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National Plan For Planetary Protection Released By The US Government

The White House has released their National Strategy for Planetary Protection.

2 years ago

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30 Incredible New Images Of Space From Hubble

See these new and astonishing Hubble images.

2 years ago

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Glow In The Dark Moon Discovered Around Jupiter

One of Jupiter’s moons might actually glow in the dark.

3 years ago

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Secret Ninth Planet Searched For By Astronomers

Two astronomers from Yale are utilizing new techniques to try and find a hidden, secret planet beyond Neptune.

3 years ago

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NASA Spots Sprites And Elves In Jupiter’s Atmosphere

NASA’s Juno mission on Jupiter has discovered “sprites” and “elves” dancing in the atmosphere of the planet.

3 years ago

See An Asteroid Worth 10,000 Quadrillion Dollars

Who knew asteroids could carry worth, any amount? Most asteroids are made of ice or rock.

3 years ago

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Water On The Moon Discovered By NASA

Water on the moon has been discovered! Here’s what this could mean.

3 years ago

Astronomers Discover A Planet That Shouldn’t Exist

New planets feel like they should be discovered all the time. After all, this is the infinite and unending nature of space we are talking about.

3 years ago

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The International Space Station Oxygen Supply Just Failed

The International Space Station just lost oxygen.

3 years ago

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Watch Astronauts Use The Bathroom In Their New Space Toilet

Watch how you use the bathroom in space in this new video from astronaut Chris Cassidy.

3 years ago

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The International Space Station Is Leaking Air

There is a mystery aboard the International Space Station.

3 years ago

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New Jupiter Image Is Our Best Ever Look At The Planet And Europa

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system and one of the most fascinating. Now, new photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope have given us one of our best looks ever at the gas giant. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured these new high-resolution photos of Jupiter and they are absolutely beautiful. Let’s take …

3 years ago

NASA Puts A Bounty On Moon Rocks

NASA is offering to purchase dirt and rocks from the Moon from any company willing to collect them. They’re paying cash for pieces of the moon.

3 years ago

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The Universe Is More Beautiful Than Ever In New NASA Images

New images showcase the true beauty of the universe.

3 years ago

NASA News: Changing Names Of Cosmic Objects To Eliminate Racism

We have the latest NASA news. Follow us into NASA’s present and future of exploration.

3 years ago

First Photo Of NASA Astronauts Back On Earth After Historic SpaceX Splashdown

It marks the first time in a decade that human spaceflight will launch from United States soil.

3 years ago

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The New Space Race: Japan’s MOMO Spins Out OF Control

This time the space race isn’t the sole providence of governments; massive global entities with near unlimited funds and infrastructure.

3 years ago

President Trump’s Space Force: Official Flag Unfurled

The Space Force was first proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump in March of 2018.

3 years ago

Killer Asteroids: How Long Until Earth Is Destroyed And How To Stop It

What are the odds of another major catastrophe caused by an asteroid or meteorite?

3 years ago

NASA’s Plan To Have A Moon Base By 2024

The goal is to have humans on the moon by 2024, something that may take a Herculean effort to make happen.

3 years ago

Curiosity Rover On Mars: What Is It Doing Right Now?

Seven years on the Red Planet. What exactly is NASA’s current goal for the Curiosity rover and what has it discovered?

3 years ago

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NASA-Created Travel Posters For Real Exoplanets Make Us Want To Book A Trip

If you’re a fan of GFR, there’s a good chance you grew up dreaming of leaving footprints in alien sand, watching a sun other than our own sink below a mysterious horizon. Even though the prospect of venturing beyond our homeworld still seems impossibly distant for most of us, it’s a dream that lingers. If …

8 years ago

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Autonomous Helicopter Drones May Assist NASA’s Exploration Of Mars, Here’s How

NASA’s rovers have provided a wealth of information about Mars over the years and continue to ramble on. Devices like Opportunity and Curiosity have been exploring the surface of the Red Planet for more than a decade now (Opportunity touched down 11 years ago yesterday), but for everything they’ve revealed to us, they’ve explored relatively …

8 years ago

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NASA Could Construct A Cloud City Over Venus, Details Here

With events like the successful test flight of the new Orion spacecraft, there’s been a great deal of talk about crewed missions to Mars lately. There’s even a rough timeline now, as NASA has eyes on setting foot on the Red Planet in the 2030s. But Mars isn’t the only planet in the neighborhood, and …

8 years ago

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NASA Gets An Unexpected Budget Increase—Yes, You Read That Right

What’s the first thing you think of when someone says NASA? Maybe the Apollo missions, maybe the ISS, maybe the Challenger disaster. Whatever it is, I bet one thing no one thinks of anymore is piles and piles of money. NASA is perennially underfunded to the extent that its spokespeople have said its meager budget …

8 years ago

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NASA Scrubs Orion Test Flight, Will Try Again Tomorrow

I got up bright and early this morning to watch the first test flight of the Orion spacecraft, which was scheduled for 7:05am. At 7:45 I was still watching the feed, pacing anxiously around, wondering how much longer I could wait before being late for work. First, a boat got too close to the launch …

9 years ago

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NASA Announces Tomorrow’s Orion Launch Is The First Step Towards Mars

Tomorrow, NASA plans to launch their newest spacecraft Orion. Since its inception, one of the aims has always been that this could be the vessel that takes humans farther than we’ve ever been before, and the space agency made that official, announcing plans to send a manned mission to Mars in the next few decades. …

9 years ago

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This Former Doctor Who Star Introduces NASA’s Latest Spacecraft

Colin Baker knows a thing or two about space and time travel, at least in a totally made up and fictional capacity, so it makes sense that NASA would employ him to introduce the next way that humans have cooked up to hurtle ourselves through the vacuum of space. The former Doctor Who star showed …

9 years ago

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NASA Prepares For Orion’s First Flight Test, Here’s What You Need To Know

When President Obama officially canceled the Constellation Program, one era of U.S. spaceflight ended and another one began—both Obama and NASA made a case for using private companies for the transport of humans and cargo into space. He also assured citizens that the space agency wasn’t about to retire entirely from the game, and dangled …

9 years ago

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ISS Astronauts Tip Their Hats To Hitchhiker’s Guide With New Mission Poster

Unless you’re a die-hard NASA junkie, you might not know about the space agency’s tradition of getting a bit silly when it comes to the posters for their missions to the International Space Station. After all, astronauts are real-life heroes, so why not put that in perspective by letting them stand in for some fictional …

9 years ago