Space

Crew-1 Liftoff

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After multiple delays and some curveballs on launch day, the NASA SpaceX Crew-1 Mission launched on Sunday, November 15th at 7:27P ET. This historic milestone marks the first operational mission of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.

Check out the Crab Nebula

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In the year 1054, a new star appeared in the constellation Taurus as the result of a supernova explosion. It appears today as a fuzzy patch in the sky known as the Crab Nebula.

Crew-1 Mission Overview

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After a successful NASA and SpaceX Demo-2 Mission, NASA prepares for the first operational mission of SpaceX's Crew Dragon with four astronauts.

The Search for Answers

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Experts investigate these mysterious phenomena and breakdown the meaning behind these puzzling signals on an all-new Science Channel series. PHANTOM SIGNALS premieres October 8 at 10P.

Crew-1 Liftoff Recap

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NASA SpaceX Crew-1 Mission launched on Sunday, November 15th at 7:27P ET. Here's what went down leading up this this historic launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Where should we go? The Moon or Mars?

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There’s been a lot of excitement around space exploration recently. Astrophysicist Paul M. Sutter discusses the viability between the Moon and Mars.

Is Interstellar Travel Really Possible?

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Listen folks, I love a good sci-fi movie as much as anyone. Cruising around the galaxy, finding weird stuff, and blowing up aliens--it’s all good. But just because a writer can come up with something, it doesn’t make it possible. I’m sorry to say that we’re going to be bound to our solar system for a really, really long time. As in, probably forever.

An Asteroid is Going to Kill Us All Before the Election... Or Not

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So you may have heard the news by now that an asteroid is hurtling towards the Earth.

Stuck at Home? What to See in the Night Sky this Month

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In times of darkness and incertainty, opt for exploration of wonder in the skies.

How Did the Solar System Form?

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How did our solar system form? It's a pretty simple and straightforward question, but as with most things in science, simple and straightforward doesn't necessarily mean easy.

Odd Radio Waves Coming From Outer Space

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First, some background. A huge collaboration of astronomers is currently busy spending some hard-won cash to build the world’s largest radio telescope array, called the Square Kilometre Array.

Welcome to the Surface of Mars

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Through the use of cutting-edge instruments, scientists finally have the opportunity to probe deep beneath the surface and ascertain exactly how the terrestrial planet formed.

The Kuiper Belt: When Solar Systems Dance

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Pluto isn't alone after all. Besides being the home of Pluto, the Kuiper belt hosts dwarf planets, and smaller bits of rock and ice.

Are Aliens Calling Us From Proxima Centauri?

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The internet and news media alike are abuzz with news about a radio buzz coming from Proxima Centauri, the nearest neighbor star to our sun a mere four and a quarter light-years away. That star happens to host a planet, called Proxima b (because we don’t have a cooler name for it yet), that sits in the habitable zone of its parent star. That means that the planet can potentially host liquid water, and where there’s liquid water there’s a chance for life.

Reusable Rockets: Expanding Space Exploration Possibilities with Retrievable Spacecraft

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With the evolution of reusable rockets through commercial companies such as SpaceX and Blue Origin, the cost of space exploration is decreasing. Learn more about today's "space race."

Why has the 2020 Great Conjunction Been Called the Christmas Star?

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The eyes of much of the world have been looking up this week, gazing at Jupiter and Saturn as they dance tantalizingly close to each other.Many in the media and elsewhere have dubbed this planetary pair “the Christmas Star”, in reference to an oft-cited possible connection between the Bible’s Star of Bethlehem and such planetary “conjunctions” as Jupiter and Saturn are now displaying.

Want to See a Black Hole’s Magnetic Field? Now’s Your Chance

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A couple years ago, the team of astronomers with the Event Horizon Telescope wowed the world by providing our first-ever snapshot of a real-life black hole. Now they’ve done one better and mapped out the swirling magnetic fields around the monster. It’s our first ever glimpse of the forces that power the largest engines in the universe.

The Geminids Meteor Shower will Grace the Sky Sunday Night

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The Geminids are one of the most spectacular annual meteor showers, with up to 120 meteors per hour visible during peak. You can see it on Sunday, December 13 through night all the way up until dawn on Monday.