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mike@bgr.comNASA’s Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft have been cruising through space since 1977. For the past forty years or so they’ve been speeding along at a clip of over 30,000 miles per …
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NASA wants to save humanity from death by supervolcano
We live with the knowledge that any number of end-of-the-world scenarios could be right around the corner. From drug-resistant disease outbreaks to impacts from large asteroids, there’s plenty of ways that humanity could …
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch gave California residents another scare
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket into space Sunday evening, ferrying a satellite into orbit and then successfully landing its rocket back down on land for later reuse. Any rocket launch is exciting …
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There’s something wrong with the Hubble Space Telescope
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most reliable pieces of hardware ever launched into Earth orbit. It’s been peering into the depths of space for nearly three decades now, and while …
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Artist envisions what a Martian mini-house might look like
Mankind isn’t ready to go to Mars… at least not yet. Space agencies and scientific groups from around the world are working hard towards the day where we’re finally ready to send the …
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Scientists traced the genetic quirk that gives huskies blue eyes
Many dog species have specific features that give them away. Bull terriers have long, flat noses, dalmatians have their iconic spots, and pugs look like little potatoes. Huskies, of course, have their own …
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Overdose of erectile dysfunction drug turns man’s vision red
Erectile dysfunction medications are nothing new — you’re unlikely to make it through an evening of prime time television without seeing at least a couple ads for various chemical cocktails that enhance male …
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Saturn’s iconic rings are raining thousands of pounds of material onto the planet every second
Some people love when it rains, but even the most devoted storm-lovers here on Earth would have a hard time dealing with the conditions on Saturn. New research using data from NASA’s Cassini …
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Michigan man’s doorstop rock turns out to be a $100,000 meteorite
You probably don’t have many incredibly valuable artifacts laying around your house, but if you did you almost certainly wouldn’t be using them as doorstops, right? A man in Michigan discovered that the …
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A bunch of birds in Minnesota won’t stop getting drunk, and it’s becoming a problem
Most of us know what it’s like to have one too many adult beverages. We tend to mess things up, fall down, and cause problems in a variety of ways. When birds get …
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Brain scans might one day tell you if you’re bad at your job
Losing out on a job opportunity because someone else looked better in an interview or had a more detailed resume can be pretty frustrating, but what if employers could actually determine who would …
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After nearly 200 days, three ISS crew members land safely back on Earth
A trio of scientists who spent nearly 200 days in space have now landed safely back on Earth after departing the International Space Station. NASA’s Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, along with Russian …
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Planet-sized object 8,000 light years away could be the first alien moon ever found
Spotting a planet orbiting a star 8,000 light-years away isn’t exactly easy, but modern telescope technology has allowed astronomers to accomplish such feats with shocking regularity, especially over the past half decade or …
