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Depressing new photos show Europe's Mars probe exploded into pieces
When the European Space Agency (ESA) lost contact with half of its ambitious ExoMars 2016 mission — the Schiaparelli lander — on October 19, the probe was falling from the Martian sky like an...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson explains what the world will be like in 500 years
Using the Age of Exploration as a basis, Neil deGrasse Tyson takes a close look at what life on Earth could look like in another 500 years. Spoiler Alert: It's going to get crowded. But he's got some...
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A med school lesson in peanut butter sandwiches could one day save your life
Anywhere between tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of Americans, depending on whom you ask, die of medical errors each year.Now, universities are looking to address that fact by teaching...
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Escape Election Day hell with 2,540 gorgeous new photos of Mars
Tuesday marks the 58th quadrennial US presidential election, bringing to a close one of the most contentious campaign seasons in memory.Which means you're probably stressed out of your gourd and...
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Yes, defecting to Mars during Trump's presidency is theoretically possible
Roughly half of the United States is struggling to come to terms with a Donald Trump presidency and what it might portend.Some people are so upset they're considering moving to Canada, and they might...
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Astronomers have designed a house for Mars — take a look inside
Everyone from astronomers to tech companies wants to know what it would be like to live on Mars.From growing vegetables in Martian soil, to claims that leaving Earth could save the human species,...
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These strange funnels on Mars might be cauldrons for alien life
Scientists have analyzed a strange depression on the surface Mars, and say it could be the perfect place to search for signs of life, because it could contain three key ingredients for life: water,...
View ArticleNASA's 'Mohawk Guy' thinks it's only a matter of time before we find aliens
In 2012, Bobak Ferdowsi (aka "NASA Mohawk Guy") went viral for his unusual hairdo during the Mars Curiosity Rover landing. Now he's working on a mission to find signs of habitability on Europa, one of...
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View ArticleNASA’s Chief Scientist explains how the first humans on Mars will breathe
How will astronauts breathe on Mars when they get there? NASA's Chief Scientist, Ellen Stofan, explains the difficulties and its solutions to how humans would breathe on Mars.Follow Tech Insider:On...
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A computer glitch caused the Schiaparelli spacecraft to crash into Mars at...
Paris (AFP) - A tiny lander that crashed on Mars last month flew into the Red Planet at 540 kilometres (335 miles) per hour instead of gently gliding to a stop, after a computer misjudged its altitude,...
View ArticleScientists just discovered a massive reserve of frozen water that could help...
Scientists recently reported, in Geophysical Research Letters, convincing evidence for a giant underground ice cube on Mars that could be up to 560 feet thick. And NASA is already considering the...
View ArticleA space engineer explains why humans will never go past Mars
Louis Friedman, an aerospace engineer and author of "Human Spaceflight: From Mars to the Stars," believes that humans may never travel past Mars. The former head of The Planetary Society says...
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4 billion-year-old Grand Canyon-like craters on Mars could have been carved...
Like Earth, Mars has some deep canyons. Those on the Red Planet were carved out of its surface around 3.8 billion years ago. Scientists have debated about how they actually got there, and new research...
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Trump could replace Obama's asteroid catcher with a SpaceX-backed mission to...
When Donald Trump is sworn in on January 20, there's a good chance he could scrap one of President Obama's boldest visions for NASA: the asteroid redirect mission, or ARM.ARM would ostensibly launch a...
View ArticleCheck out this incredibly detailed look at an area of Mars that might have...
There is a valley called Mawrth Vallis on Mars. This video shows the spectacular views of the region.Video courtesy of European Space AgencyFollow Tech Insider: On FacebookJoin the conversation about...
View ArticleMars isn’t as Earth-like as you think — the coldest place on Mars looks...
Humanity's next destination could very well be Mars. But, unlike Earth, Mars is a harsh and unforgiving environment. Recently released images show the frigid conditions of Mars' poles.Follow Tech...
View ArticleA never-before-seen element on Mars just gave the prospect for alien life a...
NASA's Curiosity rover recently detected boron in Gale Crater on Mars. This has many implications with regards to ancient alien life that might have lived there.Follow TI:On FacebookJoin the...
View ArticleThese 9 space facts will change your perception of the universe
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...
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NASA just released its incredibly cool concept for houses on Mars
NASA researchers have a lot of problems to work through if they want astronauts to one day set foot on Mars. One of the biggest hurdles is where these early pioneers will sleep and live, and after a...
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