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Bees Across America Stopped Buzzing During Last Year's Total Solar Eclipse

Some insects act differently during an eclipse. Bees are one of them.

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10 Memorable Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes

America's preeminent badass astrophysicist turns 60 years old today.

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Astrophysicists Are Selling Lab-Made Martian Dirt to Researchers for $20 a Kilogram

The Kennedy Space Center has already ordered half a ton of the stuff.

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Why Is It So Dark in Outer Space?

It's a question scientists have been asking for more than 400 years.

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Newly Uncovered Galileo Letter Details How He Tried to Avoid the Inquisition

The letter may solve a centuries-long mystery.

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Autumn Equinox: The Science Behind the First Day of Fall

Happy first day of fall! The season of colorful foliage, frosty mornings, and pumpkin-spice everything is upon us, thanks to the autumn or fall equinox.

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This Amateur Rocketeer Builds Functioning, Miniature Replicas of SpaceX Rockets

Joe Barnard is the Elon Musk of model rockets.

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NASA's New Exoplanet-Hunting Satellite Has Made Its First Big Discovery

Pi Mensae c is about 60 light years away from our solar system.

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Ad Astra: The Time Earth Almost Got a Space Billboard

In the 1980s and well into the 1990s, everything associated with Arnold Schwarzenegger was big. Big biceps (22 inches during his bodybuilding heyday).

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11 Riveting Facts About Mars

Few celestial objects have fascinated humankind throughout history more than the Red Planet. Here's what you need to know about Mars.

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See What Hurricane Florence Looks Like From Space

“Watch out, America!” warns astronaut Alexander Gerst.

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Is Pluto a Planet After All? A New Argument Emerges

The hapless dwarf planet got demoted in 2006, but some stubborn scientists are still lobbying for reinstatement.

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A Solar Storm Could Make the Northern Lights Visible Over Parts of the U.S. Tonight

Catch the spectacle without taking a trip to the Arctic.

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Here's What the Northern Lights Look Like on Saturn

The phenomenon is not limited to our planet.

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Scientists Are Racing to Save Neil Armstrong's Deteriorating Spacesuit

Plastic is surprisingly hard to preserve.

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5 Goals of the OSIRIS-REx Mission to the Asteroid 'Bennu'

The spacecraft will use a robotic arm to scoop up a sample of Bennu and then return it to Earth.

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NASA Found 'Definitive Evidence' That There's Water Ice on the Moon

Huge news for future Moon explorers.

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Could an Astronaut Steal a Rocket and Lift Off, Without Mission Control?

You might want to think twice before trying it.

Earth as captured from near the lunar horizon by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2015.

The Science Behind Why the Earth Isn't Flat

Let's review why and how we've known for at least 2300 years that the Earth is round.

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The Perseid Meteor Shower Is Going to Be Amazing This Weekend

Here's what you need to know.

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You Can Now Build Your Own Mars Rover for About $2500

Download the plans for free.

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The Longest Total Lunar Eclipse of the 21st Century Lights Up the Skies This Weekend

You'll have one hour and 43 minutes to catch a glimpse.

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Northern U.S. States Might Get a Glimpse of the Aurora Borealis Tonight

Look up, Minnesota!

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The European Space Agency Needs Help Naming Its New Mars Rover

No Rover McRoverfaces, please.