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Mark Twain Was Born and Died on Days Halley's Comet Flew Past Earth?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
March 2, 2024 "I came in with Halley's Comet … and I expect to go out with it," the author once said.
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Largest Reservoir in Space Holds 140 Trillion Times More Water Than Earth's Oceans?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Feb. 22, 2024 The discovery was announced by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on July 22, 2011.
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1st Computer Visualization of a Black Hole Looked Eerily Like the Real Thing

Written by:
Jack Izzo
Feb. 20, 2024 The image actually looks quite similar to the first "true" photo of a black hole from 2019.
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Largest Reservoir of Water in Space Holds 140 Trillion Times More Water Than Earth's Oceans?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Feb. 18, 2024 The water is in the form of vapor distributed around a black hole said to be 20 billion times mo ...
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One Day on Venus Is Longer Than a Year on Venus?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Nov. 28, 2023 Though similar in size to Earth, the yellow planet spins in the opposite direction.
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'Hubble Telescope' Pic of 'Serenity Nebula' Is Truly Unreal

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Sept. 9, 2023 Those clouds of dust and gas in space known as nebulae make for a beautiful sight.
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Moon Landing Urban Legends

Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 20, 2017 A collection of urban legends about the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon landing.
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Will Dangerous Cosmic Rays Pass Close to Earth 'Tonight'?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
May 24, 2017 This claim has been around for years and makes no scientific sense whatsoever.
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Is Australia Wider than the Earth's Moon?

Written by:
Damakant Jayshi
April 2, 2023 Yes and no. It depends on what yardstick we use.
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That Asteroid-Moon Collision Video? It’s Fake.

That Asteroid-Moon Collision Video? It's Fake.

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
July 26, 2022 But that’s not to say that the moon hasn’t seen its fair share of asteroid impacts.
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Is This a Historical Illustration of a Real Meteor Shower?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Nov. 15, 2022 The image appeared in a Facebook post that was shared hundreds of thousands of times.
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A parade of planets will be visible in the night sky in summer 2022.

Yes, a 'Parade of Planets' Will Be Visible in the Summer Sky

Written by:
Bethania Palma
June 23, 2022 Early morning sky watchers should be able to see Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus line up with t ...
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Supermoon: How an Illusion Makes the Full Moon Appear Bigger Than It Really Is

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The Conversation
April 26, 2021 A 'Supermoon' doesn’t actually look that much bigger in the sky compared to a normal full moon - ...
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Was a Mars Rover's Final Message to NASA 'My Battery Is Low and It's Getting Dark?'

Written by:
Dan Evon
Feb. 18, 2019 A poetic interpretation of the Opportunity rover's final transmission from Mars went viral in Fe ...
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The Science Behind Those Viral Oumuamua “Alien Spacecraft” Stories

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Nov. 7, 2018 ʻOumuamua, the first interstellar object to be detected passing through our solar system, does n ...
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The Longest Total Lunar Eclipse of the 21st Century Will Occur on July 27

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
July 5, 2018 Some record-setting moonside shade is on the books for late July 2018.
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Answering Your Questions About the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse

Written by:
Arturo Garcia Brooke Binkowski
Aug. 19, 2017 The 21 August 2017 celestial event will be viewable to millions in North America, but taking the ...
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Scientists Predict an Explosive Collision from Two Merging Stars in 2022

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Jan. 9, 2017 If astronomers are correct, this would be the first time such a prediction has come to fruition.
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Are There More Trees on Earth Than Stars in the Milky Way?

Are There More Trees on Earth Than Stars in the Milky Way?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Dec. 12, 2016 Although both figures are rough, a recent estimate for the number of trees on Earth exceeds the ...
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Rare Supermoon Is Going to Unleash Tidal Waves and Massive Earthquakes

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Nov. 8, 2016 Scientists have been debating a connection between lunar cycles and earthquakes for decades, but ...
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