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How Was Mars Made? | Formation of Mars

The planet Mars was formed, along with the rest of the solar system, about 4.6 billion years ago. But exactly how the planets formed remains a subject of debate. Currently, two theories are duking it out for the role of champion. Artist’s conception of our solar system’s solar nebula, the cloud of gas and dust […]

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Rapidly Spinning 'Pumpkin' Stars Observed By NASA Missions | Video

Recommended videos for you Rapidly Spinning ‘Pumpkin’ Stars Observed By… ExoMars Lander’s Impact Site Revealed In High… Long Dead Star’s ‘Heart’ Still Beats In Creep… Star Trek Beyond’s ‘Scotty’ Talks To Space St… Huge Halos Around Many Quasars During Survey… ‘Alien Megastructure’ Star Being Investigated… Radio Telescopes – How Do They Work? | Video Sun […]

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15 000 space rocks and counting

The international effort to find, confirm and catalogue the multitude of asteroids that pose a threat to our planet has reached a milestone: 15 000 discovered – with many more to go. To source

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ExoMars Lander's Impact Site Revealed In Higher Resolution | Video

Recommended videos for you Rapidly Spinning ‘Pumpkin’ Stars Observed By… ExoMars Lander’s Impact Site Revealed In High… Long Dead Star’s ‘Heart’ Still Beats In Creep… Star Trek Beyond’s ‘Scotty’ Talks To Space St… Huge Halos Around Many Quasars During Survey… ‘Alien Megastructure’ Star Being Investigated… Radio Telescopes – How Do They Work? | Video Sun […]

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This Is the Best View Yet of Europe's Mars Lander Crash Site

Europe’s ExoMars lander gauged out a crater 1.6 feet (0.5 meters) deep and nearly 8 feet (2.4 m) wide when it crashed into the Red Planet’s surface last week, a new photo by a NASA Mars orbiter reveals.   The lander, known as Schiaparelli, apparently deployed its parachute prematurely and didn’t fire its thrusters nearly […]

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The Future of Rockets: Q&A With Air Force Rocket Lab's Shawn Phillips

Researchers install a solid rocket motor into an AFRL Rocket Lab altitude chamber at Edwards Air Force Base in California. NEW YORK — The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Rocket Lab plays a direct and extensive role in advancing rocket propulsion technology — but you’d never see its sticker on the finished engines. Rather, the […]

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Paw Paw Bends

The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of the Potomac River and canal on September 27, 2016. The image shows the stretch between Hancock and Cumberland, Maryland—about 97 kilometers (60 miles) if you were to hike or bike along the towpath between these two towns. West Virginia is south of the […]

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Astronauts' Back Pain Has Surprising Cause

Astronauts may have no trouble moving heavy objects in the weightlessness of space, but that doesn’t mean that the experience isn’t hard on their backs. Astronauts on long-duration spaceflights routinely report back pain , both during and after the flight. Now doctors think they know what’s causing this. In a new study, researchers used magnetic […]

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Some Alien Worlds Could Have 'Too Much' Water for Life

As with everything in life, too much of a good thing can be bad — and that logic now seems to apply to alien life, too. Since Proxima Centauri b (or just Proxima b) was discovered in August , countless imaginings as to what the small, Earth-sized planet would look like up-close have captivated the media. […]

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Proxima b Might Be a Habitable 'Ocean Planet'

This image is an artist’s impression of the surface of the planet Proxima b, which orbits a red dwarf star called Proxima Centauri — the closest star to the solar system. The entire surface of Proxima b — the possibly Earth-like planet orbiting the closest star to the sun, Proxima Centauri — may be covered […]

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Classified Shuttle Missions: Secrets in Space

STS-39 Mission Specialist Charles L. Veach monitors an AFP-675 panel on Discovery’s aft flight deck. The space shuttle was NASA’s primary option for transporting astronauts to Earth orbit between 1981 and 2011. The five shuttles that went into space flew 135 missions. Crews deployed satellites, conducted experiments and studied the Earth. A handful of the […]

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