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01-07-2016, 08:27 PM
After last year brought a number of scientific breakthroughs (http://www.businessinsider.com/top-30-science-stories-of-2015-so-far-2015-7), 2016 is already shaping up to be another great year for science.
It all starts on Jan. 17, when the Comet Catalina will reach its closest point to Earth -- roughly 68 million miles away (http://earthsky.org/space/comet-catalina-c2013-us10-november-december-january-2015-2016) -- and will even be visible to the naked eye (http://www.news-press.com/story/life/outdoors/2016/01/06/swfl-skies-preston-catalina-comet-january-calusa-nature-center-planetarium/78327658/).
Then, in March, astronauts Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko will return from the longest continuous stay on board (http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2015/20151230-iss-2016-preview.html) the International Space Station. NASA scientists (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/eye-mars-nasa-putting-its-astronaut-twins-work-180953358/?no-ist) plan to test how space flight affects the human body and compare Kelly's body to that of his genetically identical twin (http://www.techly.com.au/2015/12/26/space-time-slower-body-ages-far-rapidly/) brother.
Near the end of the year, the Sierra Nevada Corporation is scheduled to launch the privately funded Dream Chaser (http://www.space.com/19552-dream-chaser.html) in November. The spacecraft (http://www.sncspace.com/ProductLines/SpaceExplorationSystems) will be launched on the back of a rocket into suborbital space before coming back to Earth and landing horizontally on a runway.
To learn more about what 2016 has in store for science, check out the clip above and watch the full HuffPost Live conversation about this week's science news here (http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/nerds-forum-with-joshzepps/5681cea76f753ad9d0001546).
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It all starts on Jan. 17, when the Comet Catalina will reach its closest point to Earth -- roughly 68 million miles away (http://earthsky.org/space/comet-catalina-c2013-us10-november-december-january-2015-2016) -- and will even be visible to the naked eye (http://www.news-press.com/story/life/outdoors/2016/01/06/swfl-skies-preston-catalina-comet-january-calusa-nature-center-planetarium/78327658/).
Then, in March, astronauts Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko will return from the longest continuous stay on board (http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2015/20151230-iss-2016-preview.html) the International Space Station. NASA scientists (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/eye-mars-nasa-putting-its-astronaut-twins-work-180953358/?no-ist) plan to test how space flight affects the human body and compare Kelly's body to that of his genetically identical twin (http://www.techly.com.au/2015/12/26/space-time-slower-body-ages-far-rapidly/) brother.
Near the end of the year, the Sierra Nevada Corporation is scheduled to launch the privately funded Dream Chaser (http://www.space.com/19552-dream-chaser.html) in November. The spacecraft (http://www.sncspace.com/ProductLines/SpaceExplorationSystems) will be launched on the back of a rocket into suborbital space before coming back to Earth and landing horizontally on a runway.
To learn more about what 2016 has in store for science, check out the clip above and watch the full HuffPost Live conversation about this week's science news here (http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/nerds-forum-with-joshzepps/5681cea76f753ad9d0001546).
Want more HuffPost Live? Stream us anytime on Go90 (https://www.go90app.com/), Verizon's mobile social entertainment network, and listen to our best interviews on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/huffpost-live-audio/id940134119).
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