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SpaceX celebrates the successful return of the Falcon 9

SpaceX successfully launched one of its Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday, the first endeavor of the Iridium-1 NEXT Mission delivering ten satellites for the...
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NASA launches InSight lander to mission on the Red Planet

NASA’S InSight Mars Lander has officially left Earth from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and has now taken a course towards the Red Planet,...

Scientists recreate ancient night sky to date 2,500 yr-old Greek poem

A group of Washington scientists accurately defined the date referred to in a 2,500 year old poem by the Greek poet Sappho called “Midnight...
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Things you must know about TRAPPIST-1

TRAPPIST-1 is a planetary system named after the TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope which astronomers used to discover it. It is located 39 light...
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company seeks to make public transport great again

Elon Musk’s Boring Company is focusing on providing public transport to pedestrians, as Hyperloop pods are becoming a reality faster than expected. Several firms...

SpaceX is testing the fuel tank of the Mars Colony spacecraft

SpaceX has not forgotten about the Mars Colony after the Falcon 9 explosion at Cape Canaveral. The company successfully tested a prototype of the...
Female Mathematician Receives Highest NGS Award for Role in Space Exploration

Female Mathematician Receives Highest NGS Award for Role in Space Exploration

Katherine Johnson, a female mathematician, whose calculations made space exploration possible will posthumously receive the National Geographic Society Hubbard medal for 2020. This is coming...
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The Moon will crash into Earth, but it’s OK, scientists say

A recent discovery by scientists at the University of Idaho predicts that the Moon will crash into Earth in a collision brought by a...

NASA scientists protect astronauts from the Sun with new tool

Scientists from NASA have come up with a new way to detect harmful solar storms in advance by using a new technique. Instead of...

Scientists declare war on microplastics, call for glitter ban

Environmental scientists are calling for stricter regulations on microplastics across different industries, just as the height of the holiday season approaches and more people...