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Dry Ground
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NASA Satellites Show How Bad Earth’s Water Supply Is Getting

By Mary Beth Griggs

NASA’s ‘Flying Saucer’ Will Test Supersonic Landing From The Edge Of Space
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NASA’s ‘Flying Saucer’ Will Test Supersonic Landing From The Edge Of Space

By Loren Grush

Watch This Zero G NASA Drone Concept Fly And Climb Through The Space Station
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Watch This Zero G NASA Drone Concept Fly And Climb Through The Space Station

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New NASA Satellites Could Help Prevent Katrina-Like Disasters
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New NASA Satellites Could Help Prevent Katrina-Like Disasters

By Sarah Fecht

These 9 Instruments Will Find Out Whether Aliens Could Live On Europa
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These 9 Instruments Will Find Out Whether Aliens Could Live On Europa

By Loren Grush

Gulfstream With Flex Wings
Technology

NASA’s Shapeshifting Airplane Wings Pass Flight Tests

By Kelsey D. Atherton

How Do You Handle A Medical Emergency On A Mission To Mars?
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How Do You Handle A Medical Emergency On A Mission To Mars?

By Loren Grush

Buckeye The MUTT On The Ground
Technology

NASA Tests Cartoonish Flying Wing Drone

By Kelsey D. Atherton

NASA Chief Scientist Is Sure We’ll Find Alien Life Within 20 Years
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NASA Chief Scientist Is Sure We’ll Find Alien Life Within 20 Years

By Loren Grush

NASA’s ‘Flying Saucer’ Lander Is Going For A Test Spin Today
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NASA’s ‘Flying Saucer’ Lander Is Going For A Test Spin Today

By Loren Grush

Astronaut Twins Scott And Mark Kelly Lend Their Bodies To Science
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Astronaut Twins Scott And Mark Kelly Lend Their Bodies To Science

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NASA Is Testing This 18-Engine Airplane Wing
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NASA Is Testing This 18-Engine Airplane Wing

By Kelsey D. Atherton

SXSW 2015: An Astronaut’s Guide To Better Space Photos
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SXSW 2015: An Astronaut’s Guide To Better Space Photos

By Lindsey Kratochwill

NASA Can Make 3 More Nuclear Batteries, And That’s It
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NASA Can Make 3 More Nuclear Batteries, And That’s It

By Mary Beth Griggs

Saturn’s Moon Enceladus May Have Sandy Hot Springs
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Saturn’s Moon Enceladus May Have Sandy Hot Springs

By Loren Grush

Supermassive Black Hole Found Farting A Trillion Suns’ Worth Of Energy
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Supermassive Black Hole Found Farting A Trillion Suns’ Worth Of Energy

By Loren Grush

NASA Wants To Send A Nuclear Submarine To Saturn’s Moon Titan
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NASA Wants To Send A Nuclear Submarine To Saturn’s Moon Titan

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Ion Thrusters In NASA Mission Redraw The Boundaries Of Space Exploration
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Ion Thrusters In NASA Mission Redraw The Boundaries Of Space Exploration

By Junnie Kwon

NASA Robot Will Explore Deep Inside Volcanoes
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NASA Robot Will Explore Deep Inside Volcanoes

By Mary Beth Griggs

Balloon Launch
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Balloons And Airships Aren’t Just Steampunk, They’re Doing Cutting-Edge Science

By Mary Beth Griggs

Liftoff! The Orion Capsule Launches Into Space
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Liftoff! The Orion Capsule Launches Into Space

By Loren Grush

Scrubbed! Glitches Push NASA To Delay The First Flight Of Orion
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Scrubbed! Glitches Push NASA To Delay The First Flight Of Orion

By Loren Grush

Is NASA Going To Let The Hubble Telescope Burn Up?
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Is NASA Going To Let The Hubble Telescope Burn Up?

By Loren Grush

Is ‘Interstellar’ An Antidote To Humanity’s Space Apathy?
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Is ‘Interstellar’ An Antidote To Humanity’s Space Apathy?

By Loren Grush

Gallery: The Top 10 Failed NASA Missions
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Gallery: The Top 10 Failed NASA Missions

By Francie Diep

Volcanoes Erupted On The Moon Within The Past 100 Million Years
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Volcanoes Erupted On The Moon Within The Past 100 Million Years

By Loren Grush

NASA Scientists Study The Sun By Listening To It
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NASA Scientists Study The Sun By Listening To It

By Kelsey D. Atherton

This Weird Tumbleweed Robot Might Change Planetary Exploration
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This Weird Tumbleweed Robot Might Change Planetary Exploration

By Charles Q. Choi

Welcome To Mars. Here’s Where You’ll Be Staying
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Welcome To Mars. Here’s Where You’ll Be Staying

By Sarah Fecht

NASA’s Greased Lightning Tests Vertical Takeoff
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NASA’s Greased Lightning Tests Vertical Takeoff

By Kelsey D. Atherton

NASA’s Super-Black Material Arrives In Space
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NASA’s Super-Black Material Arrives In Space

By Francie Diep

Everyone Hates NASA’s Asteroid Capture Program
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Everyone Hates NASA’s Asteroid Capture Program

By Loren Grush

Fuel-Less Space Drive May Actually Work, Says NASA
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Fuel-Less Space Drive May Actually Work, Says NASA

By Loren Grush

A Jetliner For A Fuel-Starved Future
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A Jetliner For A Fuel-Starved Future

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How To Make A New Planet Home
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How To Make A New Planet Home

By Rebecca Boyle

Ask Anything: What Would People Eat In A Permanent Space Colony?
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Ask Anything: What Would People Eat In A Permanent Space Colony?

By Daniel Engber

How We’re Finding Asteroids Before They Find Us
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How We’re Finding Asteroids Before They Find Us

By James Vlahos

Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Is Now A Top Candidate For Life
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Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Is Now A Top Candidate For Life

By Francie Diep

NASA Could’ve Prevented The Near-Drowning Of An Astronaut
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NASA Could’ve Prevented The Near-Drowning Of An Astronaut

By Colin Lecher

NASA Invites Private Companies To The Moon
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NASA Invites Private Companies To The Moon

By Gabe Bergado

NASA Responds To Martian Life Lawsuit: It’s Just A Rock
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NASA Responds To Martian Life Lawsuit: It’s Just A Rock

By Colin Lecher

Video: How Mars Looked 4 Billion Years Ago
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Video: How Mars Looked 4 Billion Years Ago

By Shaunacy Ferro

A Rare New Bacterium Thrives In Spacecraft Cleanrooms
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A Rare New Bacterium Thrives In Spacecraft Cleanrooms

By Shaunacy Ferro

Inside The Hunt For Dark Matter
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Inside The Hunt For Dark Matter

By Corey S. Powell

The Moon And NASA Now Communicate Via Lasers
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The Moon And NASA Now Communicate Via Lasers

By Lindsey Kratochwill

What Will It Take To Find Life Elsewhere In The Universe?
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What Will It Take To Find Life Elsewhere In The Universe?

By Lee Billings

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Watch A 3-D Printer Make A Pizza

By Colin Lecher

JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide
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Best Ever Astronaut Selfies

By Elizabeth Howell/ Universe Today

FYI: Can Humans Survive In A Completely Self-Sufficient Closed Environment?
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FYI: Can Humans Survive In A Completely Self-Sufficient Closed Environment?

By Ryan Bradley

NASA Scientists Answer Your Burning Questions About Voyager 1
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NASA Scientists Answer Your Burning Questions About Voyager 1

By Rose Pastore

Neil Armstrong In The Pages Of Popular Science
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Neil Armstrong In The Pages Of Popular Science

By Rose Pastore

All Of The Asteroids That Could Potentially End The World
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All Of The Asteroids That Could Potentially End The World

By Dan Nosowitz

New For Space Tourists: A Light, Comfy Space Suit
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New For Space Tourists: A Light, Comfy Space Suit

By Joey Carmichael

12 Insanely Ambitious Ideas For Improving Space Exploration
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12 Insanely Ambitious Ideas For Improving Space Exploration

By Colin Lecher

The 10 Worst Places To Live In The Universe
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The 10 Worst Places To Live In The Universe

By Joey Carmichael and Erin Brodwin

Are Environmental Regulations On Mars Doing More Harm Than Good?
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Are Environmental Regulations On Mars Doing More Harm Than Good?

By Shaunacy Ferro

Saturn’s Moon Dione May Have An Underground Ocean
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Saturn’s Moon Dione May Have An Underground Ocean

By Rose Pastore

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What Would Antarctica Look Like If All The Ice Melted?

By Dan Nosowitz

NASA Is Building An Intergalactic GPS
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NASA Is Building An Intergalactic GPS

By Francie Diep

NASA Invests In 3-D Food Printer For Mars Missions
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NASA Invests In 3-D Food Printer For Mars Missions

By Colin Lecher

Holy Crap, Saturn’s Rings Are Raining Water
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Holy Crap, Saturn’s Rings Are Raining Water

By Rose Pastore

Meet The NASA Scientist Who’s Reinventing The Wheel
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Meet The NASA Scientist Who’s Reinventing The Wheel

By Brian E. Clark

Deep-Space Engines
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Deep-Space Engines

By Konstantin Kakaes

Warp Factor
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Warp Factor

By Konstantin Kakaes