Kim Kardashian has some serious competition from Buzz Aldrin. The astronaut touted “the first space selfie” on social media Thursday…
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Oxygen discovered on Rosetta comet, stunning scientists
Scientists have for the first time detected oxygen on a comet, a finding that could upend theories about how the…
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Soyuz spacecraft launches 32 fish, hippo to space station
A Soyuz rocket launched an American astronaut, two Russian cosmonauts and 32 small fish into orbit Tuesday, kicking off a…
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Alpha Station: plans for an inflatable space station
The formal unveiling Jan. 16 of a NASA deal to add an inflatable room developed by commercial company Bigelow Aerospace…
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Dark matter, hidden substance that makes up the universe, possibly found by $2b space physics experiment
A massive particle detector mounted on the International Space Station may have detected elusive dark matter at last, scientists announced…
Read MoreCreature found in Africa ‘alien’ or misshapen baboon?
A recently discovered strange creature has residents of South Africa’s Nature Valley convinced aliens are in their midst. The alien-looking…
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Yum! Curiosity rover eats Mars dirt, finds odd bright stuff
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has swallowed its first tiny bite of Martian soil, after standing down for a spell while…
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Earth safe from asteroid flyby next week
An asteroid will give Earth a historically close shave next week, but there’s no chance that the space rock will…
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Apollo, redux? Boeing unveils next space capsule
Boeing on Monday unveiled the company’s first ever full-size spacecraft. Similar to the Apollo capsule that took the U.S. to…
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Ask a science teacher: What is a black hole?
A black hole is a place in Washington, DC, where all our tax dollars go. Just kidding! A black hole…
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