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Known by some as the “ringed planet,” Saturn is famous worldwide for its stunning ring system and is the most recognizable planet in the solar system. As for the rings, they do a rather quirky thing: They perform a “disappearing act” every 14 to 15 years. It was the great Galileo who first observed…
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Top 10 Mind-Bending Unsolved Mysteries of the Universe
Have you ever looked up into the sky and wondered, “What’ s really out there?” Well, this is your chance to find…
10 Devastating Airburst Events from History
Space is a messy place, full of large rocks (and possibly other things) that, at any moment, could come hurtling…
Just as ancient travelers once ventured to the far reaches of the Earth in search of adventure and knowledge, astronauts on lunar and planetary missions have now ventured to the far reaches of our solar system to uncover the mysteries of the cosmos. But just as the stories of foreign tribes and…
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10 Common Myths and Misconceptions About Our Universe
Almost everyone has looked into the night sky and marveled at the vastness of space, pondering the mysteries of…
10 Enduring Space Mysteries That Spilled Their Secrets
The pages of astronomy books are packed with old mysteries. Thanks to the advancement of technology, experts can…
“Space, the final frontier,” as described by Star Trek’s opening sequence, is a place of mystery and exploration, where humans have only just begun to scratch the surface of what exists. We have sent many probes and astronauts into space to conduct experiments in our quest to understand the universe…
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10 Discoveries We Wouldn’t Have Without Space Travel
Lightspeed, warp speed, we all speed toward the great unknown. Space exploration and space travel aren’t limited to…
10 Amazingly Ancient Cosmic Discoveries
In case you haven’t heard, the universe is old. So old, it just kind of popped up about 13.77 billion years ago,…
It’s late at night on November 23, 2021, and you looked to the skies to see…something. At 10:20 pm, NASA launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission. After liftoff on a Falcon 9 rocket from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base, the spacecraft set out to travel millions of miles…
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