This Planned NASA Telescope May Help Us Identify Worlds Like Our Own
The innovative Habitable Worlds Observatory will offer ways to detect signs of life on other planets
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Potentially habitable 'super-Earth' spotted 137 light-years away
Astronomers have discovered a 'super-Earth,' or a world larger than our planet, orbiting a star about 137 light-years away. A second planet, thought to be the size of Earth, may also be orbiting the same star.
Netflix docuseries tackles UFO 'sex cult' that claimed to clone babies
Sex, scandal and human cloning. Claude Vorilhon, who adopted the name 'Raël' as his UFO ministry began in the 1970s, is under scrutiny again in a four-part docuseries premiering on Netflix
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The Untold Story of Black Astronauts Finally Gets Spotlight
NatGeo’s new documentary “The Space Race,” about the U.S.’s first Black astronauts, is an interesting but unfocused primer.
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The Space Race
THE SPACE RACE uncovers the little-known stories of the first Black pilots, engineers and scientists that became astronauts.
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Review: Black astronauts soar through history in ‘The Space Race’
A National Geographic documentary, headed to Hulu and Disney+, shows how NASA diversified, often against its will.
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The Space Race centers Black astronauts’ stories. But it’s hurt by omissions and errors
NatGeo’s The Space Race, which will be on Hulu and Disney+, tells an important story about Black astronauts, but as Mary Beth Ellis writes, it undercuts its own mission by ignoring some people and…
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Ed Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut. At 90, he's finally getting his due
It wasn’t until 1983 that the first African American, Guion Bluford, reached space. But two decades earlier, Ed Dwight found himself at a fulcrum of 20th Century American history, where the space race and the struggle for social justice converged.
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‘Cosmic time machines’: how space telescopes transformed our ability to understand the universe
The launch of Hubble in 1990 marked a turning point in our quest to unravel the mysteries of deep space
Are aliens already in Earth's backyard?
As more moons in our solar system are being discovered, experts weigh in on whether there are any that could host alien life.
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Graphic reveals the gruesome fate of every planet when the Sun dies
This terrifying graphic reveals how the Sun will expand into a red giant star, becoming so large that it will completely destroy the solar system and scatter the planets.
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Starts With A Bang podcast #103 - Active galaxies and the universe
Galaxies don't simply feed their central supermassive black holes, but the activity generated inside affects the entire galaxy and more.
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SpaceX's successful Starship launch 'great news for space travel,' expert says
The SpaceX Starship rocket was destroyed during its return to earth Thursday, but experts are still calling the third test flight a success.
Eclipses, Meteors, and the Elusive Delights of Astro-tourism
Dark-sky parks, stargazing cruises, and other ways to tour the heavens without leaving our home planet.
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Forget Betelgeuse! This Star Is Actually About to Explode
A mismatched pair of stars 3,000 light years away may be gearing up for an explosion in the next few months.
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Telescope discovers ancient star threads 'Shiva' and 'Shakti' weaving Milky way
European Space Agency's Gaia telescope has unveiled a fascinating revelation about our cosmic home, the Milky Way, identifying two ancient threads of stars named 'Shiva' and 'Shakti'. These threads began weaving billions of years ago. They eventually merged to form the galaxy. Two 'streams'...
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The total solar eclipse is actually really stressful
The Great North American Solar Eclipse is a once-in-a-lifetime event — and a Gizmodo writer's anxieties about it are growing by the day.
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After Thursday’s flight, Starship is already the most revolutionary rocket ever built
For fun, we could compare Starship as it exists today to other available rockets.
To Mars and Back: Will NASA’s Ambitious Endeavor Be Worth It?
A mission to retrieve samples from the red planet is in the works. Some scientists wonder if it’s a wise investment.
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24 Fascinating Facts About the Solar System
Here are 24 out-of-this-world facts about the corner of space that’s home to Earth.
A Guide to the Total Solar Eclipse
Eclipses dazzled the ancient world. Now that we understand them better, they may be even more miraculous.
NASA knows what knocked Voyager 1 offline, but it will take a while to fix
"Engineers are optimistic they can find a way for the FDS to operate normally."
Here are the winners and losers when it comes to clouds for Monday’s eclipse
News you can use in regard to chasing cloud-free skies.
It could well be a blockbuster hurricane season, and that’s not a good thing
Although not quite literally, the Atlantic Ocean is on fire right now.
Mars may not have had liquid water long enough for life to form
Lab experiments suggest gullies on Mars might form when carbon dioxide heats up.
Webb telescope makes curious find in deep space: alcohol
This ingredient might make its way to a planet, someday.
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A Popular Alien-Hunting Technique Is Increasingly in Doubt
Recent controversies bode ill for the effort to detect life on other planets by analyzing the gases in their atmospheres.
How did life on Earth begin? Here are 3 popular theories.
For millions of years, Earth was a hot and rocky planet. Scientists have some hypotheses on how life emerged amid such inhospitable terrain.
A solar eclipse and a black hole can both bend light
Observations during historical solar eclipses confirmed Einstein’s theory of gravity, and led to the predictions of black holes.
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The total solar eclipse is a cosmic spectacle well worth the hype
Eclipses have long fascinated and intrigued people, and anticipation of the total solar eclipse on April 8 is no exception. The beauty, history, mythology and science of eclipses justify the hype.
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By Harnessing the Unlimited Vacuum Energy In Space, We Could Finally Reach Light Speed
Invisible vacuum energy is all around us. We could use it to power propulsion, enhance nanostructures, and build levitating devices.
Solar Flares are Stunning but are They Dangerous? Here's What to Know
Explore the dynamic nature of solar flares, intense bursts of radiation from the Sun, their causes, effects on Earth, and the remarkable visuals they create.
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Jupiter’s 8,700-Mile-Wide Great Red Spot Keeps Shrinking
The largest storm in our solar system, an 8,700-mile-wide anticyclone on Jupiter long beloved by astronomers, may be slowly fizzling out.
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Our Moon on Earth
There’s no place on our planet that’s quite like the lunar surface. But a trip to NASA’s Lunar Sample Lab in Houston can certainly feel like a journey to another world.
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Saturn’s Ocean Moon Enceladus Is Able To Support Life
Scientists could one day find traces of life on Enceladus, an ocean-covered moon orbiting Saturn.
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Exploding Stars Send Out Powerful Bursts Of Energy
This project can help us learn about the history of the Universe.
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Check out NASA's 21 best photos of the year
It was a wild 2023 for NASA, and the space agency has the pictures to prove it
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Do Our Oceans Feel the Tug of Mars?
Ancient currents seemed to move in concert with a 2.4 million-year dance between the Red Planet and Earth.
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Does the Universe expand by stretching or creating space?
The evidence that the Universe is expanding is overwhelming. But how? By stretching the existing space, or by creating new space itself?
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Our best idea for the "origin of gold" doesn't add up
In 2017, we detected gold being forged in a neutron star-neutron star merger. Now, in 2024, the amounts created simply don't add up.
bigthink.com
The biology of aliens: How much do we know?
Hollywood has created an idea of aliens that doesn't match the science.
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Monster galactic outflow powered by exploding stars
Star death and birth both contribute to driving material out of a galaxy.
Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead?
There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests.
How the Moon got a makeover
The Moon's former surface sank to the depths, until volcanism brought it back.
NASA wants a cheaper Mars Sample Return—Boeing proposes most expensive rocket
"To reduce mission complexity, this new concept is doing one launch."
A Rare Nova Explosion Will Soon Bring a 'New Star' to the Night Sky—How to Catch a Glimpse
In an event that occurs only once every 80 years, a distant remnant of a star will grow much brighter, briefly becoming visible to Earth
