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The Ferrari Of Space Is In For One Hell Of A Crash
This is exactly what you should expect when you take a Ferrari into space. The European Space Agency’s GOCE (Gravity …
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NASA Funds Ten Space Tech Proposals
It’s good to see that even though NASA isn’t swimming (or flying) in dough, it’s still able to fund space …
Han Solo Spotted On Mercury And Incredible Blue Dunes On Mars
Everyone knows that once you go looking for something, you’re bound to find something that at least resembles what you’re …
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NASA Will Pay You $18,000 To Stay In Bed
Have you ever had one of those mornings where you just don’t want to get out of bed? You know, …
Voyager 1 Boldly (And Historically) Goes Into Interstellar Space
Voyager 1 has been journeying through space just longer than I’ve been journeying on Earth — 36 years. Now scientists …
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Dwarf Planet Ceres May Have Ice, Could Be A Game Changer
There’s been a lot of hubbub lately about habitable planets, but most of the ones we’ve identified so far with …
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NASA’s LADEE Moon Probe Puts On Show For The Eastern U.S.
Late Friday night, NASA launched a Minotaur V rocket carrying a lunar orbiter called LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment …
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Solar-Powered Autonomous Greenhouse Could Produce Fresh Spinach On Mars
As plans for a Mars colony are underway, at least preliminarily and tentatively, scores of questions arise about the logistics …
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Robotic 3D Printer Spiders Could Build The Spacecraft Of Tomorrow
We know that NASA has been talking about taking 3D printing into space for a little while now, and I’ll …
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The Moon Shows New Evidence Of Subsurface Water
When it comes to space science, finding water on the moon has been something of a holy grail to astronomers …
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Quantum-Thruster Physics May Be The Key To Warp Drives
Faster-than-light technology is one of those sci-fi inventions that I frequently wish was reality (along with replicators). I’ll take a …
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NASA Accepting Bids On Moon Mission Launch Platforms
Do you have a lot of money, a huge backyard and a key interest in space memorabilia? You’re in luck! …
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Exoskeletons Aren’t Just for Iron Men Anymore—Now They’re For Astronauts Too
While Elysium raises some frightening possibilities about the implications of the class divide, it did present a pretty awesome futuristic …
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Comet Dives Into The Sun, Scores A 9.8
Comets sure are dramatic sometimes — last week, one dove right into the sun! Scientists from NASA and the ESA …
Space Station Astronaut Describes Nearly Drowning In Outer Space
A little over a month ago, we reported that a maintenance spacewalk outside the International Space Station had to be …
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Mars MAVEN Arrives At Kennedy Space Center For Launch Prep
If you saw the 55th anniversary infographic of NASA’s planned missions through 2030, you will have already heard about MAVEN, …
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NASA’s MESSENGER Probe Shows You What It’s Like To Leave Earth In The Rearview
One of the key ingredients of science fiction as a genre—not all, of course, there are many kinds of sci-fi—has …
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The Sun’s Magnetic Field Will Flip In The Next Few Months
Every so often, we go through changes in life that can be quite confusing. Puberty, marriage, childbirth, zombification, or what …
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Astronaut Chris Hadfield Reflects On Sounds In Space
If you frequent this site, along with most other science/space-based areas of the Internet, then you’re familiar with the name …
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NASA Is Taking Leisurely Virtual Reality Strolls Around Mars
If you think you’ve missed the train to Mars, don’t bother settling for counting stars. (Hum reference!) Just head on …
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks Humans Might Be Too Stupid For Aliens To Contact
The Fermi Paradox illustrates the apparent contradiction between the high likelihood that there is intelligent life somewhere out there and …
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NASA’s Planned Missions Through 2030 In One Neat Infographic
Happy birthday, NASA! Everyone’s favorite underfunded government organization is turning 55. Instead of buying NASA a tattoo or a new …
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Apollo 11 HD Photos Celebrate The Mission’s 44th Anniversary
One small snapshot for man…
Apollo 11’s F-1 Rocket Discovered On The Ocean Floor
The only things I’ve ever gotten from the bottom of an ocean are leg wounds from being whisked along jagged …
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Comet ISON Soars Before The Stars In Mesmerizing Hubble Image
The most beautiful thing on Earth might fight a tough fight, but it will eventually get trumped by the most …
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Neptune’s Tiny 14th Moon Has Been Discovered
One of the most fascinating and humbling aspects of space exploration is that almost everything is billions of years older …
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NASA Responds To A 7 Year Old’s Request To Go Into Space
Remember how amazing the idea of space travel was when you were a kid? Don’t get me wrong, it still …
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NASA Will Try To Fix Kepler Space Telescope
Kepler, we just can’t quit you. During bouts of insomnia, cruising the NASA website for news and photos of your …
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Wrath Of Khan Director Penning TV Pilot About The Origins Of The Space Race
Whenever the American space program is featured in film, it’s usually in the context of a huge shuttle launch or …
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NASA’s Billion-Pixel Mars Panorama Shows The Red Planet In Amazing Detail
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been providing plenty of amazing images from the Red Planet for armchair astronauts such as myself …
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