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Largest Reservoir in Space Holds 140 Trillion Times More Water Than Earth's Oceans?
Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Feb. 22, 2024
The discovery was announced by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on July 22, 2011.
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Largest Reservoir of Water in Space Holds 140 Trillion Times More Water Than Earth's Oceans?
Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Feb. 18, 2024
The water is in the form of vapor distributed around a black hole said to be 20 billion times mo ...
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Did this Woman Really Discover What 'the Universe is Made of'?
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Aug. 23, 2019
We look deeply at viral claims about Cecilia Payne, one of the most influential and overlooked f ...
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Why Your Zodiac Sign Is Probably Wrong
Written by:
The Conversation
Jan. 24, 2020
The science of astronomy is now at odds with one of the basic organizing principles in astrology ...
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Expert: Super-Earths Are Bigger, More Common and More Habitable Than Earth Itself
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The Conversation
Sept. 19, 2022
Research has shown that the best chance astronomers have of finding life on another planet is li ...
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Are There UFOs Over Kyiv?
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Sept. 14, 2022
Ukrainian astronomers are studying the skies.
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Scholar: Frank Drake's Equation For Alien Intelligence Is More Important Than Ever
Written by:
The Conversation
Sept. 6, 2022
Known for the Drake equation, the famous astrophysicist died on Sept. 2.
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NASA's Artemis 1: Here's Why the Moon Rocket Is Important
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The Conversation
Aug. 28, 2022
The rocket's launch was scheduled for Monday morning but postponed due to a fuel leak and engine ...
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The Moon Is About to Get Crowded. How Will Humans Manage Its Resources?
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The Conversation
Aug. 22, 2022
Michelle L.D. Hanlon, a professor of air and space law, considers the question.
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Yes, an Asteroid the Size of a House Passed Earth This Week
Written by:
Bethania Palma
April 1, 2022
The asteroid scooted safely by at a relatively close distance.
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What's the Deal With Those “Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts from Deep Space”?
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Jan. 11, 2019
Despite what you may have read on the internet, several explanations are more likely than aliens.
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The Science Behind Those Viral Oumuamua “Alien Spacecraft” Stories
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Nov. 7, 2018
ʻOumuamua, the first interstellar object to be detected passing through our solar system, does n ...
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NASA Announces Discovery of Seven Earth-Sized Exoplanets in Orbit Around a Nearby Star
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Feb. 22, 2017
It is unclear how Earth-like any of these new planets actually might be, but the discovery is im ...
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Scientists May Have Found Two New 'Moonlets' Lurking In Uranus' Rings
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Oct. 27, 2016
Though we can’t yet see them directly, decades-old data may suggest the presence of two previous ...
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Starlight May Be Integral to Life's Existence, Scientists Find
Written by:
Brooke Binkowski
Oct. 12, 2016
New discoveries indicate that ultraviolet light emitted by stars might have created the basic mo ...
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Friday's 'Black Moon' Promises to Be an Underwhelming Spectacle
Written by:
David Emery
Sept. 27, 2016
The Internet is abuzz over an impending astronomical event called a "black moon." What is it, an ...
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Aliens Are (Probably) Not Broadcasting a Signal from Space
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Aug. 29, 2016
A supposed signal originating from a star about 95 light years from Earth is causing excitement ...
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Bright Object Streaks Across the Sky Over the Western United States
Written by:
Brooke Binkowski
July 27, 2016
The object, which was visible from Los Angeles to at least Colorado, is thought to have been deb ...
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Video Shows the Empire State Building Get Struck by Lightning
Written by:
Snopes Staff
July 25, 2016
As a thunderstorm hit New York City, a photographer grabbed a nifty timelapse image of lightnin ...
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NASA Debunks Another UFO Video
Written by:
Dan Evon
July 14, 2016
NASA explained why their video feed from the ISS "cut away" shortly after a "UFO" appeared on-sc ...
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