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Our Galaxy Might Not Be Doomed After All

Scientists say there’s a 50/50 chance that our Milky Way galaxy will collide with the Andromeda galaxy. Would you take those odds?

By Jackie Appel
Aug 20, 2024
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A World-Changing Gamma Ray Laser Is on the Horizon. It Could One Day Unlock Interstellar Travel

By Manasee Wagh
Aug 1, 2024
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Warp Drives Are Possible—Aliens May Be Using Them

By Jordan Pearson
Jul 16, 2024
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The Universe Could Be Eternal, This Theory Says

By Stav Dimitropoulos
Apr 12, 2024
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How a Lunar Supercollider Could Upend Physics

By Caroline Delbert
Mar 28, 2024
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The History of Pi

By David Grossman
Mar 14, 2024

Deep Space

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Something is Wrong With Our Early Universe Models

By Jackie Appel
Aug 8, 2024
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‘Cosmic Fireballs’ Could Explain The Unexplainable

By Darren Orf
Aug 6, 2024
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Is This the Answer to the 'Final Parsec Problem'?

By Darren Orf
Jul 30, 2024
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Scientists Spots Rare ‘Missing Link’ Black Hole

By Darren Orf
Jul 15, 2024

Moon and Mars

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A Hidden Ocean Is Lying Deep Within Mars Crust

By Darren Orf
Aug 13, 2024
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The Earth May Have Once Had Multiple Moons

By Darren Orf
Aug 5, 2024
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NASA Finds Evidence of Past Martian Microbial Life

By Darren Orf
Jul 30, 2024
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This Extreme Moss Could Grow on Mars

By Darren Orf
Jul 24, 2024

Rockets

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The World’s Biggest Rocket Just Got Closer to Mars

By Darren Orf
Jun 6, 2024
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New Warp Drive Concept Is More Fact Than Fiction

By Darren Orf
May 10, 2024
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NASA's Ion Thruster Could Spawn a Space Revolution

By Darren Orf
May 3, 2024
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An Engineer Says He’s Overcome Earth’s Gravity

By Darren Orf
Apr 29, 2024
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All About UFOs

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Ufology: From Fringe Field to Serious Science

By MJ Banias
Jan 31, 2024
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Physics-Defying UFOs Could Just Be Bad Data

By Darren Orf
Mar 13, 2023
house committee holds first open hearing on ufo's in decades

New UFO Footage Revealed in Congressional Hearing

By Kyle Mizokami
May 18, 2022
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The U.S. Could Get Its Own UFO Investigators

By Kyle Mizokami
Nov 16, 2021
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Every Glorious Image From the James Webb Space Telescope (So Far)

Take a peek at all of the stars, galaxies, and breathtaking nebulas from the groundbreaking telescope.

By Manasee Wagh
Dec 3, 2022

Satellites

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SpaceX Will Make the ISS's Deorbiting Vehicle

By Darren Orf
Jun 28, 2024
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This Is the World's First Wooden Satellite

By Darren Orf
May 31, 2024
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SpaceX Is Working on a Shadowy Government Project

By Darren Orf
Mar 22, 2024
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Too Many ‘UFOs’ Are Actually Starlink Satellites

By Caroline Delbert
Mar 19, 2024

Solar System

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How This 400-Year-Old Error Solved a Solar Mystery

By Darren Orf
Aug 1, 2024
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Solar Storms Could Soon Lose Their Mystery

By Jackie Appel
Jul 26, 2024
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Scientists Find Even More Evidence for Planet Nine

By Darren Orf
May 1, 2024
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The Sun’s Expansion Will Devour Many of Its Childr

By Darren Orf
Apr 17, 2024

Telescopes

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How NASA’s Next Super Telescope Could Find Aliens

By Paul M. Sutter
Jan 23, 2024
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Euclid Just Released Its First Pictures

By Jackie Appel
Nov 8, 2023
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The Best Telescopes of 2023

By M. Josh Roberts
Jun 21, 2023
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The ESA Wants to Build an Inflatable Telescope

By Jackie Appel
Jun 16, 2023
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More Space

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These Scientists Want to Redefine Planets... Again

By Jackie Appel
Jul 19, 2024
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There are Lava Tubes on the Moon

By Jackie Appel
Jul 17, 2024
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Puffy Planets Are Prima Ballerinas

By Jackie Appel
Jul 16, 2024
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20 Facts You Didn’t Know About Apollo 11

By Popular Mechanics Editors
Jul 15, 2024
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Strange Eyeball Super-Earth May Be Habitable

By Darren Orf
Jul 12, 2024
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This Is What Flicked on the Lights of the Universe

By Darren Orf
Jul 11, 2024
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Scientists Spot the Milky Way’s ‘Exhaust Vent’

By Darren Orf
Jul 10, 2024
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‘Stranded’ Astronauts Are Nothing New

By Jackie Appel
Jul 3, 2024
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Scientist Just Spotted a Black Hole 'Waking Up'

By Darren Orf
Jun 20, 2024
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Microwave-Emitting Object Is a New Space Mystery

By Darren Orf
Jun 18, 2024
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Could This Hole Be Humanity’s Martian Home?

By Darren Orf
Jun 13, 2024
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Life May Have Kicked Off Earlier Than We Thought

By Darren Orf
Jun 13, 2024
origin star

A Missing Piece in the Big Bang Theory Has Arrived

By Caroline Delbert
Jun 12, 2024
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The Physics of Wormholes Is Absolutely Metal

By Darren Orf
Jun 10, 2024
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A Researcher Says There Could Be an Anti-Universe

By Darren Orf
Jun 6, 2024
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NASA Puts More Money Behind Sci-Fi Plasma Rocket

By Darren Orf
May 24, 2024
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Lego Just Dropped Two New Space-Centric Sets

By Micki Wagner
May 22, 2024
gravitational waves generated by a binary black hole system

Supermassive Forces Are Making Black Holes Collide

By Caroline Delbert
May 17, 2024
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Are We Living in a ‘Hall of Mirrors’ Universe?

By Darren Orf
May 15, 2024
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Have We Already Found Evidence of Dyson Spheres?

By Darren Orf
May 14, 2024