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June 14, 2016

Scientists find rare 'Tatooine' double-star planet

Named Kepler-1647 b, the newly-discovered planet is located 3,700 light years from Earth, and thought to be similar in age to our planet, around 4.4 billion years old.

June 13, 2016

One out of three on Earth live in places too bright to see the Milky Way

Nearly 80 percent of North Americans and a staggering one-third of people on Earth now can’t see the Milky Way, a new study says.

June 13, 2016

On July 4, the Juno spacecraft will finally reach Jupiter

NASA’s Juno spacecraft will enter into orbit around Jupiter on the Fourth of July, completing a journey of over 1.7 billion miles that began on August 5, 2011.

June 10, 2016

Solar Impulse 2 set to arrive in New York Saturday

Solar Impulse 2 is expected to arrive in New York early Saturday on the latest leg of its solar-powered journey around the world.

June 10, 2016

'Into the Black': Book recounts untold story of first space shuttle flight

On April 12, 1981, NASA astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen climbed aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia for a mission unprecedented in human history.

June 9, 2016

Carbon planets around special stars could have hosted life

Planets made of diamonds and graphite, and early life forming on these strange worlds— it sounds like science fiction, but researchers are saying it could be a possible.

June 8, 2016

NASA just gave $100K to a company that wants to steer asteroids toward Earth

NASA has awarded funding to California-based company Made in Space to develop technology that may see asteroids become self-propelled spacecraft

June 8, 2016

Where's the edge of the universe?

We all know that the universe is expanding, right? Well, if you weren't aware, now you are

June 7, 2016

Solar Impulse 2 postpones New York flight

Solar Impulse 2 was forced to postpone its eagerly-anticipated flight from Lehigh Valley to New York as a result of bad weather early Tuesday.

June 7, 2016

Airbus shows off Thor, a 3D-printed drone

Except for its electrical parts, everything on this drone came out of a printer.