More Space - Page 102
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth after 340 days in space
He lived on the International Space Station for nearly a year. Now that Kelly is home, the real science begins.
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Astronaut Scott Kelly's last sunrise photos from space are gorgeous
That's a pretty amazing off-world sunrise.
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NASA is working on a quieter supersonic jet for commercial use
Lockheed Martin will work on a "low boom" supersonic aircraft design.
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40 out-of-this-world photos from Scott Kelly's year in space
Some people dream of living in Paris for a year, or even just a few months abroad. How does a year in space sound?
By Johnny Simon
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A blue bubble shines in deep space in new Hubble photo
Check out that blue Hubble bubble.
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Take in the beauty of Pluto's frozen north pole canyons
Pluto's north pole shimmers in false color in this New Horizons photo.
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The Milky Way's cold clouds glow in huge, new cosmic map
The cold Milky Way is shining like a diamond in this new map.
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Mysterious burst of radio waves traced to galaxy billions of light-years away
The galaxy it came from was 6 billion light-years away.
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Those 2 colliding black holes may have been born in a giant star
The black holes may have been created by the death of a huge star.
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This astronaut could take you to the edge of space and back in a balloon
Ron Garan is the new chief pilot at World View.
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The real story of that 'music' Apollo 10 astronauts heard at the moon
So, what was that strange music the astronauts heard?
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Virgin Galactic still has a long road to recovery, and it's going it alone
Having rolled out its new space ship, Virgin Galactic now faces its biggest test yet.
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Richard Branson has big plans for Virgin Galactic beyond space planes
The future of Virgin Galactic is looking... busy.
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Virgin Galactic rolls out 'Unity,' its first new space plane since 2014 crash
The private spaceflight company is ready to take to the skies again.
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More than 18,300 people applied to be NASA astronauts this year
A record number of people applied to be astronauts this year, just as NASA prepares for the revival of America's crewed spaceflight program.
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Virgin Galactic is set to reveal its new space plane Friday
The unveiling of the new SpaceShipTwo signals the beginning of Virgin Galactic's second act after a fatal 2014 accident.
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Some asteroids may die before ever reaching the sun
Scientists may have discovered why some asteroids appear to be missing from the cosmic pool.
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Glow of the Big Bang illuminates rare X-ray emitting black hole jet
The light from the Big Bang itself is helping scientists study a black hole in deep space.
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Gravitational waves mark start of new era in space exploration
"We can observe the universe in this new way; not using light, but using gravity."
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Bye, Philae: Scientists give up hope for comet lander
So long, Philae, and thanks for the memories.
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Listen to two black holes colliding in deep space
The extreme cosmic crash sounds oddly like a chirp.
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We've finally found gravitational waves, so can we time travel?
Gravitational waves have raised people's hopes for the eventual development of time travel technology.
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A cake broke the biggest astrophysics story in decades
The biggest astrophysics story in decades - the detection of gravitational waves, was first revealed when journalists spotted a cake.
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Was Einstein right? Ripples in space-time may have been found
Scientists may have finally found evidence of gravitational waves, confirming one of Albert Einstein's boldest predictions.
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