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Once In A Blue Moon: Rare Lunar Event To Occur Friday

Blue Moon scheduled for Friday night

The phrase “Once in a Blue Moon” is used to describe an exceedingly rare event, but the lunar event on which the phrase is based happens roughly every 2.5 years. A Blue Moon, which actually does not refer to the color of the moon, is the second full moon of a given month. As there… Read more »

Astronomers Discover Planet Being Devoured By Star

Star Eating A Planet Nom Nom Nom

A team of US-Polish-Spanish astronomers made a major discovery this week when they found a planet being devoured by its own star. The discover showcases the fate that will eventually become a reality on Earth in just a few billion short years. The astronomers published their work in Astrophysical Journal Letters where they also claim… Read more »

Quantum Teleportation Test Sets New World Record

Quantum Teleportation Reaches New Record Distance

While Scotty likely won’t be beaming anyone “up” in the near future scientists are reaching ever so much closer to quantum teleportation. In a new test a group of researchers were able to reach between two protons at a distance equivalent to New York City from Philadelphia. Unlike Star Trek this new process shifts only… Read more »

Curiosity Rover On Mars Takes Detour To Geographic Wonder

Curiosity Rover On Mars Set To Take A Detour

With the Curiosity rover on Mars and sending back pictures daily of the Red Planet’s terrain, NASA scientists are turning their focus to taking a detour to check out what they call a “cool” geographic spot. The Curiosity rover is headed to its destination of Mount Sharp where it will be looking for traces of… Read more »

Britney Spears Receives Message From Mars

Britney Spears Tweets To Mars

We always knew Britney Spears was a little bit spacey, but we never thought she would receive a message from Mars. The Britney Spears Mars message arrived by way of the Curiosity rover, NASA’s recently touched down space toy which is capable of vaporizing rock with its laser system while running on a nuclear battery…. Read more »

NASA Confirms: Curiosity Rover Captured Own Crash On Camera

Mars Rover Impact Coincidence Confirmed

NASA scientists have confirmed that the Mars rover did indeed catch its own crash-landing on the red planet. When the discovery was first made analysts believed the capture was a statistical impossibility however NASA officials conducted a thorough review of landing data and confirmed the photographic evidence. In order to complete its complex landing the… Read more »

Mysterious Mars Photo Captures ‘Serendipitous’ Moment

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A mysterious Mars photo led some to believe that the Curiosity Rover had discovered life on the red planet in one of its very first images. NASA, however, says it was probably just dirt. The LA Times reports that one of the first images sent back from the Mars Curiosity Rover showed a “faint but… Read more »

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend

Perseid Meteor Show Peaks This Weekend

Professional and amateur astronomers gather every single year to watch the Perseid meteor shower, an event so bright it can be witnessed by the naked eye. This weekend the Perseid meteor shower will reach its peak, marking the perfect time to get out and see the event with your own eyes. The meteor shower is… Read more »

Mars ‘Curiosity’ Rover Sends Back First Landing Video

Mars Rover Curiosity First Photo

On Monday afternoon the NASA Mars rover known as Curiosity made its decent to Mars and the entire event was captured via hundreds of snapshots. Described as “seven minutes of terror” the event included the Mars rover shedding its heat shield and ended with a big pile of dust being kicked up on the planets… Read more »

Is Gaydar Real? Eyes Reveal Your Sexual Orientation

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“Gaydar” is a pop-culture term for the ability to determine a person’s sexual orientation without their verbal confirmation of such, but a new study reveals that we may indeed be able to observe a person’s gayness or straightness through visual clues — most notably, pupil dilation. One of the trickier parts of gathering data on… Read more »

Thousands Of Fish Die In Midwest, Climate Change Blamed

thousands of dead fish

Thousands of fish have died due to excessive heat in the Midwest, clogging river dams and drains, and scientists say the situation is unlike any they have seen before. The thousands of dead fish are, experts say, more vulnerable to threats such as infection when heat is high and water levels are low, and one… Read more »

What Does Space Smell Like? NASA Astronauts Explain The Stench

Space Smell Exists

What does space smell like? While we may think of the vacuum of space as an odorless area outside of our noses reach at least one astronaut claims that space has a smell that is its very own. The smell was first revealed by NASA astronaut Kevin Ford during a discussion while in orbit back… Read more »