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How long it takes for light to escape the center of the sun.

The first asteroid from another solar system was seen flying near Earth.

NASA Hubble Telescope records aftermath of a star explosion in the Milky Way.

This frog has bones that break through its skin & then regenerate when attacked.

NASA's Hubble space telescope records fountains on Jupiter's moon Europa

This could make space travel eight times faster.

Nature can be quite the treat. The wonderful blue skies and the almighty sun just breaking through the atmosphere is a godly divine. The skies have always been a mystery to us, although we put lots of effort, time and money towards finding out what lives in the great unknown. We believe that no matter how much time we spend searching through space, that we will always have more to find out and discover. January sky watchers are in for a rare treat: a Blue Moon, a total lunar eclipse and a "<a href="https://rumble.com/v4aznt-what-is-a-super-blue-moon-eclipse.html" target="_blank">supermoon</a>" all in the same month. A Blue Moon is when two full moons happen in the same calendar month; lunar eclipses occur when the moon passes into Earth's shadow; and "supermoons" happen when the moon's perigee — its closest approach to Earth in a single orbit — coincides with a full moon. In this case, the "supermoon" also happens to be the day of the lunar eclipse. The first full moon of January occurred on the night of Jan. 1 or the morning of Jan. 2, depending on your location. The second full moon and the lunar eclipse will occur on the night of Jan. 31 or the morning of Feb. 1. And the "supermoon" will take place on the night of Jan. 30, which is technically one day before the moon reaches peak fullness, but even NASA is willing to call the event a "supermoon" nonetheless.

Scientists have reconstructed the face of a 9,000 year-old teenager.

NASA is building a gateway for deep space travel that will orbit the Moon.

You won't believe how many are in Earth's atmosphere, or their potentially devastating consequences. Watch this video to find out! You will be amazed! Earth’s orbital space is becoming increasingly crowded. An estimated 4,600 man-made satellites are orbiting our planet and per the Union of Concerned Scientists just over 1,700 of them work. Satellite collisions are rare because NASA and other organizations keep track of them. When launched they are placed in an orbit designed to avoid others. Along with the many satellites there’s also a ton of space junk. NASA says there’s more than 500,000 pieces of it <a href="https://rumble.com/v3180g-unidentified-objects-in-earth-orbit-july-2016.html" target="_blank">orbiting the Earth</a>. With all this stuff up there, why can’t we see it in the photos of Earth. It is because it is too small to see. Earth is 7,917.5 miles across and <a href="https://rumble.com/v4cb59-military-warns-china-russia-targeting-satellites.html" target="_blank">satellites</a> can be less than a foot to just a few hundred feet long. The International Space Station, for instance, is 357 feet long. It’s the largest man-made object in the orbit, but it is not visible in wide-angle photos thanks to Earth’s massive scale. However, size doesn’t matter when it comes to space junk. Most of it is small but can create obstacles or damage to important equipment due to the high velocity. A window on the ISS was chipped by a piece of space junk thought to be just a few thousands of a millimeter across. Can you believe these facts? Have you ever wondered how satellites orbit the Earth? Make sure you find out soon!

Every year, sea ice forms in the winter and melts in the summer and every year the Arctic sea ice reaches its biggest size in March. Each frame of this time-lapse is one day. The sea ice that survives the melt season thickens with each passing year: newly formed ice grows to about 3 to 7 feet of thickness during its first year, while multi-year ice (sea ice that has survived several melt seasons) is about 10 to 13 feet thick. The older and thicker ice is more resistant to melt and less likely to get pushed around by winds or broken up by waves or storms. In this time-lapse, <a href="https://rumble.com/v30edz-arctic-sea-ice-dips-to-record-low-nasa.html" target="_blank">Arctic sea ice</a>, the vast sheath of frozen seawater floating on the Arctic Ocean and its neighboring seas, has been hit with a double whammy over the past decades: as its extent shrank, the oldest and thickest ice has either thinned or melted away, leaving the sea ice cap more vulnerable to the warming ocean and atmosphere. Replacing this thicker, harder old ice with young ice, which is generally thinner and melts more easily, is also contributing to the steep decline in summer sea ice extent and could trigger a feedback loop. That's because less ice means more dark ocean water is exposed to the sun, which absorbs more of the incoming sunlight than white ice. That means warmer waters, which could, in turn, mean even less old ice and ice cover with each passing year. Sea ice covers about seven percent of the Earth. In <a href="https://rumble.com/v3ew4g-giant-iceberg-breaks-off-antarctica.html" target="_blank">Antartica</a>, the ice grows as the other pole shrinks.

Nature can be quite the treat. The wonderful blue skies and the almighty sun just breaking through the atmosphere is a godly divine. The skies have always been a mystery to us, although we put lots of effort, time and money towards finding out what lives in the great unknown. We believe that no matter how much time we spend searching through space, that we will always have more to find out and discover. January sky watchers are in for a rare treat: a <a href="https://rumble.com/v4aznt-what-is-a-super-blue-moon-eclipse.html" target="_blank">Blue Moon</a> , a total lunar eclipse and a "supermoon" all in the same month. A Blue Moon is when two full moons happen in the same calendar month; lunar eclipses occur when the moon passes into Earth's shadow; and "supermoons" happen when the moon's perigee — its closest approach to Earth in a single orbit — coincides with a full moon. In this case, the "supermoon" also happens to be the day of the lunar eclipse. The first full moon of January occurred on the night of Jan. 1 or the morning of Jan. 2, depending on your location. The second full moon and the lunar eclipse will occur on the night of Jan. 31 or the morning of Feb. 1. And the "supermoon" will take place on the night of Jan. 30, which is technically one day before the moon reaches peak fullness, but even NASA is willing to call the event a "supermoon" nonetheless.

Did you ever wonder what outer space smelled like? Astronauts have the answer.

Travel from the Grand Canyon into space with NASA.

NASA video describing how Mars gained its red color

NASA video depicting the birth of a black hole

SpaceX is gearing up to launch the world's most powerful rocket.

Neptune's biggest moon has a unique past.

NASA just released these stunning 3D visuals of the Orion Nebula.

Sterilized tilapia skins were used to treat burns on two adult bears.

If you are looking for a new lawn ornament someone has listed a gently used orbital launch vehicle for sale on the Craigslist for $9.9 million and you should check it out. The curious advertisement was posted by an unknown user named Elon Musk about a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, so if you’ve thought about buying a pricey object only to balk at the massive price tag, today might be your lucky day! Hurry up, this “gently used orbital rocket is in good condition” and is “fully loaded with a flight computer and landing hardware”. The rocket is from SpaceX’s GovSat-1 communications satellite launch last month and has survived an intentional water landing. If you can live with the “slightly burnt paint” this beauty can be yours in no time. “Serious buyers” will have the option to pay in bitcoin if they please. However, make sure to bring your own tugboat to tow it away,since it is located in the Atlantic Ocean just off the eastern coast of Florida. Given its cost is just $9.9 million, or your “best offer,” it really opens up the possibilities for a motivated buyer keen on owning its personal space rocket. Keep in mind that a new <a href="https://rumble.com/v3ldzt-spacex-launches-falcon-9-rocket.html" target="_blank">Falcon 9 rocket </a> reportedly costs around $60 million to manufacture, not to mention roughly $200,000 to fuel! Listed for sale under Craigslist’s “heavy equipment” section, the ad for the rocket includes a map that seems to show the rocket’s location since Elon Musk offers no shipping. It is resting in “Port Canaveral,” which is near the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station where SpaceX regularly holds rocket launches. Do you think that this <a href="https://rumble.com/v42vh7-baby-listed-for-sale-on-craigslist.html" target="_blank">Craigslist</a> ad is a joke?

NASA depicting the formation of a comet.

NASA might use this solar sail to visit other star systems.

Rocket Lab launched the Humanity Star, which is expected to be the brightest object in the night sky.

Storms on Mars cause problems for the Mars Exploration Rover robotic space mission.