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I lived like an astronaut for months in isolation | Space
Once upon a time I lived on Mars. Or the closest thing to it. At the time I was a science journalist and not necessarily an obvious choice for the mission. And yet I found myself on it.…
Critical Test of NASA’s Megarocket Resumes After Lightning Strikes and Technical
SLS on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Photo: NASA/Joel KowskyThe wet dress rehearsal of NASA’s Space Launch System has restarted following an eventful weekend at Kennedy…
Jupiter and Venus will seem to nearly collide in rare celestial spectacle | Space
Jupiter and Venus, two of the solar system’s brightest planets, will appear to almost touch in a rare celestial spectacle this weekend.Although in reality they will be millions of miles…
1st known interstellar meteor collided with Earth, US military confirmed
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One meteor traveled quite a long way from home to visit Earth.
Researchers discovered…
New Clues to Earth’s Formation From Ancient Helium Leaking From the Planet’s Core
The center of Lagoon Nebula, captured by the Hubble Telescope. Nebulae are the primary sources of helium-3, and the amount of He-3 leaking from the Earth’s core suggests the planet…
Instability at the Beginning of the Solar System – Implications for Mysterious
All stars, including our sun, are born from a cloud of dust and gas. This cloud can also seed planets that will orbit the star. Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechThe Instability at the Beginning of…
Record-Setting NASA Astronaut and Two Cosmonauts Return From International Space
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is seen outside the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft after he landed with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov in a remote area near the town of…
SpaceX, NASA delay undocking of private Ax-1 astronauts at ISS
The world's first all-private crew to the International Space Station must wait at least another day to depart the orbiting lab after bad weather prevented a planned undocking Saturday…
Sci-Hub Gets Its Twitter Account Taken Down
The Sci-Hub homepage.Screenshot: Shoshana Wodinsky (Gizmodo)Across Twitter on Friday, open-source advocates and academics alike poured one out following the suspension of Sci-Hub, a site…