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What We Learned from the Kepler Space Telescope - SciShow News
October was bittersweet for space scientists as we said goodbye to both the Kepler Space Telescope and Dawn mission.
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The Night Sky in Infrared
James Webb wouldn’t be equipped to look in the infrared if not for the previous missions that have allowed us to see the universe in wavelengths that the human eye can’t see!
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3 Extreme New Mission Concepts
From asteroid spaceships, to exploring ice volcanoes, let's look at a few of the NIAC's recently approved Phase I projects!
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Don't Worry About That Asteroid That Might Hit This Year | SciShow News
That asteroid the headlines have been warning people about isn't likely to actually hit us, and scientists might have solved a mystery that could save lives: the relationship between tides and earthquakes.
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TED: Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe | Kenneth Lacovara
What happens when you discover a dinosaur? Paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara details his unearthing of Dreadnoughtus -- a 77-million-year-old sauropod that was as tall as a two-story house and as heavy as a jumbo jet -- and considers how...
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The First Results on the Interstellar Asteroid!
Our asteroid news edition this week clears up some misleading headlines regarding 3200 Phaethon, and our interstellar visitor has both a new name and a shape we haven’t seen before.
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The Chelyabinsk Meteor: What We Know
In this episode of SciShow, Hank explores what we now know about the meteoroid that streaked across Russian skies on February 15, 2013.
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We Just Shot an Asteroid... for Science! Space News
The Hayabusa2 spacecraft fired a bullet into an asteroid and Neptune officially has 14 moons!
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NASA's Plan to Capture an Asteroid
Caitlin Hofmeister walks you through NASA's planned Asteroid Retrieval Mission, which aims to capture a space-rock and put it in lunar orbit for study -- all by 2025!
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TED: The story of 'Oumuamua, the first visitor from another star system | Karen J. Meech
In October 2017, astrobiologist Karen J. Meech got the call every astronomer waits for: NASA had spotted the very first visitor from another star system. The interstellar comet -- a half-mile-long object eventually named `Oumuamua, from...
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Move Over, Mars We Could Farm on Asteroids!
When people live throughout the solar system, we'll need some way to feed them that doesn't involve constant shipments of Earth-grown food. Will the asteroid belt be our new cosmic food court?
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An Impossible Black Hole, and Finally Meeting Ceres
SciShow Space takes you to a distant, ancient black hole that … really shouldn’t be, and psyches you up for the Dawn spacecraft’s final approach to Ceres!
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Did This Ancient Asteroid Cause an Ice Age? - SciShow News
Around 500 Million years ago, Earth’s climate was warm, and the planet had nearly no ice, even at the poles. Then an asteroid broke apart deep in our solar system, and our planet plunged into an ice age at the same time. Are the two...
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NASA Just Arrived at an Asteroid! SciShow News
OSIRIS-REx finally entered orbit around the asteroid Bennu this week and new research has found an old recipe for RNA.
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An Asteroid Visited Us From Outside the Solar System!
Earth has received its first speedy visitor from another star system, A/2017 U1, and the Dawn Mission has helped astronomers gather more evidence about possible former oceans on Ceres.
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What We've Learned from the Dawn Mission So Far
The Dawn spacecraft has been exploring the two largest objects in the asteroid belt since 2007, and here's what we've learned so far!
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How Do You Trace a Meteorite Back To Its Home?
It's virtually impossible to tell where a meteorite comes from, but in 2018, scientists were able to pull a feat of forensic astronomy and do just that.
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Phobos Is Hiding Secrets About Mars's Atmosphere | SciShow News
This week, researchers are getting ready to learn about earth and Mars, in places that you might not expect.
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Buzzed By a Weird Blue Asteroid
Asteroid 3200 Phaethon got closer than it will be until 2093, and the reflecting light has astronomers puzzled, and the relationship between black holes and magnetic fields is now a little more clear.
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15 Futuristic Space Mission Concepts in 5 Minutes
NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts program has funded a slew of new space mission concepts! Which one is your favorite?
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What the Crater that Impacted the Dinosaurs Taught Us About Mars
We've been trying to understand Mars for years, but some scientists think that ancient craters on earth might hold some answers to our red neighbor's history.
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3 Space Missions to Look for in 2021
2021 is expected to bring some very exciting missions: We're putting more cool tech on Mars, going back around the Moon, and testing some sweet planetary defense from asteroids!
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The 3 Biggest Space Impacts Ever
Celebrate Asteroid Day by learning about the 3 biggest collisions that Earth has experienced with celestial objects.
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The Arizona Fireball and Planet Nine's Origins
An asteroid streaked across Arizona's night sky, and we have a new theory on where the hypothetical Planet Nine came from.