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Hawking Supports Tiny Spacecraft To Alpha Centauri
Stephen Hawking supports a plan to send tiny nano-spacecraft to the Centauri system within a generation.
April 12, 1961: The First Human in Space
On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space.
The Laws Of Cosmology May Need A Re-Write
A more accurate measurement of standard candles has thrown a wrench into our standard model of cosmology.
Can We Now Predict When A Neutron Star Will Give Birth To A Black Hole?
New research has shed light on what the maximum amount of mass a neutron star can achieve before it collapses…
SpaceX Achieves Historic Landing!
Earlier today, private aerospace company SpaceX achieved a major milestone by successfully landing a Falcon 9 rocket at sea
A Star With A Disk Of Water Ice? Meet HD 100546
Water ice in a disk surrounding a star might seem out of place, but the ice might be essential to…
Supermassive Black Hole Found In The Cosmic Boonies
A supermassive black hole of 17 billion solar masses has been found in an isolated region of space. How did…
New Horizons Did Amazing Work Before Even Arriving At Pluto
New Horizons collected 3 years of data during it's mission to Pluto and beyond, and that data is telling us…
Mysterious Pull On Cassini Probe May Help Find Planet Nine
Small perturbations in the orbit of the Cassini probe provide further evidence for the existence of Planet Nine.
GRAIL Data Points To Possible Lava Tubes On The Moon
Using data provided by NASA's GRAIL mission, researchers from Purdue University have found more evidence of buried lava tubes on…