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NASA Telescopes Find Water on Exoplanet 122 Light Years Away

Detecting water vapor on a planet is truly pivotal in the search for life beyond the solar system.

Stars

What if There is Alien Life? How Should We React?

Their agenda was to prepare humanity for the unavoidable discovery of extraterrestrial life, be it microbial or intelligent beings.

An example of the Queen B building for Mars

Beehive-Inspired Apartments Planned for Mars Living

3D product designer Noah Hershberger has created rooms inspired by beehives and aptly called, "The Queen B." These homes are designed so that people can stay on planet Mars.

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ISS Particle Detector Reveals Clues About Dark Matter

Data can further help researchers decipher dark matter in a more fitting manner.

NASA Announces the Summer of 2014 was the Hottest

August's average land and ocean surface temperature was 61.45 Fahrenheit or16.35 Celsius.

MIT Develops Skintight Space 'BioSuit' for Astronauts

MIT researchers have developed a space suit with special material that will activate with body heat that becomes second skin.

MAVEN

NASA's MAVEN Probe to Enter Mars This Weekend to Study Its Atmosphere

After ten months of travelling through space, NASA's MAVEN probe will finally enter Mars' atmosphere to study its climate and habitability.

Black hole

Massive Monster Black Hole Found in Tiny Compact Galaxy

A new study reveals a gigantic blackhole is hiding in the unlikeliest place in the universe: a dwarf galaxy.

World's largest spacecraft welding tool

NASA 'Space Taxis' Awarded to Boeing and SpaceX

Boeing and SpaceX won the bid to create NASA's upcoming space taxis. According to officials, the new vehicles will conclude the country's dependence on Russia for transport to the International Space Station.

CST-100 space capsule.

NASA Back in the Game with Space Taxi Contracts for Boeing, SpaceX

Bolden said the greatest nation on Earth shouldn't have to rely on other nations to get to space.

asteroid

NASA Fails to Detect 90% of Potentially Dangerous Asteroids

Inspector General Paul Martin criticized NASA's Near Earth Object Program, deeming it badly managed and lacking in staff.

The Red Planet

Alien Cell-Like Structure Found Within Martian Meteorite

Embedded deep in the layers of the Egyptian meteorite fragment was a remarkably peculiar egg-shaped portion of clay.

Falcon 9 launch vehicle

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Build a City on Mars

Musk has long championed manned missions to Mars but this is the first time he hinted at a Martian colony.

3D printer on the ISS

Why NASA Will Send a 3D Printer to the ISS

This move can greatly improve efficiency by having a part designed on Earth and then sending the designs to the orbiting 3D printer.

World's largest spacecraft welding tool

NASA Reveals the World's Largest Spacecraft Welding Machine

The welder is a 170-foot-tall, 78-foot-wide tool that will be used to build the core stage of the SLS rocket system.

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