gathers three freefloating plastic trash bags filled with empty containers, paper towels, straws, etc. Lousma will stow them in a designated stowage volume. (NASA)
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Exploring the space-time-stench continuum, where no nose has gone before

Why NASA is creating — and then sniffing out — some of the foulest smells known in the universe.

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WISA Woodsat, seen in an artist's rendering, is billed as the world's first wooden satellite. It's set to be launched from New Zealand before the end of the year.
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Where no plywood has gone before: A space agency will launch a tiny, wooden satellite

Since it became widely available about a century ago, plywood has been prized for its strength, rigidity and durability — three things that are good in a spacecraft.

1 year ago

Participants sit a Blue Origin space simulator during a conference on robotics and artificial intelligence in Las Vegas on June 5, 2019. On Saturday, Blue Origin announced that an unidentified bidder will pay $28 million for a suborbital flight on the company's New Shepard vehicle. (Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images)
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An 11-minute flight to space was just auctioned for $28 million

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is going into space on July 20 on a reusable rocket made by his space exploration company, Blue Origin.

1 year ago

In an image from video footage from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center as it soars among the clouds, traveling against the wind.
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How UFO sightings went from conspiracy theory to a serious government inquiry

Are we alone? Have alien spacecraft been buzzing across Earth's skies?

1 year ago

This map shows the visibility of the total lunar eclipse in the contiguous U.S. at 7:11 a.m. Eastern time this Wednesday. The total lunar eclipse will be visible everywhere in the Pacific and Mountain time zones, as well as in Texas, Oklahoma, western Kansas, Hawaii and Alaska. (NASA)
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How to watch the ‘Super Flower Blood Moon’ lunar eclipse this week

Early risers in the U.S. can catch a spectacular view of the moon Wednesday morning before sunrise, but what you'll be able to see will depend largely on where you live.

1 year ago

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What goes up must come down — including a giant Chinese rocket plunging toward Earth

U.S. Space Command says the exact entry point into Earth's atmosphere cannot be pinpointed until hours before its reentry, which is expected sometime around Saturday.

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The Crab Pulsar is a relatively young neutron star. The star is the central star in the Crab Nebula, a remnant of the supernova SN 1054, which was widely observed on Earth in the year 1054. Discovered in 1968, the pulsar was the first to be connected with a supernova remnant. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Our gadgets increasingly crowd the radio spectrum. They’re crowding out science too

The radio spectrum is a finite range of frequencies. We use pretty much all of it, for Wi-Fi, smart gadgets, radio. But what about scientists who rely on it?

1 year ago

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Mapping Máaz: NASA uses Navajo language to name features on Mars

NASA got permission from the Navajo Nation to use their language to name some points of interest on Mars.

1 year ago

This photo made available by NASA was taken during the first drive of the Perseverance rover on Mars on Thursday, March 4, 2021. Perseverance landed on Feb. 18, 2021. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)
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The Mars mission and the future of commercial space travel

NASA's rover Perseverance is on Mars searching for evidence of ancient life. What would it mean if we found it? And, where is the growing commercial space industry headed?

Air Date: March 12, 2021 10:00 am

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This illustration provided by NASA depicts the Mars 2020 spacecraft carrying the Perseverance rover as it approaches Mars. Perseverance's $3 billion mission is the first leg in a U.S.-European effort to bring Mars samples to Earth in the next decade. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)
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NASA rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life

A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in a quest to search for life on Mars.

1 year ago

Saturn (center, left) and Jupiter (center, right) share a night sky earlier this year near Vantage, Wash. Already this past summer, the two planets were growing closer in the night sky. (Ted S. Warren/AP)
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Jupiter and Saturn will be together again for the holidays

Jupiter and Saturn — which are actually separated by more than 400 million miles — are expected to appear closer to each other in the night sky than they have for centuries.

2 years ago

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Prolific, colorful Perseid meteor shower to dazzle stargazers during peak

The best viewing is from a dark location, like a secluded beach, between a few hours before midnight and dawn, according to earthsky.org.

2 years ago

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SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 years

It was the first splashdown by U.S. astronauts in 45 years, with the first commercially built and operated spacecraft to carry people to and from orbit.

2 years ago

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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‘On our way to Mars’: NASA rover will look for signs of life

NASA’s Perseverance rode a mighty Atlas V rocket into a clear morning sky in the world’s third and final Mars launch of the summer.

2 years ago

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