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Bungie’s Destiny May Redefine First-Person Shooters
I’m not a Halo fan, or a big player or the first-person shooter genre in general. I’m not saying anything …
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Meteor Fireball Falls Over San Francisco
The past few days have had many of us looking to the skies. On a day when asteroid 2012 DA14 …
Meteor Falls On Russia, Injures Around 1,000 People
There’s been much talk lately of asteroid DA14, the 50-meter-wide space rock that’s zipping past the Earth later today, but …
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Google’s Interactive Starmap Will Eat Your Day Whole
Want to wave goodbye to any chance of productivity for the rest of the day? Then step right up to …
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Games Workshop Claims To Own Trademark On Space Marines
Here at Giant Freakin’ Robot, we liberally spread our opinions over the stories we bring to our readers, but rarely …
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Deep Space Industries Reveals Plans To Mine Asteroids In 2015
The future is now-ish.
What’s Better Than Nachos? Nachos In Space.
In my opinion, you can improve pretty much any concept by adding “in space” to the end of it. Birthdays…in …
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Mars Needs Women (And Men): You Can Apply To Be A Martian Colonist
In addition to being an amazing accomplishment in and of itself, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has rekindled a bit of …
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Leonard Nimoy Is Our Guide In This Short Film About NASA’s Dawn Asteroid Mission
We here at GFR are automatically predisposed to be fascinated by any new foray into space exploration…that’s kind of our …
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NASA Astronaut Takes You On A Guided Tour Of The ISS
I want to go to there.
Deep Space Travel May Hasten Alzheimer’s Disease
With as much as there is to do on this planet, one might think it would be enough to satisfy …
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Listen To What The International Space Station Sounds Like
Sometimes when I make a point to notice how quiet it is around me, I’ll find that it isn’t quiet …
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NASA’s New Mars Rovers Look Like Medieval Weapons
NASA goes medieval! Over the past few years, NASA has made their rovers to look friendly and acceptable to human …
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Comet That Will Be Visible During Daytime Coming In 2013
Let the show begin! Two Russian amateur astronomers have recently discovered a fiery comet that is expected to pass by …
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DIY Spaceship Bed Made by Coolest Dad Ever
For a website whose majority of story output come from other sources – like the majority of other websites in …
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Scientists Believe They’ll Find An Earth-Like Planet In 2013
Since 1995 with the discovery of the first exoplanet, scientists and astronomers have been intrigued by the possibility of finding …
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A Moment Of Silence For The Death Of Neffi The Spidernaut
When I first joined the staff here at Giant Freakin’ Robot, I knew I would probably be covering some truly …
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Scientists Find A Planet In The Alpha Centauri System
Howdy, neighbor!
A Space Harpoon Could Clean Up Orbiting Debris
“Space Harpooner” may be an honest-to-god job description in the future. A British firm is looking to develop technology that …
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Felix Baumgartner Set To Sky Dive From The Edge Of Space Next Monday
Years of planning, preparation, and setbacks all come to a head on Monday, October 8th as Felix Baumgartner will attempt …
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Jaw-Dropping Hubble Image Reveals Thousands Of Ancient Galaxies
Working here at GFR, there have been plenty of times when I’ve seen some new photograph of our crazy, beautiful …
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What Caused The Flash On Jupiter?
Remember the asteroid impact on Jupiter that happened two weeks ago? Well, apparently Jupiter doesn’t. What was once a chance sighting …
NASA Unveils New Plan To Send Astronauts Beyond The Moon, But Will The White House Bite?
When NASA lays out a plan for human spaceflight, it usually revolves around a presidential mandate that outlines the course …
The First Privately Funded Deep Space Mission Gets A Boost
The past year has been chock full of space news, so don’t be too disappointed if you haven’t heard of …
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Take A Gorgeous Guided Tour Of Lunar Geography
The sad truth we must face is that most of us will probably never get to set foot on the …
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Lunar Super Computer Could Be A Huge Help To NASA’s Space Missions
Created in 1958, NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) has been a huge part of robotic missions outside of Earth’s orbit. …
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Be The First To See Unreleased Pics Of Vesta While You Help NASA Map Its Surface
Even though NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has already departed Vesta and is on its way to its next target, there is …
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Amateur Astronomer Captures a Surprising Flash On Jupiter With Video
Astrophotography is a time-consuming but rewarding hobby. The long and arduous process of capturing amazing stellar images isn’t as simple as just …
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Doctor Who Recap: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
Dinosaurs with a dash of foreshadowing.
Was Mars Actually A Wet Planet?
When the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spied vast clay deposits on the surface of Mars, it was a major discovery that …
