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These Finches Have a Brilliant Strategy For Fighting Off Ticks

It seems like at least one bird species safeguards its nests against ticks with a surprising piece of litter.

Uranus Might Finally Get a Visitor After All These Years

Uranus is the loneliest thing in the solar system. It hasn’t had contact with anyone in over 30 years.

Scientists Propose a New Way to Test How Space Radiation Will Fry You

The solution can be made from plastic.

This Is One of the Coolest Shots of the Mars Curiosity Rover We've Ever Seen

See that faint, blue dot in the middle of this NASA image? That’s the Curiosity rover making its way up the rocky slopes of Mount Sharp.

An Imaginative Aerospace Engineer Turned This Classic Lego Space Shuttle Into a Flying Toy

Curiosity Rover's Trove Of Mineral Data Reveals Secrets Of Mars' 'Ancient Water'

What WON'T that drone unearth?

NASA Astronaut Explains How to Drink Space Coffee: 'Suck the Balls'

In space, it is crucial for even the most basic of human tasks to be carried out with a high degree of skill and for astronauts to remain alert.

This Beautiful Short Film Recreates the Moon Landing Using Thousands of NASA Photos

There’s no shortage of archival film footage of the moon landing, but graphic designer Christian Stangl didn’t use any of it to create this short film.

NASA Lit A Fire in Space Again Because At This Point Sure Why Not

Here’s to many more bonfires in the final frontier.

NASA's Plan to Fill the Sky With Red and Green Clouds Has Been Postponed

To the relief of chemtrail conspiracy theorists everywhere.

NASA Can't Wait To Plunge Itself Straight Into The Sun

We’ve seen this Danny Boyle movie. We remember how it ends!

This Look at Jupiter's Rings From the Inside is Breathtaking

Jupiter is the wild west of the solar system, and an incredible view of its rings proves just how true that is.

NASA's Lunar Orbiter Survived an Impact With a Tiny Meteor

By studying zigzag patterns from the crash, scientists have been able to estimate the speed and size of the offending object.

We Chatted With the World's Coolest Astronaut About Inspiring Kids and Sending Dogs to Space

Gizmodo sat down with Leland Melvin to talk about diversity in STEAM fields, education, and of course, Good Dogs in Space.