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Researchers with the University at Buffalo are working on a conceptual design that would see a morphing aircraft…
Jan 30 2019
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It’s been a while since we last heard from the Parker Solar Probe, the NASA spacecraft voted most likely to end up…
Aug 7 2018
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NASA’s Galileo spacecraft surprised scientists when it revealed that Jupiter’s moon Ganymede generated its own…
Feb 1 2017
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Last year, Stephen Hawking and Russian billionaire Yuri Milner hatched an ambitious plan to send a tiny probe to the…
Sep 2 2014
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1999 JU3: It doesn't sound like a very noteworthy name. It's just one of more than 5,000 Apollo-class asteroids. But…
Jun 20 2014
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NASA is currently accepting ideas for a mission to Europa — the moon voted most likely to harbour alien life. But…
Mar 5 2014
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It looks like it's finally going to happen, an actual mission to Jupiter's icy moon Europa — one of the the solar…
Oct 17 2013
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SETI now has the technology to go snooping for extraterrestrials in our own backyard. No, not as close as little…
Mar 25 2013
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Only a few science fiction fans and futurists had heard of Von Neumann probes before that day in November when the…
Sep 28 2012
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The worst part of going to the doctor's is being poked and prodded with any number of terrifying probes and needles,…
Oct 2 2011
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Space buffs take note: A science project called MAPPER is seeking citizen researchers to help aide in the search for…
Jul 17 2011
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History, made: The unmanned Dawn spacecraft has successfully entered orbit around Vesta, a massive asteroid some 117…
Jun 4 2011
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Designer Chris Abbas collected a ton of Cassini photography from the Saturn mission and made this video. It is at…
May 26 2011
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Meet OSIRIS-REx, the NASA probe with the kingly name, which will be the first craft to visit an asteroid and bring…
Feb 6 2011
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Until today, NASA was only able to directly view the Earth-facing side of the Sun. We could see solar storms as they…
Feb 6 2011
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It's official: NASA and the ESA will be sending specialized probes to the Jupiter moon Europa to further investigate…
Dec 5 2010
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In November, the Cassini probe got very, very close to Hyperion, one of Saturns many moons. These 61 frames…
Oct 3 2010
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Oct 3 2010
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Fact: Space is a freak show. But that link goes to a post about deep space, beyond our solar system. Thanks to the…
Sep 19 2010
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I kind of dig space—especially the unexplained—so today I'm in a bit of a tizzy. Pioneer 10, you see—which left our…