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President Jimmy Carter’s Voyager Letter To Any Theoretical Extraterrestrials Out There
The Voyager 1 probe made history last month when scientists agreed that it had finally, officially ventured beyond our solar …
Remote-Controlled Space Robots Will Work Better When They Can See The Future
While remote-controlled robots are awesome and can do loads of tasks that are too difficult and dangerous for humans, there’s …
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Lego Masters Create Amazing Space Sets
Forget Gravity — the only way to truly express the awesomeness of space is through Legos. I remember when I …
Lonely Planet Floats Around Space Without A Star
If you’ve seen Gravity then you know that when an open water scenario is set in space, it’s far more …
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An 11-Year-Old Made A Brewery For Use Aboard The ISS
They say kids are growing up faster these days. There may be no better example of that than 11-year-old Michal …
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Legos Make Everything More Awesome, Even Space
Legos are easily one of the greatest inventions in human history. That may be bit much, a bit too hyperbolic, …
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The Moon Is Covered In Human Feces
Those of you who saw Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity this past weekend—and if the box office numbers are any indication there …
Scientists Spot Clouds On An Exoplanet
The search for potentially habitable planets not yet saddled by ridiculous government shutdowns (I’m going to keep bringing it up …
NBC’s Space Race Will Give Winners A Ride Aboard Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo
Times sure have changed. Remember when reality shows were about a bunch of wacky people picked to live together in …
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Seven Possible Scenarios For Manned Interstellar Travel
Since we learned that Voyager 1 has been in interstellar space for over a year, it’s become a bit easier …
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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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Celebrities In Space: Milky Way Mission Is The Next Inevitable Reality Show Evolution
Manned space travel is in a strange place right now, with NASA’s funding getting slashed and private corporations talking a …
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Provides A Helluva View From Its Latest Rocket-Powered Test Flight
It seems like we’ve been talking about “space tourism” for ages now. One of the oldest players in the game …
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 …
China’s Space Station Set To Be Completed By 2023
China has already announced plans to land a probe on the moon this year. Now, according to the International Astronautical …
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Astronomy Pictures Of The Year Are Gorgeous And Humbling
Space is just awesome and amazing and stupefying and beautiful. Since you’re currently reading GFR, I think we can all …
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Hit The Brakes, That May Not Be Alien Life After All
Well that didn’t last long. Remember the other day when a team of British scientists claimed to have definitive proof …
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We May Not Be Alone: British Scientists Claim To Have Proof Of Extraterrestrial Life
Did we finally find E.T.?
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, …
Look Up Screensaver Showcases Our Stellar Neighbors We Might Someday Visit
“Look upwards, and share the wonders I’ve seen.” Those lines were spoken by wayward astronaut John Crichton in the opening …
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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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Japan’s Kirobo Robot Talks To Us From Space
One small step for man, one even smaller step for robots. On August 21, Japan’s adorable Kirobo robot became the …
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Mars Colony Proposal Would Send Robots Ahead To Carve Out Underground Facilities
We’ve heard a lot about Mars, and the dream of sending humans there, in recent years. The landing of the …
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Our Solar System’s Beauty Is In Full Display In Images From Artist Michael Benson
Space is gorgeous. I think we can all agree on that, can’t we? One of the perks of this job …
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Mars One Colonists Will Face Psychological As Well As Physical Challenges
By now you’ve probably heard of Mars One, the Dutch nonprofit that aims to put colonists on Mars permanently by …
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Space Pirate Captain Harlock Gets A New Title And A Swashbuckling First Clip
Director Aramaki Shinji (Appleseed) premiered his computer animated Space Pirate Captain Harlock this week at the Venice Film Festival. The …
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China Will Land A Probe On The Moon By The End Of 2013
While we here at Giant Freakin’ Robot would never claim to be xenophobic, we admit that a good portion of …
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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 …
Mars’ First Settlers? Meet The People Who Want To Move To The Red Planet Permanently
If you’ve been reading GFR for a while, or any science- or space-related publication, you’ve likely heard of Mars One, …
