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Out of This World

Space, the stars, and the possibility of life beyond Earth

Scientists weighed all the mass in the Milky Way galaxy. It’s mind-boggling.The Milky Way has a mass of 1.5 trillion suns. We have no idea what most of it is made of.

SpaceX's Starhopper successfully completes its 150m hover test (updated)Just like yesterday, SpaceX is lined up to attempt its most ambitious launch yet of the water tower-like Starhopper test vehicle.

Hubble's New Portrait of Jupiter This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Jupiter, taken on June 27, 2019, reveals the giant planet's trademark Great Red Spot, and a more intense color palette in the clouds swirling in Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere than seen in previous years. The colors, and their changes, provide important clues to ongoing processes in Jupiter's atmosphere.

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Thanks to NASA’s Insight, we are the first humans to see a Mars sunset Sunrise, sunset.

NASA Finds Perfectly Rectangular Iceberg In Antarctica As If It Was Deliberately Cut NASA just shared a stunning image of a nearly perfect rectangular iceberg in Antarctica. The monolithic slab of ice, floating just off the Larsen C ice shelf appears quite unnatural given the 90-degree angles.

Astronaut Snaps 'Mind-Blowing' Aurora Picture from Space European astronaut Alexander Gerst shared incredible images of the aurora as seen from space.

15 years of stunning Mars panoramas from NASA’s Opportunity rover The rover is currently missing in action.

Stunning NASA Image Lets You Watch the Sun Explode in Real Time The surface of the sun is a roiling tangle of magnetism, heat and light, stunning new images reveal.

Traveling to the sun: Why won't Parker Solar Probe melt?This summer, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will launch to travel closer to the Sun, deeper into the solar atmosphere, than any mission before it. If Earth was at one end of a yard-stick and the Sun on the other, Parker Solar Probe will make it to within four inches of the solar surface.

The “normal science” of Stephen Hawking’s final paper The acclaimed astrophysicist’s final contribution to his field might not be a breakthrough, but then again, it’s not supposed to be.

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NASA Releases Spectacular New Snapshots of Saturn’s Rings Millions of moonlets appear to be tucked inside the debris that famously circles the planet

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Would You Give Up Perfect Vision for a Trip to Space?A new study put cancer patients on parabolic flight to see how microgravity worsens astronauts’ eyesight.

Here's What Space Actually Looks Like to the Human Eye Michael Benson's exhibit 'Otherworlds' lets you see what all the planets and moons would look like if you flew by.

When Jovian Light and Dark Collide This image, taken by the JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno spacecraft, highlights a feature on Jupiter where multiple atmospheric conditions appear to collide.

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Exclusive: Here’s What It’s Like to Spend a Year in Space Astronaut Scott Kelly reflects on his time aboard the International Space Station in this exclusive excerpt from his memoir, Endurance.

How Earth Moves It’s here! Science stuff, mind-blowing stuff, Vsauce stuff, oh my!! THE CURIOSITY BOX: https://www.thecuriositybox.com/ Jake’s video about The Curiosity Box:...

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There’s an ‘Earth-like’ planet with an atmosphere just 39 light-years away The discovery suggests that atmospheres could exist around the millions of planets like this one, astronomers say.

Here's Where Astronomers Say We'll Probably Find Alien Life "We're very excited for the prospects of life around M dwarfs."

Nasa seeks experiment ideas for Europa lander Nasa is seeking the best ideas for experiments to fly on a mission that will land on Jupiter's moon Europa.