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Forget a round Earth—what if our planet was a perfect cube? In this SpaceBalls episode, we explore one of the most mind-bending "what if" scenarios in science. The results are crazier than you think!
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An international team of geologists and paleontologists is pioneering a groundbreaking methodology to reliably determine the ...
The Ceres-1 rocket by Chinese space firm Galactic Energy took off from northwest China at around 11:02 p.m. EST via Jiuquan ...
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is, to put it bluntly, kind of a mess. This is not meant to disparage the ...