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A NASA probe is going to visit Ultima Thule, the farthest object humanity has ever tried to reach, on New Year's Day
Stern, who recently helped write a book titled "Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission…
Dave Mosher
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NASA just pulled off humanity's farthest-ever visit to a space object - the New Horizons probe's successfully flew by Ultima Thule
New Horizons pulled off the maneuver on New Year's Day, taking hundreds of photos in a highly chore…
Dave Mosher,Rebecca Harrington
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What the Eric Adams indictment means for New York City's leadership and future
NYC Mayor Eric Adams maintains innocence as his indictment on five criminal charges shakes the city…
Dan DeFrancesco
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NASA is on a mission to 'touch the Sun' in milestone moment for space exploration
Nasa describes it as a mission to ""touch the Sun" on its website, aiming to get our "first-ever sa…
Nathan Rennolds
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Mysterious flashes of light on Venus aren't what scientists thought, according to a new study. And it could mean safer missions to the planet in the future.
Flashing light on Venus was thought to be lightning for years, but scientists couldn't prove it. A …
Sonam Sheth
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Astronomers discover the fastest runaway stars in our galaxy racing away at over 5 million mph
Astronomers discovered two runaway stars racing out of our galaxy at speeds 10 times faster than th…
Jessica Orwig
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The sun is getting more active than it has for a decade and it could lead to power outages, grounded flights, and stunning auroras
The sun is entering a peak of activity that will last a few years. This could disrupt grids and gro…
Marianne Guenot
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Telangana reports first two cases of Omicron variant in the state
Both the cases were detected among air passengers from non-risk countries. Both had arrived at H…
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NASA is flying a $1.5 billion spacecraft into the sun - here's why
NASA will soon launch its Parker Solar Probe on a mission that will take it closer to the sun than …
Nathaniel Lee,Jessica Orwig
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Pluto was discovered 90 years ago this week. Controversy about its identity rages on.
When he discovered Pluto, Planet X became real - for a time. But in 2003, a world larger than Pluto…
Holly Secon
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The Geminids meteor shower peaks this weekend, with hundreds of multicolored shooting stars. Here's how to watch.
A moonless night will let the Geminids shine as bits of space rock burn up in Earth's atmosphere an…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Space 2021: All the Mars landings, eclipses, astronaut flights, rocket launches, and other big missions to look for this year
In 2021, we'll see nine meteor showers. Boeing and SpaceX should launch humans into orbit, and NASA…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Susie N…
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What if humans tried landing on the sun
And the next layer is just as perilous: the photosphere. This is the surface of the sun we see ever…
Andrea Schmitz,Shira Polan
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NASA is gearing up to fly a robot dangerously close to the sun and 'touch' the star
Eugene Parker, a now-89-year-old scientist after whom the probe was named after on May 31, first di…
Dave Mosher
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The Geminids meteor shower peaks this weekend, with hundreds of multicolored shooting stars. Here's how to spot them.
The asteroid Phaethon left behind the trail of dust that's responsible for the Geminids show severa…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Warp speeds in 'Star Trek' are achingly slow, and a simple animation of the starship Enterprise by a NASA scientist proves it
However, traveling at a warp factor of 9.9 from one end of the Milky Way galaxy - a body of hundred…
Dave Mosher
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Scientists just released the best photo yet of the most distant object ever visited by humanity
"This is exactly what we need to move the modeling work on planetary formation forward, because we'…
Dave Mosher
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APPLY NOW: Business Insider is hiring a paid editorial intern to cover science
From covering space news and rocket launches to reporting on the environment and archaeology, this …
Business Insider
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New videos of the farthest object humanity has ever explored show that it flips like a giant hourglass
During the flyby, the probe took a series of images that revealed its shape and spin. The following…
Dave Mosher
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