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The American Secret Spaceplane That Spent a Record 908 Days in Orbit
The American secret spaceplane X-37B spent a record 908 days in orbit and landed at Cape Canaveral on Saturday, November 12th, creating dozens of sonic booms and flashes before landing.
The thirty-foot-long robotic military craft touched down at NASA’s Kennedy...
Space
Debris from Challenger Shuttle Disaster Found off Florida Coast
Debris from the 1986 Challenger shuttle disaster has been recovered off the coast of Florida, according to Nasa.
The manned rocket that killed all seven onboard exploded after exploding 73 seconds after its launch was discovered by a TV documentary...
Science
What a Mars Colony Would Look Like
Elon Musk has long championed the campaign for bringing human beings to Mars, claiming that a colony will be established as early as five years from now, with ten years being a "worst-case scenario."
While many scientists disagree with Musk's...
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Ancient Bacteria ‘Sleeping’ Beneath Mars Surface
Ancient bacteria might be sleeping beneath the surface of Mars, where it has been shielded from the harsh radiation of space for millions of years, according to new research.
Researchers simulated conditions on Mars in a lab to see how...
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NASA Captures Image of Sun ‘Smiling’
Following Tuesday's partial solar eclipse, the Sun developed a smiley face pattern. NASA shared the picture of the sun "smiling" on the official Twitter page of NASA Sun on Thursday. The image shows a face-like pattern made up of...
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Webb Telescope Captures ‘Galaxy Merger’ 270 Million Light-Years Away
The James Webb Telescope has captured a galaxy merger; a pair of entwining galaxies crashing into one another in a new image released by NASA. The interacting galaxy system, formally known as IC 1623, lies about 270 million light-years from...
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New NASA Team Begins Independent Study on UFOs
A team of NASA researchers have started an independent investigation into UFOs, now referred to as unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), with a new team of 16 people. According to a statement from NASA, the investigation will last 9 months and...
Ancient Greece
Greek Mathematician Apollonius and His Almost Insoluble Problem
Apollonius of Perga (Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Περγαῖος) who lived from 240 BC to c. 190 BC, was a brilliant ancient Greek geometer and astronomer known for his work on conic sections. He was born in Perga, an ancient Greek city of...
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Pillars of Creation Captured by NASA’s Webb Telescope
A stunning photograph of the "Pillars of Creation" has been captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. The image captured in a Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) depicts new protostars forming within dense clouds of gas and dust.
The protostars are bright...
Space
The Most Powerful Explosion in Universe Gives Birth to Black Hole
Astronomers observed the most powerful explosion ever recorded in the universe, which gave birth to a black hole. They did so using the Gemini South telescope in Chile operated by NSF's NOIRLab.
Dubbed Gamma-Ray Burst GRB221009A, this record-shattering the observed...