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10 Everyday Innovations That Came From NASA Research

Helping you clean up small messes since 1981, among other things.

10 Things We Learned From Neil deGrasse Tyson's "The Inexplicable Universe" Course

Tyson takes a deep dive into the early history of cosmology, the origins of planets, the spooky side of our universe, and more.

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Comet 67P Transformed as It Approached the Sun

Fractures grew, cliffs collapsed, and boulders rolled.

Virgin Galactic Will Blast Stephen Hawking into Space

“Richard Branson has offered me a seat on Virgin Galactic, and I said yes immediately,” he said. “I can tell you what will make me happy—to travel in space.”

Watch an Artist Recreate Cosmic Radiation With Sand

After taking two weeks to complete, the work was destroyed.

A Visual Guide to the Women Venus's Geography Is Named For

Almost every topographical feature on the second planet is named for a famous woman from mythology or history.

5 Teams Aim for the Moon This Year—and the $20 Million Google Lunar XPrize

They have to beat the December 31, 2017 deadline.

The First Woman in Space: Valentina Tereshkova

The factory worker-turned-cosmonaut dealt with plenty of sexism while trying to keep her spacecraft literally on track.

13 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of NASA Mission Controllers

What's it really like to work in Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center?

Falcon Heavy and Dragon. Image credit: SpaceX via Wikimedia Commons // CC0 1.0

SpaceX Is Sending Two Private Citizens Around the Moon

The flight is scheduled for late 2018.

Look Up! A "Ring of Fire" Eclipse Blazes the Southern Hemisphere

If you're in the southern parts of South America or Africa tomorrow, February 26, the show starts at 7:10 a.m. ET.

Astronomers Find Seven "Earth-Like" Planets Orbiting a Cool Star

“It’s the first time we have seven planets in this temperate zone … that can be called terrestrial,” lead author Michaël Gillon said in a press briefing.

On This Day in 1930, Clyde Tombaugh Discovered Pluto

He was a self-taught astronomer who had not yet attended college.

5 Cratered Facts About Mercury

2. It once had an imaginary friend called Vulcan.

NASA Announces Winners of the 'Space Poop Challenge'

Last year NASA asked for help dealing with space poop, and the public came through.

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Museum Finds Winston Churchill’s Lost Essay on Extraterrestrial Life

The essay is pure Churchill: expansive, informed, philosophical, and just a little bit cranky.

New Imaging Technique Reveals Baby Pictures of Our Universe

Clearing visual noise from Hubble images exposed glittering fields of old, old, old galaxies.

6 Unexpected Consequences of a Solar Eclipse

Fear ye not, stargazer.

10 Weird Planetary Phenomena Discovered by Amateur Astronomers

Some seriously stellar discoveries have been made by at-home stargazers.

A Fireball Landed in Lake Michigan This Morning

The meteorite’s flaming descent was visible from Kentucky to Canada.

The Apollo Astronaut Who Was Allergic to the Moon

In 1972, geologist Harrison Schmitt became the only professional scientist to ever put boots on the Moon. And then he began sneezing.

On This Day in 1971, Apollo 14 Golfers Arrived on the Moon

The next day, Alan Shepard swung his smuggled six-iron.

If the Universe Is Expanding, What Does It Expand Into?

The universe doesn't have to be expanding into anything in order to expand.

The crew posing for their official portrait on November 15, 1985.

Remembering the 7 Challenger Astronauts

When the Space Shuttle 'Challenger' disintegrated 73 seconds after liftoff on January 28, 1986, there were seven astronauts on board whose lives were tragically cut short.

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