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How John Young smuggled a corned-beef sandwich into space

8 years 8 months ago
While John Young, who died on Jan. 5 at age 87 , is famous for his Apollo 16 moonwalks and his role as commander of the first space shuttle mission, the NASA astronaut is also remembered for a small scandal he triggered with a sneaky act: smuggling a corned-beef sandwich into space.
Elizabeth Howell Space.com Contributor

Pelican spiders lived 165 million-years-ago and they are 'spider assassins'

8 years 8 months ago
Once upon a time, 165 million years ago, there lived a spider who looked like a pelican. About the size of a grain of rice and just as quiet, the pelican spider tiptoed under foliage in the leafy parts of the world, looking for prey to impale with the fanged, beak-like pincers at the end of its long neck. Its favorite meal: other spiders.
Brandon Specktor, Senior Writer

Monster black hole unleashes messy double 'burp'

8 years 8 months ago
The giant black hole at the center of a distant galaxy has been spotted taking in gas and letting out two mighty "burps" of high-energy particles, lending support to the theory that such galactic cores go through cycles of messy activity.
Sarah Lewin Space.com Associate Editor

UFO legacy: What impact will revelation of secret government program have?

8 years 8 months ago
Believers in aliens visiting Earth's friendly skies via Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) couldn't ask for more: A secretive government group backed by federal "black money," a talkative former U.S. military intelligence official, fighter-jet video of odd objects doing out-of-this-world maneuvers and a space mogul purportedly housing leftovers of unidentified aerial craft.
Leonard David Space.com's Space Insider Columnist

Dead koala found 'screwed' to post in Australian park

8 years 8 months ago
WARNING: IMAGE BELOW MAY BE GRAPHIC FOR SOME A dead koala was found “screwed” to a post in an Australian park, prompting a police investigation after an animal rescue group posted a photo of the disturbing discovery and demanding that the culprits are caught.
Katherine Lam

How space can change the human body

8 years 8 months ago
News of Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai's growth aboard the International Space Station sparked curiosity of the impact space can have on the human body.
Jennifer Earl
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