NASA's Cassini space probe makes its second-to-last passage of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus.
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Cassini Is About to Taste the Huge Geysers of Enceladus
What’s Inside Silly String: The Secret’s in the Solvent
For a real laugh, look no further than the original patent applications of your favorite old-school novelty products.
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Guys, Lots of Signals From Space Seem Like Aliens
The Kepler Space Telescope found a pattern of flickers that could be evidence of an alien race. Except not.
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Check Out These Awesome Images of Enceladus from Cassini
The orbiter captured illuminated images of the moon's jagged fractures and deep craters.
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Here Are the Best Shots From Cassini’s Flybys of Enceladus
Today's flyby of the icy moon is a curtain raiser for another even closer approach.
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DNA Repair Mechanisms Get the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The 2015 award goes to three scientists who dissected the molecular mechanisms that drive DNA repair.
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Shape-Shifting Neutrinos Grab the Nobel Prize in Physics
Neutrinos are the second-most abundant particle in the universe...and the most elusive.
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These Crappy Apollo Images Are What Make NASA So Great
The photos are presented seemingly as they were taken, with time-lapse captures taken through command module windows.
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Parasite-Busting Drugs Take the Nobel Prize in Medicine
This year's winners discovered their therapies by sifting through huge repositories of bacteria from soil samples and isolating active compounds from herbs.
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Watch the Launch to Resupply the ISS Right Here
NASA will livestream the launch of a Progress cargo spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 12:30 pm Eastern time.
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