The space harpoon is part of the RemoveDEBRIS project, a multi-organization European effort to create and test methods of reducing space debris. There are thousands of little pieces of who knows…
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Though his voyage to the Galapagos and his work with finches dominate the narrative of the famed naturalist, he was, at heart, a botanist
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Some fun multimedia from NASA, including (free) Exoplanet Travel Bureau posters, cool 360-degree visualizations, and a journey into the life and death of planetary system.
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NASA and NOAA data show that 2018 was the fourth hottest year on record, while the hottest is 2016. Global surface temperature records go back nearly 140 years. During that…
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A scientist explains one of the most mind-blowing ideas in physics, in under 5 minutes.
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Guns now kill twice as many kids in the U.S. as cancer does, a new study shows. Car crashes are the leading cause of death for children and teens 18…
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A Boeing Co. flying car designed to whisk passengers over congested city streets and dodge skyscrapers completed its first test flight on Tuesday, offering a peek into the future of urban transportation…
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Jupiter and Venus will be very bright and up in the east before dawn. Saturn is below them – much fainter – near the moon on the morning of February…
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The Vortex, a radical new way to generate wind energy, is a bladeless wind turbine that looks like a giant rolled joint shooting into the sky.
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Check it out. You can see the flash of a meteorite that struck the moon during Sunday night’s total eclipse. Photos and video here.
