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NASA researchers have cast their eyes on a little island in Lake Superior that sits about 12 miles northwest of Marquette.Granite Island has been chosen…
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The Next IdeaOne afternoon while waiting for my flight to board, a headline caught my eye: “Civilization-Destroying Comets Are More Common Than We…
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For the first time in history, NASA has named a spacecraft after a living individual. The Solar Probe Plus has been renamed to the Parker Solar Probe in…
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Today marks 50 years since NASA faced one of the organization's biggest setbacks. On Jan. 27, 1967, a fire during a preflight test for Apollo 1 killed the…
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Imagine you’re 14 years old, camping in Ontario with your family.It’s July 20, 1969, and you’re watching on a small TV as Neil Armstrong becomes the first…
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It’s possible to track air pollution from space.NASA scientists did that with high-resolution satellite maps. To gather the data, they used an ozone…
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The Hubble Space Telescope has allowed scientists to peer into deep space, expanding our understanding of the universe. But there are still many gaps in…
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Historically, missions executed by NASA (and others) were on a grand scale – massive spacecraft built with massive budgets and a massive labor force, but…
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The “Block M” has officially made its way into space. This morning at 7:05 a.m. EST, the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle carried by the Delta IV heavy…
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Michigan stargazers will get a treat this fall.Comet ISON was first spotted last year, and since then some have said it could be the ‘comet of the…