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Dinosaur Killer Chicxulub Crater To Be Drilled For First Time
Scientists will drill down into the site of the dinosaur-killing asteroid impact site to understand how life on Earth recovered.
Russian Crowdfunded Satellite May Soon Become Brightest “Star” in the Sky
A group of Russian engineering students hope to use crowdfunding to build and launch what may be the brightest satellite…
Farthest Galaxy Ever Seen Viewed By Hubble Telescope
Using Hubble, an international team of astronomers just observed the farthest galaxy ever seen in the universe, shattering the previous…
Clouds Seen On Pluto For First Time
New images from NASA's New Horizons probe show possible clouds drifting lazily over Pluto's chill landscape.
J.J. Abrams Heading To The Moon With Google Lunar X-Prize
JJ Abrams new 9-part web documentary will chronicle teams competing for Google's Lunar-X Prize.
India’s MOM Publishes Amazing Mars Images
Science—like literature and the arts—helps nations cooperate together, even when they're in conflict politically. The USA and Russia are in…
Fast Radio Bursts On Repeat – Aliens, Or A Rotating Neutron Star?
A team of scientists from CSIRO and McGill have achieved an first by being able to pinpoint the source of…
An Ancient Volcanic Cataclysm Spun Mars Off Its Poles
Ancient volcanic activity on a massive scale helped make Mars what it is today.
Surfing On Titan Would Be Best In Summer
Space is mostly vast and empty. So whenever we notice something like ripples on a lake of methane, on the…
Venus: 50 Years Since Our First Trip, and We’re Going Back
No lander has survived for even 2 hours on Venus. But the Venus Land Sail should last 50 days.