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Why 6 people have spent nearly 8 months locked inside a dome on top of a volcano
Right now, six people are living inside a 1200 square foot dome on top of a volcano on the Island of Hawaii.The spot is in the middle of nowhere, cut off from civilization:Seriously:These people are...
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First images from the set of 'The Martian' show us what living on Mars could...
Alert: mild spoilers lie ahead, as we’ll be discussing minor plot points of the book The Martian. What, you haven’t read it yet? Have you been stranded on Mars? Don’t make us pull your geek card…Never...
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Why 'The Martian' is going to be way better than 'Interstellar' or 'Gravity'
The first official trailer for the film adaptation of Andy Weir's "The Martian" is out and it looks like it's going to blow "Interstellar" and "Gravity" out of the water.To some, "The Martian" might...
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Why landing astronauts on Mars suddenly looks harder than ever before
On Monday, June 8, NASA tested their low-density supersonic decelerator (LDSD) spacecraft, which looks exactly like a flying saucer. The test took place off the coast of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile...
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Elon Musk wants to put a million people on Mars
If a human colony of just five or six people on Mars still sounds like a distant future dream, just wait till you hear about billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's Mars colony plan.Musk is thinking much...
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Awesome video shows the giant rocket that America wants to shuttle astronauts...
A space revolution is coming.Leading the way is a fleet of next-generation rockets that are bigger and more powerful than most rockets before them, and capable of taking us where no human has ever gone...
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There's one crucial number that could ultimately determine whether humans...
Our solar system harbors over a dozen classic and dwarf planets, hundreds of moons, and tens of thousands of asteroids and comets. Yet, there is only one other place in our entire cosmic neighborhood...
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6 people finally released from 'Mars' after spending 8 months isolated from...
No one knows what it will be like to live on Mars. Perhaps the closest anyone has come is the HI-SEAS crew. For them, Mars is a remote mountaintop in Hawaii and their space habitat home is a 1200...
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Sex in space is going to be way different than it is on Earth
As far as we know, no one has ever had sex in space. NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency have consistently and aggressively denied that any astronaut has had sex in space on the International...
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The most extreme places on Earth that look exactly like Mars
If you thought Mars was completely different from Earth, think again.Our warm, blue planet is more similar in some ways to the desolate Red Planet than you know, and we have comparison images to prove...
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Here's why you can't just push a dead body into outer space
The same microbes that grow on cheese can also grow inside a Mars simulation chamber.That might not sound like a big deal. But what if those microbes somehow made it to the real Mars?We've launched...
View ArticleScientists just discovered something on Mars that could prove whether it ever...
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter identified glass embedded within impact craters on Mars. On Earth, similar impact glass has been found to contain ancient organic molecules that were preserved when...
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The surprising story of how Andy Weir's self-published book 'The Martian'...
Andy Weir, author of the wildly popular sci-fi novel "The Martian," is living the publishing dream.It didn't start out that way though. "The Martian" began as a series of self-published chapters on...
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DARPA wants to send GMOs to Mars to make it more livable
There has been a lot of buzz in recent years about the possibility of mankind's big move to our nearest neighbor, Mars. Moving our species to the Red Planet also implies that we will be shipping over...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson explains why astronomers are obsessed with Ceres
We all know Neil deGrasse Tyson's stance on Pluto and its status as a planet. But what does the world renowned astrophysicist consider to be the most underrated planet? Produced by Kamelia Angelova,...
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The longest journey on Mars took 11 years, but it was worth it for this epic...
The Opportunity rover wouldn’t come close to placing in a marathon here on Earth.But it’s still managed to complete an impressive feat by traveling 26.2 miles in 11 years — a record time, by Mars’...
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NASA's 4 newest astronauts will spearhead America into the next-generation of...
There's been a lot of buzz about NASA's goal to land the first humans on Mars by the 2030s, but who those people will be remained unknown.Now, the day has come for NASA to announce the members of its...
View ArticleNASA released a time-lapse of 11-years of footage filmed on the surface of Mars
NASA compiled images from hazard-avoidance cameras on its Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity between January 2004 and April 2015. The footage shows the rover's-eye-view of Mars covering 26.2 miles...
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How hibernating bears can keep humans healthy on the way to Mars
One of the main limitations for man during prolonged space flight is the issue of inactivity in zero gravity. While in space, astronauts' muscles start to waste and bones start to get resorbed back...
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A photographer took these utterly surreal photos of himself in places that...
If humans went to Mars, this is what it might look like, according to French photographer and author Julien Mauve:Mauve has traveled across the US to put together his project called "Greetings From...
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