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One Day on Venus Is Longer Than a Year on Venus?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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

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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?

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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’?

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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?

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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.

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

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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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tesla roadster in space

Is Outer Space 'Only an Hour Away' if You Could Drive Straight up at 60 MPH?

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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?

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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?

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Madison Dapcevich
Dec 29, 2021 The total price tag was said to total more than $1.1 million.
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Rocket, In early May 2021, part of a Chinese rocket was falling to Earth, and could land at an unknown location., Transportation

Was A Chinese Rocket Falling to Earth, and No One Knew Where It Would Crash?

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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?

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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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NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid – photos show the last moments of the successful DART mission

Photos From Space: The Seconds Before NASA's Spacecraft Crashed Into an Asteroid

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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?

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Bethania Palma
Sep 21, 2022 The photo in question came from a stock image site.
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NASA Reveals First Color Images Captured by James Webb Telescope

NASA Reveals 1st Color Images Captured by James Webb Telescope

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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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nasa sending nude pictures into space?

No, NASA Does Not Plan To Send ‘Nude Pics’ into Space

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Madison Dapcevich
May 10, 2022 Snopes spoke with NASA and the lead author of a popularly cited study to clarify.
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hole drilled on mars

Does This Photo Show a Hole Drilled on Mars?

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Madison Dapcevich
Mar 13, 2022 The diameter was said to measure slightly smaller than a U.S. dime.
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