Rae Paoletta
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Uranus’ Moons Are Unluckier Than We Thought
Uranus can’t seem to catch a break these days. Besides spinning on its side like the drunkard of the solar system and being the butt of everyone’s jokes, new research suggests several of its tiny moons will collide in a million years.
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Cassini Stared Into Saturn’s Polar Abyss, And It’s Creepy As Hell
Image Cache: As Cassini’s tour of Saturn comes to a close, NASA’s getting a bit nostalgic. This week, the space agency released a photo of Saturn’s North pole the doomed spacecraft took on April 26 — the day it started its Grand Finale. It’s almost poetic to have a photo of Cassini staring into the…
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Hurricane Harvey’s Floodwaters Could Pose Serious Health Hazards
Extreme rainfall and flooding from Hurricane Harvey has left thousands in Houston and surrounding communities stranded. Some parts of the city have experienced over 100cm of rain, and forecasters say that number is expected to rise over the coming days. This morning the storm repositioned itself in the Gulf of Mexico, where it will collect…
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NASA’s Latest Venus Probe Concept Looks Like A Tim Burton Creation
Everyone forgets about Venus because it isn’t Mars. Or Saturn. Or Jupiter, for that matter. Or maybe it’s because Venus is a toxic wasteland. Still, the second planet from the Sun deserves a little more credit than it currently gets. Recently, a team of researchers NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory dropped their latest design for a…