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Scientists think they’ve spotted 60 potential alien power plants in the Milky Way!
Dyson Spheres, a shell or swarm of objects built by an advanced civilisation to capture the immense…
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Side-by-side photographic glass plates and James Webb images show how telescope technology has evolved since the 1800s
Before powerful space-based telescopes like Webb, astronomers used clear glass plates scattered wit…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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ISRO’s Young Scientists Programme stands cancelled due to COVID-19
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s annual Young Scientists Programme— Yuva Vigyani Karyakram …
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No other asteroid is going to get closer to Earth in the next decade than the one set to fly by on September 1
Many asteroids come and go but most keep their distance from Earth as they fly past. Now one daring…
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I put this $800 robot vacuum to the test, and it easily cleaned coffee grounds, kitty litter, and 90% of the flour I threw on the ground
The vacuum also comes with three ultra-performance filters designed to pick up 99% of allergens and…
James Brains
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A spacecraft graveyard exists in the middle of the ocean - here's what's down there
Such satellite collisions are rare but do happen; one occurred in 1996, another in 2009, and two in…
Dave Mosher
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An intense storm has wiped out a remote Hawaiian island, and it's a sign of things to come
Randy Kosaki, a deputy superintendent of research and field operations at National Oceanic and Atmo…
Peter Kotecki
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A 30-story Manhattan tower could end up slicing off 5 floors in an extreme solution to a zoning dispute. Here's what happened the last time an NYC building did that.
The building's top 12 floors were demolished slowly in 1993 after two years of strategizing how to …
Michelle Mark
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This nuclear-explosion simulator shows how well your house might protect you from radioactive fallout
Nukemap's fallout-cloud feature shows that fallout is mostly limited to explosions that happen near…
Dave Mosher
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How To Watch This Week's Exceptionally Stunning Orionid Meteor Shower
The reason for some of the confusion about the best time to view the shower is natural, Bill Cooke …
Jessica Orwig
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Early videos of Hurricane Michael reveal the scale of the storm's destruction in the Florida Panhandle
Up the coast in Pensacola, the water temperature is 82 degrees Fahrenheit - 8 degrees higher t…
Hilary Brueck
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Brilliant fireballs are falling to Earth this week in numbers we won't see for another 10 years - here's how to watch
Most of the meteors will likely appear to come from the direction of the constellation Taurus (henc…
Jessica Orwig
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The Pluto flyby is just the start of NASA's epic New Horizons mission
But the flyby wasn't just about taking breathtaking close-ups. Scientific instruments also recorded…
Julia Calderone
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Here Are All The Volcanoes In The US - And How Dangerous They Are
Here's the full map of volcanoes in the U.S., from the USGS. This map shows all of the active volca…
Ajai Raj
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iRobot's $800 Roomba seems like a ridiculous cost, but I've tried my fair share of robot vacuums and it's one of the best
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James Brains
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SpaceX is staking its future on a spaceport in south Texas. The people who live inside it are just one of Elon Musk's problems.
From a business standpoint, the ramifications of a functional Starship would be sweeping and stagge…
Dave Mosher
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NASA spacecraft 'is about to make history'
The smooth features on Ceres, including shallow craters that likely eroded over time, make scientis…
Jessica Orwig
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Meteors traveling at over 160,000 mph are falling in large numbers tonight - here's how to watch
The comet's icy bits enter the atmosphere at such tremendous speeds, they rub against molecules in …
Jessica Orwig
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Here's What's Inside The 'Gravity' Blu-Ray Combo Pack
COLLISION POINT: THE RACE TO CLEAN UP SPACE The 20-minute documentary narrated by Ed Harris - who …
Kirsten Acuna
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Mexico's 'capital of pyrotechnics' has experienced at least 8 fireworks explosions in the past 20 years
According to Mexican news site Animal Politico, on December 12, Juan Ignacio Rodarte Cordero, direc…