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Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars
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Albert Burneko
September 11, 2024
Science
No Need To Worry About Eerie, Mysterious “Pulsing” Noise Coming From Janky Boeing Starliner, NASA Insists
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Barry Petchesky
September 3, 2024
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Science
Boeing Starliner Astronauts Electively Spending Five More Months In Space To Hitch Ride In Different Vehicle Due To Preference For Not Dying
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Albert Burneko
August 26, 2024
This Is So Stupid
Do Not Say The Boeing Starliner Astronauts Are Stranded In Space, Which They Cannot Presently Return From Due To Problems With Their Spacecraft
203
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Albert Burneko
August 1, 2024
Science
NASA Must Put Me On The Simulated Mars Mission, To Test The Astronauts’ Patience
100
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Barry Petchesky
July 7, 2024
Science
What If We’re Stuck Down Here?
205
Comments
Barry Petchesky
June 18, 2024
Science
Bill Anders First Saw The Earth
88
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Barry Petchesky
June 9, 2024
Science
The Closer We Look The Smaller We Get
110
Comments
Barry Petchesky
April 30, 2024
NFL
What Time Will Football Start On The Moon?
116
Comments
Ray Ratto
April 3, 2024
Science
Solar Eclipses: No Longer Scary, Still Astonishingly Cool
232
Comments
Paola Rosa-Aquino
April 1, 2024
Science
Vibrations From “Interstellar Meteor” Actually From Local Truck; Or, Fact-Checking The Celebrity Scientist
224
Comments
Sabrina Imbler
March 22, 2024
Science
I Think I Found The Problem Here: The Rocket Blew Up
195
Comments
Barry Petchesky
March 13, 2024
Science
Landing On The Moon Isn’t Getting Any Easier
182
Comments
Barry Petchesky
February 23, 2024
Science
I Bonked My Head On The Moon
157
Comments
SLIM
January 30, 2024
Science
The Little Mars Helicopter That Could
81
Comments
Barry Petchesky
January 29, 2024
Science
There’s So Much Ice On Mars, You Guys
205
Comments
Barry Petchesky
January 19, 2024
Science
Neptune’s A Pale Blue Fraud!
249
Comments
Barry Petchesky
January 5, 2024
Science
Fall Into The Whirlpool Galaxy
54
Comments
Barry Petchesky
December 31, 2023
Science
Here’s A Cool Picture Of Uranus
175
Comments
Barry Petchesky
December 18, 2023
Science
Curious Earth Lumps Might Be Leftovers From Another Planet It Ate
133
Comments
Barry Petchesky
November 2, 2023
Science
This Is How You Get Zombies, NASA
155
Comments
Barry Petchesky
September 25, 2023
Science
Black Holes Are Doing Something Weird After They Eat
159
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Barry Petchesky
September 6, 2023
Science
A Quick Update On A Thing 28 Billion Light Years Away
159
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Barry Petchesky
August 11, 2023
Science
Voyager 2 Has A Few Last Things To Say
163
Comments
Barry Petchesky
August 2, 2023
Science
We’re Getting Really Good At Reusing Space Pee
143
Comments
Barry Petchesky
June 26, 2023
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