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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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Did 90-Year-Old William Shatner Say This About Going to Space?
Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Nov 27, 2023
Known for his role as Captain Kirk on “Star Trek,” the actor went into space for real in 2021.
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Have Sharks Existed Longer Than the North Star?
Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Oct 28, 2023
The evolutionary lineage of sharks can be traced to their earliest ancestors some 450 million ye ...
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Photo Shows Software Engineer Margaret Hamilton with Moon-Landing Code She Wrote?
Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Oct 24, 2023
The code was purportedly hand-written by the pioneering computer scientist.
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Jaw-Dropping Clip Captures Astronaut Jack Fischer's Amazing View of Earth?
Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Sep 24, 2023
The video was said to have shown the astronaut’s view as he conducted a spacewalk outside the In ...
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'Hubble Telescope' Pic of 'Serenity Nebula' Is Truly Unreal
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Sep 9, 2023
Those clouds of dust and gas in space known as nebulae make for a beautiful sight.
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A 'Question Mark' Formation Was Documented in Space?
Written by:
Aleksandra Wrona
Aug 8, 2023
Scientists speculated it was one or more galaxies.
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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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Does This Pic Show Neil Armstrong's Family Watching Him Lift Off to Moon?
Written by:
Damakant Jayshi
May 11, 2023
LIFE magazine arranged for the astronaut's family to watch the liftoff from a boat the publisher ...
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That Asteroid-Moon Collision Video? It’s Fake.
Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Jul 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 Outer Space 'Only an Hour Away' if You Could Drive Straight up at 60 MPH?
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Feb 9, 2023
"If" is doing some heavy lifting here.
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Is This a Real Photograph of a ‘Cosmic Bat’ Nebula?
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Oct 31, 2022
The “ethereal” nebula is illuminated by dense gaseous knots.
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Did NASA Fund Theological Research To Study How Humans Would React to Extraterrestrial Life?
Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Dec 29, 2021
The total price tag was said to total more than $1.1 million.
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Was A Chinese Rocket Falling to Earth, and No One Knew Where It Would Crash?
Written by:
Jessica Lee
May 4, 2021
An astrophysicist compared the landing to possibly "be the equivalent of a small plane crash sca ...
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'Unidentified Flying Object' Seen as SpaceX Rocket Exploded?
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Sep 7, 2016
Video capturing the explosion of SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket during a test fire seems to show an un ...
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Photos From Space: The Seconds Before NASA's Spacecraft Crashed Into an Asteroid
Written by:
The Conversation
Sep 28, 2022
Here's what happened in the seconds before the collision — a first of its kind.
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Is This a Sunset Seen from Space?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Sep 21, 2022
The photo in question came from a stock image site.
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NASA Reveals 1st Color Images Captured by James Webb Telescope
Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Jul 12, 2022
The first-of-a-kind images show us the universe as it appeared billions of years ago.
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No, NASA Does Not Plan To Send ‘Nude Pics’ into Space
Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
May 10, 2022
Snopes spoke with NASA and the lead author of a popularly cited study to clarify.
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Does This Photo Show a Hole Drilled on Mars?
Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Mar 13, 2022
The diameter was said to measure slightly smaller than a U.S. dime.
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