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The Cosmic Calendar | Cosmos: Possible Worlds

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The Cosmic Calendar visualizes the chronology of the universe, scaling approx. 13.8 billion years to one single year for perspective.

How Could We Get To Mars In Only 28 Hours?

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There's a cheat code to getting to Mars. Can humans handle the harsh conditions that space will throw at them?

How to Move the Sun: Stellar Engines

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Nothing in the Universe is static. In the milky way, billions of stars orbit the galactic center. Some, like our sun, are pretty consistent, keeping a distance of around 30,000 light years from the galactic center, completing an orbit every 230 million years.

The Mysterious Event That Made Venus A Death Trap

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At one time long ago, the planet Venus had some similarities in its climate to that of Earth, and having the potential to be habitable for the existence of life, but something happened that made Venus an uninhabitable, rocky, desolate planet, but what?

1,000km Cable to the Stars - The Skyhook

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Getting to space is incredibly hard, expensive and needs a lot of resources.

How to STEAL Elon Musk’s Space Car

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What would it take to steal the only road car currently crossing the cosmos? Kyle outlines a villainous plan that he totally doesn’t approve of.

How to Colonize The Outer Worlds | Because Space

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In The Outer Worlds humanity has built colonies on the farthest reaches of the galaxy. But what truly stands in the way of humanity making our place in the stars?

Einstein's twin paradox explained

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Follow two astronauts into outer space to explore time dilation and Einstein’s theory of relativity through the Twin Paradox thought experiment.

Why Astronauts Were Almost Trapped On The Moon Forever

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The Apollo 11 mission to the moon is one of the most intense stories of survival.

Does Planet 9 Exist?

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A planet has been predicted to orbit the sun with a period of 10,000 years, a mass 5x that of Earth on a highly elliptical and inclined orbit.

First Flight on Another Planet!

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The Mars Helicopter aims to make the first powered flight on another planet when it takes off on Mars as part of the Mars 2020 mission.

Our Best View Of Bacteria Is...From Space?!

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Observing the effects of microbes using satellites can give us all sorts of useful information about life on Earth ... and other planets too.

How did NASA Steer the Saturn V?

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The Saturn V rocket took humans the moon for the first time.

We Crashed Water Bears on the Moon

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There are Water Bears on the surface of the moon!

Can We Turn Earth Into a Spaceship?

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World ending disasters are common place in science fiction, and usually an inventive plan is required to save the day.

Can you solve the dark matter fuel riddle?

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An ancient, abandoned alien space station has been discovered. Can you beat everyone in the galaxy and reach it first?

Where does NASA keep the Moon Rocks?

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A HUGE thank you to Andrea Mosie - Lab Manager

How to Sail on Sunlight | Because Space

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Sails have been helping us travel across water for centuries, but could this same idea help us travel across space?

Could We Survive Without the Sun? | Because Space

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While gremlins, goblins, and Mr.Burns may think it sounds like a good idea, would a world without the Sun even be possible?

World's Lightest Solid!

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Aerogels are the world's lightest (least dense) solids. They are also excellent thermal insulators and have been used in numerous Mars missions and the Stardust comet particle-return mission.

What Can The Most Powerful Satellites Really Do?

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How powerful are satellites up in space right now? What can they do to help us on Earth?