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NASA’s Cassini spacecraft found a remarkable similarity between Earth and Saturn’s moon Titan
bgr.com - Zach Epstein
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft went on a long and treacherous mission that ended last year in spectacular fashion. The large space explorer dove into …
Physicists Create Theory on Self-Interacting Dark Matter
trendintech.com - Mike White
Just like identical twins, at first glance, two galaxies can often appear to be very similar, identical even. However, upon closer scrutiny, we see …
Total solar eclipse 2017: everything you need to know
Vox - Brian Resnick
20 questions you were embarrassed to ask about the August eclipse, answered. On August 21, a total solar eclipse will cut through the entire continental United States. It’s going to be awesome. If you’re
Cassini spacecraft sends back stunning images and data as it prepares to crash into Saturn
independent.co.uk - Andrew Griffin
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Earth Prepares To Snap First-Ever Image Of A Black Hole's Event Horizon
Forbes - Ethan Siegel
Perhaps gravity’s oddest prediction is the existence of black holes: regions of space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. Only through gravitational effects, such as by
It's Official: NASA's Peer-Reviewed EM Drive Paper Has Finally Been Published
Science Alert - FIONA MACDONALD
After months of speculation and leaked documents, NASA's long-awaited EM Drive paper has finally been peer-reviewed and published. And it shows that …
A Fake Black Hole In A Lab May Have Proved Stephen Hawking Right
BuzzFeed - Tom Chivers
"Hawking radiation" has been detected in a strange model black hole, and it may explain a few mysteries.
Escape From A Black Hole? Not In This Universe
Forbes - Ethan Siegel
By definition, black holes are objects that have so much matter concentrated in a single point that nothing — not even light — can escape from within a certain region of space around them. This was a of
Faintest ever galaxy shows universe 13 billion years ago
Wired UK - Emily Reynolds
The faintest galaxy from the early universe has been discovered by a team of scientists. The galaxy, hidden behind a galaxy cluster known as …
Supermassive Black Hole Simulations Suggest Dark Matter Origin
Forbes - Brid-Aine Parnell
Cutting edge simulations have revealed for the first time exactly how the supermassive black holes at the heart of quasars were formed. Quasars are some of the brightest objects in the visible universe
A research team has an unsettling explanation for why we haven't found aliens
Business Insider - Matt Williams
Given the size and age of the universe, he said, and the statistical probability of life emerging in other solar systems, why is it that humanity has not seen any indications of intelligent life in the
Here's What Murdered Mars
TIME - By Jeffrey Kluger
You would not have wanted to be on Mars on March 8, 2015, at about 11:40 in the morning (GMT). It was at that moment that a massive solar storm—or …
NASA Makes Major Discovery About Atmosphere On Mars
HuffPost - Jacqueline Howard
Solar wind stripped the red planet of its atmosphere, scientists say. An Earth-like atmosphere on Mars was once violently stripped away by solar wind, according to new findings from NASA's ongoing exploration
NASA to deliver big news on Mars' atmosphere Thursday
CNN - By Jareen Imam, CNN
(CNN) — NASA is promising another big Mars announcement on Thursday. The space agency will be delivering new findings on the Red Planet's atmosphere. NASA isn't divulging any information ahead of its afternoon
The space artist who saw Pluto before Nasa
The Guardian - Nadja Sayej
Photograph: David A Hardy Geyser Field on Pluto, 2015, by David A Hardy. Hardy says: ‘Geysers have not yet been discovered on Pluto, but are a possibility. The landscape was originally painted as Neptune’s
What Space Does to Your Body and Mind
TIME - September 15, 2015
Expedition 44 to the International Space Station has been successfully completed after three astronauts landed in Kazakhstan. The mission saw a …
Two New Exoplanets Discovered 54 Light-Years Away, NASA Confirms
weather.com
Space Two New Exoplanets Discovered 54 Light-Years Away, NASA Confirms By Sean Breslin May 01 2015 12:00 AM EDT weather.com 00:49 Super Earth Exoplanets …
What is a Wormhole?
space.com - Nola Taylor Redd, Space.com Contributor
A wormhole is a theoretical passage through space-time that could create shortcuts for long journeys across the universe. Wormholes are predicted by …
Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
space.com - Nola Taylor Redd, Space.com Contributor
In 1905, Albert Einstein determined that the laws of physics are the same for all non-accelerating observers, and that the speed of light in a vacuum …
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Search for advanced civilizations beyond Earth finds nothing obvious in 100,000 galaxies
sciencedaily.com - Penn State
After searching 100,000 galaxies for signs of highly advanced life, a team of scientists has found no evidence of advanced civilizations there. The …
Dark matter may not be completely 'dark' after all, say scientists
The Telegraph - By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor
A clump of dark matter appears to be lagging behind its galaxy suggesting it is interacting with something else...but what? Dark matter may be having an even bigger impact on the Universe than previously
NASA's New Horizons probe is visiting Pluto — and just sent back its first color photos
Vox - Joseph Stromberg
No spacecraft has ever visited Pluto. That's going to change on July 14, when NASA's New Horizons probe will fly within 6,200 miles of the dwarf planet after a nine-year journey. "This is pure exploration,"