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Elon Musk wants people to live on Mars by 2030 — and this isolated Hawaiian...
SpaceX recently announced plans to send a rocket to Mars as soon as 2018, and to get people there by the 2030s. The agency, owned by Elon Musk, is inching toward these goals as they continue to test...
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NASA just detected oxygen in the Martian atmosphere — but half of it may be...
For the first time in 40 years, NASA researchers have detected atomic oxygen in Mars' atmosphere, thanks to the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), which soars on a plane 13.7...
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Scientists have detected oxygen on Mars — and it could reveal something...
For the first time in four decades, a team of researchers has found atomic oxygen lingering in the upper Martian atmosphere.But don't get carried away too quickly — atomic oxygen is very different from...
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A fake Mars mission has concluded that astronauts will be bored as hell
Imagine being trapped in your house for a year and a half. The only people you get to see are your five roommates. All of your meals come out of a can or microwavable pouch. You have no internet...
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Mars used to spawn 400-foot-high mega-tsunamis
Today Mars is a dry, rust-colored rock.But it wasn't always that way. One of science's biggest recent revelations is that, billions of years ago, the red planet used to be blue.Now, a study published...
View ArticleNASA’s Mars rover has measured something in the air that scientists can’t...
NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected methane on Mars, which is usually produced by living organisms on Earth.Produced by Emma Fierberg. Original reporting by Jessica Orwig.Follow BI Video: On Twitter...
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Mars looks breathtaking in this new Hubble telescope portrait
If you've never seen Mars like this before, it's for a reason.Mars, Earth, and the sun are moving into a perfect line on Sunday — which means the half of Mars facing us will be fully lit by the...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson: Here's how long you could survive on each planet in our...
We know how long a human being could survive on a summer day on Mars without a spacesuit. (Answer: not long at all.) But what about the other planets in our solar system?Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks it...
View ArticleNASA built a robot that looks like Iron Man — and it could one day help build...
NASA originally created its Valkyrie robot to compete in a competition for search-and-rescue robots. Now the organization is trying to make Valkyrie better, with hopes that future models could go into...
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NASA is about to expand its giant inflatable habitat on the International...
Bright and early Thursday at 5:30 a.m. ET, NASA will blow up a giant inflatable habitat on the International Space Station (ISS). The $18 million dollar habitat, called the Bigelow Expandable Activity...
View ArticleMars could be going through a major climate shift right now
Scientists analyzed data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to track how ice has shifted over the last 370,000 years on the Red Planet. They hope studying climate change on Mars will help us...
View ArticleSpaceX has a radical plan to reach Mars that's unlike anything anyone has...
Elon Musk's private company SpaceX has big plans to usher in a new era of reusable rockets that could send the first humans to Mars and return them home. Here's how the company plans to land on the Red...
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An ice age on Mars is ending — here's why that matters for Earth
Though it doesn't seem like much happens on Mars – a barren desert of a planet – it does experience seasons and climate change, much as Earth does.In fact, the Red Planet is going through a change now,...
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Watch kids react as a magical school bus takes them to 'Mars'
OK, so full disclosure that this video is a PR stunt by rocket manufacturer Lockheed Martin (the company NASA has contracted to build its spacecraft to Mars).But it looks like the kids who participated...
View ArticleNASA just added an extra room to the Space Station — see how they did it
NASA inflated the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module on the International Space Station on May 28, 2016. It's the first inflatable room ever attached to the ISS.Produced by Zach Wasser. Video courtesy...
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Elon Musk wants to land humans on Mars within 9 years
Elon Musk, the visionary head of SpaceX, has announced that he wants to land humans on Mars within the next nine years.Speaking at the Code Conference June 1, Musk said he plans to send astronauts to...
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11 crazy facts you probably didn't know about Mars
You've seen the beautiful pictures of Mars, watched the movie "The Martian," and read about Elon Musk's plans to visit the red plant.But how much do you really know about Earth's next-door...
View ArticleElon Musk's ambitious prediction for the future of humankind is awe-inspiring
Elon Musk explains why we it's crucial that we invest our resources into living on other planets. Produced by Delano Samuels and Jessica Orwig Follow BI Video: On TwitterJoin the conversation about...
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Scientists found something extremely unexpected on Mars – and it could...
Scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center found something very unexpected in a Martian crater.Using the Curiosity Rover, the scientists detected a mineral called tridymite that, until now, they thought...
View ArticleNASA just released these amazing posters recruiting Earthlings to work on Mars
NASA wants to get you excited about life on Mars, so it released a series of humorous, vintage-style posters of the types of professions future Martians might one day hold. These posters are for public...
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