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11/24/2024 11:25:06 am

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Ana Verayo

Laika, the first living creature launched into space

Remembering Laika After 57 Years: the First Dog in Space

Laika, a stray mongrel, was picked-up off a street in Moscow by a Russian scientist.

Fireball Meteor Spotted at Night Over Japan and the U.S.

More than 300 reports from eyewitnesses flooded the American Meteor Society after the fireball.

Mystery of Bizarre Fallstreak Cloud Over Australia Solved

Some even called this cloud a "Rapture Cloud."

Male hummingbird

Male Hummingbirds Use Their Beaks as Swords to Kill Each Other over Females

A new study reveals hummingbirds use their beaks to violently stab other male opponents in the throat .

Hawaii’s W.M. Keck Observatory

Scientists Identify Mysterious Object at the Milky Way's Center

This object known as G2 was long believed to be a hydrogen gas cloud.

Mars 2020 rover

New NASA Technology Will Allow Astronauts to be Self Sustainable on Mars

ISRU will enable deep space missions by using natural resources indigenous to Mars.

Enormous sunspot

Sunspot the Size of Jupiter Baffles Scientists

Scientists are still baffled as to why sunspots grow this big or why they emerge on the sun's face one at a time.

Comet 67P

Rosetta's Philae Lander on the Verge of Historic First Comet Landing

Rosetta is set to release Philae on November 12 at 4:35 A.M. EDT from a distance of 22.5 miles from the comet's center.

Zodiacal light

Interstellar Dust Clouds Could be Hiding Earthlike Planets in Alien Star Systems

A new study reveals that light from dust clouds from asteroids and comets reflected by stars could be hiding Earth-like exoplanets.

Monument to the Faceless

Monument Honors the 40,000 Americans that Made the Space Shuttle Program a Success

The dedication ceremony of the monument was held at the Space View Park near the Kennedy Space Center.

Titan

Cassini Photographs Glowing Methane Lake on Saturn's Moon, Titan

The shimmer was so bright it overwhelmed the camera on board the spacecraft.

The destruction of SpaceShipTwo

New Fuel Could Have Destroyed Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo

Scaled Composites President Kevin Mickey, however, asserted the new fuel had been tested before Friday's test launch.

Stone circles

Massive Ancient Stone Circles in Middle East Still a Mystery to Archaeologists

To date, it's still not clear to archaeologists why these circles were built.

Washington Monument in Baltimore, MD

100 Year Old-Time Capsule Inside Baltimore's Washington Monument won't be Opened

Officials have found a 100 year-old time capsule during repairs by accident.

The Orion spacecraft

Orion's First Test Flight to Launch Dec. 4

This test flight will gather information on improving system performance pivotal for crew safety.

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