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Watch: Stephen Hawking explains what happened before the Big Bang

Famed physicist Stephen Hawking guest starred on Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s talk show to be interviewed about what came before the beginning of the universe,...
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Chinese space station Tiangong-1 could reenter Earth on April Fool’s

According to the European Space Agency, the first Chinese space station Tiangong 1 will be re-entering Earth’s atmosphere sometime between March 30 and April...
Donald Trump's presidency puts humanity closer to doomsday

Doomsday clock: We’re 2 minutes to midnight thanks to Trump

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists advanced their Doomsday Clock, which marks the possible countdown to global disaster, 30 seconds closer to its dreaded...
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Scientists worry Trump’s policies will stall progress

The Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is taking place this weekend, and thousands of scientists will rally...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launch pushed to 2019

NASA announced on Thursday that the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope has been delayed once again, this time to a launch window...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Launches Four Astronauts on NASA’s Behalf to the ISS

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Launches Four Astronauts on NASA’s Behalf to the...

Following several delays and postponements, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has successfully launched four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday. This would be SpaceX’s fourth...
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Humanity is closer to creating semi-synthetic life forms

A group of researchers from China, France, and the United States has managed to successfully insert genetic code into E. coli microbes, which essentially...
JWST Discovers Carbon-Dioxide in Exoplanet Outside Our Solar System

JWST Discovers Carbon-Dioxide in Exoplanet Outside Our Solar System

The James Web Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in an exoplanet outside our solar system. Named the WASP-39b, the exoplanet is 700 light-years...

Hubble Telescope warps to edge of galaxy with latest image

Just yesterday, as part of their Frontier Fields Program, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) released a new image captured by the Hubble...
ORNL scientists transform carbon dioxide into ethanol by accident.

Scientists from Tennessee transform CO2 into ethanol by accident

A team of specialists from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee recently discovered a method to turn carbon dioxide into ethanol. The...