Space

Get Celestial with Lowell Observatory LIVE!

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Our friends at Lowell Observatory are serving up our solar system on a platter live!

One Night, Two Meteor Showers - Tonight!

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Just before the close of the seventh month each year, the Earth makes a trip through some comet debris to create the meteor showers. Look up and this year, you may be able to catch two very special meteor showers happening on the same night!!

Winchcombe Meteorite Unlocks Secrets of Early Solar System

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Winchcombe is the sort of quiet English market town where life trundles along unremarkably day after day. So when a meteorite landed in the middle of a housing estate on the evening of February 28, 2021 it caused a rare and unexpected sensation.

In this Mars-Like Landscape, You Can See Both Hemispheres At Once

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There’s a rarely-visited, dusty corner of the world where something magical happens. The place, which looks like Mars with its red rock landscape, is the Tatacoa Desert, in Colombia.

NASA and SpaceX to Launch a Crewed Mission to ISS in May 2020

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For the first time since its conception 18 years ago, SpaceX, along with NASA, will launch a crewed mission to space.

Could Sharks Exist in Space?

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Astronomers around the world are engaged in a massive, decades-long hunt for life outside the Earth. Astrophysicist Paul M. Sutter contemplates if sharks could live somewhere out in space. If so, where?

When and Where is the Chinese Rocket Falling Back to Earth?

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What goes up, must come down. On April 28th, a Chinese Long March 5B rocket went up, successfully delivering its payload, a new section of the Tianhe space station, into orbit. But now the 21-ton rocket is coming down, uncontrolled.

Virgin Galactic Failed to Launch because Space is Hard

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This is the first test launch from Branson’s Virgin Galactic company since February of 2019, and follows a string of delays, cancellations, and aborts. What’s going on?

Could Sharks Live in Space?

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Europa to be specific. Yes, I know it’s a crazy question, but hear me out. This will be fun.

What’s the Farthest Thing We Can See?

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Beyond the most distant star you can see with the naked eye, beyond the most extreme faint galaxy that we discern with our telescopes, lays something extraordinary: the leftover light from the big bang itself.

Caught: UFO Sighting Over of New Mexico

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We’re not saying it was aliens… but what else could it be? A look into a recent UFO sighting over the northeast corner of New Mexico.

Meet the 15 Earthshot Prize finalists

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It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Arecibo

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There aren’t a lot of telescopes that are also movie stars. In fact, I can think of only one: the famed Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.

Katy Loves Space Exploration

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Singer, global superstar and self-professed extraterrestrial fan Katy Perry joins Discovery's Chris Jacobs to talk her admiration for space exploration, Elon Musk and her thoughts on the future of space exploration.

Katy Perry and Nugget

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Katy Perry and her dog "Nugget" join Discovery's Chris Jacobs to talk about the NASA astronaut space suits, pays homage to historic space launch from 60s to modern day and her love of space exploration, SpaceX and Elon Musk.

NASA SpaceX Relationship

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A closer look at the relationship between NASA, SpaceX and their partnership.

Innovation at SpaceX

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Original Mythbusters host Adam Savage joins Discovery's Chris Jacobs to talk about the innovation at SpaceX to get to launch day and the amazing things humans can do that might seem impossible but possible when great minds collaborate together.

Splashdown Crew-1

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The Crew-1 astronauts returned home safely after nearly 6 months at the International Space Station.