Solar System

What Spending A Year In A Mars Simulation Taught This Scientist About Humanity

Sheyna Gifford explains how living in a Mars simulation changed her outlook on Earth's future.
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SpaceX Rocket Blasts Off Carrying NASA's New Planet-Hunting Telescope

The telescope is designed to detect worlds beyond our solar system that might be capable of harboring life.
By Joey Roullette, Reuters

How To Watch The Solar Eclipse

The solar eclipse will happen Monday, August 21 so here’s how to safely watch.
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Krispy Kreme Is Giving Us Another Reason To Be Excited For The Coming Solar Eclipse

We're drooling.
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Ten Facts About The Light, The Dark And The Total Solar Eclipse

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52 Of Cassini's Most Beautiful Postcards From The Outer Solar System

The spacecraft completely changed our view of Saturn and her moons.
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From Sea To Shining Sea, A Solar System 'Road Trip' With Astronaut Chris Hadfield

With the sun at Long Island and Pluto on the Santa Monica pier, the journey is "kind of startling and extremely memorable."
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A Supermoon Like This One Won't Come Again Until 2034

Skywatchers are in for a big, bright treat in two weeks!
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A Big Mystery About The Sun Gets A Surprising Explanation

Astronomers point to Planet Nine.
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2-year-Old Neil DeGrasse Tyson Pens Awesome Birthday Thank You

Awww look, a baby astrophysicist.
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