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What are the Chances of Life Appearing On…Earth?

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Just how lucky are we on Earth? What were the chances that life would arise, let alone lead to intelligence?

Who’s Going to Pick Up All the Space Trash?

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We all know we’re not supposed to litter, right? It’s gross and harms the environment. But somebody forgot to tell all the space agencies that have been launching rockets into Earth orbit for well over half a century now – and leaving their space junk all over the place.

Anatomy Lesson: The Milky Way

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The Milky Way is a giant, sprawling, beautiful spiral galaxy. It's also your home. Let's take a little tour.

Where should we go? The Moon or Mars?

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There’s been a lot of excitement around space exploration recently. Astrophysicist Paul M. Sutter discusses the viability between the Moon and Mars.

Why We Love Astronomy

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A Fleeting Moment: Comet NEOWISE

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Meet Some Out of this World Women Dominating Space

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Generation Artemis: Meet the 16 Active Women Astronauts of NASA

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The Moon Event: Happy National Moon Day

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The Great Conjunction Around the World

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Crew-2 Dock with ISS

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Following liftoff on April 23rd at 5:49A ET, the Crew-2 astronauts traveled for about 23 hours in Endeavor, the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, to arrive safely at the International Space Station.

Space Out | How Giant Stars Die

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Stars don't live forever and different stars go out with a bang in different ways. But how do giant stars die? It's all about core power.

Space's Deepest Secrets | Mars Perseverance

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NASA's Perseverance is a six-wheeled robotic vehicle that will seek out life on Mars. Learn more about Perseverance's mission and don't miss Space's Deepest Secrets on February 18 at 10P ET on Science Channel.

Crew-1 Launch Well Wishes

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Actor Jim Belushi, Illusionist Zach King, Astronaut Chris Hadfield wish the NASA SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts good luck and a safe journey to the International Space Station.

That's a Big Black Hole!

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Recently astronomers identified a black hole near a star called LB-1 and they found out it is 70 times the mass of the sun. How did the black hole get this big?

The Kuiper Belt

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The kuiper belt is like the asteroid belt, only twice as wide, twice as tall and has at least twice as much stuff. The most famous member of the kuiper belt is the dwarf planet Pluto. The kuiper belt is suspected to host as many as 100,000 objects.