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Astronauts in space for nine months didn’t know if they would ‘be able to make it back’

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When astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore approached the International Space Station (ISS) last year with failing thrusters on their Boeing Starliner capsule, they...

Science

Scientists say Earth’s inner core has changed its rotation

GT - January 30, 2023 0

The Earth’s core may have stopped spinning, or may even now be spinning backwards, according to a new study. The core of our planet is...

Technology

Neptune Is Getting Colder and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why

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Some 2.7 billion miles from Earth, the south side of Neptune is in the midst of summer. But it isn't the kind of summer...

Science

Lockheed Martin wins NASA contract to bring Mars samples back to Earth

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Lockheed Martin's space division has won a NASA contract to build the rocket that will return the first Mars rock samples to Earth in...

Science

Mega plasma ball erupted from a sun-like star. It was 10 times larger than any ever seen.

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A baby version of the sun recently let off an eruption of magnetic plasma gas 10 times larger than any ever seen from a...

Science

A ninth planet in our Solar System may have just been discovered

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Data gathered in 1983 shows signs of what a British astronomer believes to be possible evidence of a ninth planet in our solar system. Michael...

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United Nations Calls Elon Musk’s Bluff, Unveils Plan to Spend His $6.6B on World Hunger Relief

GT - November 17, 2021 0

The head of the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) has released a detailed plan on how spending $6.6 billion of Tesla CEO...

Events

An asteroid barely missed Earth last week, and no one knew it was coming

GT - November 3, 2021 0

An asteroid about the size of a refrigerator shot past Earth last week, and astronomers didn't know the object existed until hours after it...

Science

Fastest orbiting asteroid found in our solar system

GT - August 26, 2021 0

A newly discovered asteroid is sticking close to our sun -- much closer than our own planet Earth.The asteroid, called 2021 PH27, completes an orbit around...

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