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The Most Precious Human Relics Left in Space
Being the space nerd that I am, I often imagine a museum filled with the most important objects ever sent to space. We couldn’t possibly build a place like this, but we can speculate as to which human artifacts deserve a place in our imaginary spaceflight museum. Most things sent to space are utilitarian and…
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Inside the 20th Century’s Weirdest Architectural Breakthrough
Buckminster Fuller, one of the most eccentric designers and futurist thinkers of the 20th century, helped define what “the future” meant for a generation of people trying to find their place in the world. And perhaps none of Fuller’s countless ideas have captured the spirit of that struggle better than the inventor’s geodesic dome.
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Astronomers Spot a Batch of Rogue Planets Near the Galactic Core
Data gathered by NASA’s now-retired Kepler Space Telescope has revealed a small population of free-floating planets near the Galactic Bulge. The new finding raises hope that a pair of upcoming missions will result in further detections of unbound planets, which drift through space separated from their home stars.
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Dead Kepler Telescope Caught ‘Exquisite’ Observation Of Mystifying Supernova
NASA’s recently retired Kepler space telescope was famous for its ability to spot thousands of exoplanets. But this year, it presented a mysterious observation of a supernova.