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Tesla has big, big plans for the next 4 years (TSLA)
Elon Musk's plans for the coming decade are nothing short of ambitious.Among other things, Tesla's CEO has promised to dramatically increase car production, launch one (or possibly two) completely new...
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Soon we'll hear what Mars sounds like
We all love that feeling of "being there" when it comes to missions to other planets. Juno's arrival at Jupiter, New Horizons' flyby of Pluto and the daily upload of raw images from the Mars Curiosity...
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Scientists just launched fungi from the radioactive wasteland of Chernobyl...
On Monday, eight species of fungi gathered from Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, traveled to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX rocket.Scientists hope to...
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One step closer to Mars as NASA commissions 5 new orbiter designs
Putting a person on Mars has long been a dream of science fiction writers, but that vision took a step closer to reality Monday when NASA announced it had commissioned five US aerospace companies to...
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The coolest NASA missions happening right now — and the most exciting ones...
On July 20, 1969, two Americans did something extraordinary: They climbed out of a precarious spacecraft and onto the surface of the moon.We hairless apes, gifted with powerful brains and wanderlust...
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NASA astronauts are heading to the bottom of the ocean to prepare for space
To prepare for space, astronauts are heading to the other final frontier: the ocean floor.On Thursday, NASA sent a team of astronauts and scientists more than 60 feet below sea level for a 16-day...
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These vein-like features stretched across the surface of Mars can tell us a...
The surface of Mars is woven with beautiful gullies. Until recently, scientists thought that it was possible that liquid water played a role in carving out these vein-like channels.But now, NASA has...
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NASA just released 1,035 new images of Mars — here are some of the best
Mars definitely deserves its "Red Planet" nickname, since it's basically covered in reddish-brown rust.But scientists use such a range of photographing techniques that the planet can end up a rainbow...
View ArticleSpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine yet just passed a critical milestone
SpaceX has shipped a Raptor engine to its base in Texas for testing, marking a key step forward in the company's goal to colonize Mars. The Raptor is capable of generating 500,000 pounds of thrust,...
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We may be looking for life on Mars in the all wrong places
A new study has found evidence that the energy released by meteorite impacts on Mars would wipe out any signs of life inside the craters they leave behind.And that's a problem, seeing as impact craters...
View ArticleChina just released the details of its most ambitious space mission yet
China's space agency just showed off its newest mission — a Mars probe set to launch in 2020.Video courtesy of Reuters.Follow TI:On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »
View ArticleA 24-year-old has a solution for one of NASA's biggest problems
When it comes to sending rockets to Mars, the biggest hurdle that NASA has faced is the amount of energy needed to carry a very small payload over such a long distance. Modern technology doesn't allow...
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Here's the only thing you need to know about Mars being 'the same size' as...
This is your yearly reminder: Mars will not be as big as the moon on August 27, 2016 — or any other year, for that matter.The classic internet hoax lives on, as seen in this viral post in...
View Article6 scientists spent a year in a mock Mars habitat in Hawaii with no fresh water
Six scientists spent 365 days in a geodesic dome in Hawaii to simulate life on Mars.Follow BI Video: On TwitterJoin the conversation about this story »
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This analyst believes colonising Mars will solve the problems of the global...
Here’s an unconventional place to deploy the vast amount of unproductive capital roaming the world right now.Mars.“It is not as crazy as it sounds,” wrote Viktor Shvets and Chetan Seth from the...
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Mars won £1 million of free advertising from Channel 4 for its Paralympics...
Mars Chocolate UK has secured £1 million ($1.3 million) of free advertising airtime from Channel 4 with a Maltesers campaign championing diversity and disability for the Paralympics.Channel 4 selected...
View ArticleNASA just took these incredible images of mysterious rock formations on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover just returned a number of gorgeous images of the Martian landscape. NASA argues the images rival photos taken in U.S. National Parks.Produced by Keegan Larwin. Original reporting...
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Mars had liquid water a billion years longer than we even thought possible
New evidence from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed that entire networks of lakes and streams fed by melting snow existed on Mars way later than anyone had thought possible.Based on new...
View ArticleThese 9 facts about space will blow your mind
Space is so unfathomably large and so unbelievably weird, that it can sometimes be difficult to convey basic facts. For example, you can fit all of our solar system's planets in the space between the...
View ArticleA surprising discovery points to exciting new possibilities for alien life on...
A team of scientists recently reported that Mars had large lakes of liquid water much longer than previously thought. This new discovery means that microbial life had more time to form and survive —...
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