Video: This Scale Model of the Solar System Stretches 7 Miles Across the Desert
Space is big. REALLY big. And our solar system is no exception. If you don’t include Pluto (which was demoted from planet status a few years back), one would have to travel approximately 2.8 billion...
View ArticleNASA Astronauts Are About to Get Upgraded to First Class (Video)
Since retiring the Space Shuttle back in 2011, NASA has had to rely on Russian rockets to shuttle astronauts back and forth from space — an expensive arrangement, considering that in recent missions...
View ArticleNASA’s Big News: There’s Definitely Liquid Water Flowing On Mars
It’s official! In a special press conference this morning, NASA scientists confirmed that liquid water is still flowing on Mars today. “Mars is not the dry arid planet that we thought of in the past....
View ArticleArmageddon Practice: Scientists Plan to Knock An Asteroid Off Course By...
In the 1998 blockbuster film “Armageddon“, NASA scientists have to figure out how to redirect a Texas-sized asteroid after discovering that it is less than a month away from a catastrophic collision...
View ArticleWatch What Happens When You Add Dye to a Floating Water Droplet (Video)
A few months ago, NASA astronauts made a video on the International Space Station showing what happens when you put an Alka-Seltzer tablet into a floating water droplet. The video went viral and had...
View ArticleParty Rock: NASA Discovers Comet Emitting Large Amounts of Alcohol and Sugar
If you ask around the cosmos, you’ll quickly learn that Comet Lovejoy is the life of the intergalactic party — how else could you describe a comet that’s giving out free shots to the universe? The...
View ArticleNewly-Released NASA Photos Show Rocket Explosion In Hi-Def (Photo Gallery)
Last fall, on October 28, 2014, a NASA-contracted cargo resupply rocket known as “Antares” malfunctioned just after takeoff. The malfunction forced safety officials to push a self-destruct button so...
View ArticleStephen Hawking and Mark Zuckerberg Team Up With Russian Billionaire For...
Last year, Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg teamed up in a $100 million search for extra-terrestrial life. Their privately-funded...
View ArticleOumuamua: Our First Interstellar Visitor
It’s official, we’re not alone in the universe. In late 2017, NASA and other star gazers noticed a strange “interstellar interloper” traveling through our solar system. Unlike typical spherical-shaped...
View ArticleNASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine SpaceX DM1 Mission Briefing
SpaceX successfully completed their Crew Dragon Demo-1 mission earlier this month, check marking another significant achievement for Elon Musk, SpaceX, and NASA. 30-Second Rundown The Crew Dragon...
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