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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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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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ISS Spacewalk Cancelled Today Due To Helmet Leakage
There’s a big difference between me and astronauts, and it involves the amount of professional training required, not to mention …
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How To Wash That Space Right Out of Your Hair
Contemplations about space bring up many deep questions. Is there life out there? Could we live on another planet? Can …
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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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Fake Astronauts Undertake Four-Month Fake Mission To Mars
It might be awhile before we actually put a human on Mars, but Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) …
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European Space Agency’s Intermediate Experimental Vehicle Splashes Down Safely After Test Run
The European Space Agency (ESA) has just successfully completed a test run for its Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) prototype. The …
Arthur Clarke’s DNA Spacebound
Arthur Clarke’s dreams of going to space didn’t die when he did. And in 2014, they’re going to come true. …
Video Map Of The Nearby Universe Reminds Us That Space Is Really, Really, Really Big
“Space is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may …
Games Workshop Can’t Keep Space Marine Book Off Amazon
You might remember last February, when we ran a story about how Games Workshop had approached Amazon and asked the …
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Space Entrepreneur Predicts A Permanent Mars Colony Within Sixty Years
There have been some exciting landmarks in space exploration in the past year or so. Private corporations like SpaceX have …
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NASA Wants To Send Your Name And Haiku To Mars
If aliens come Have them know that I’m watching Big ole telescope For those of you out there with something …
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Boomerangs Work Just Fine In Zero Gravity, Thank You Very Much
Boomerangs are a handy weapon to have. You throw one, you miss, and it comes right back to you. Not …
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Holy Coinkydink! Two Antarctic Meteorites May Have Come From The Same Billions-Year-Old Supernova
Most coincidences that happen during your average day are admittedly trite, such as singing a fairly popular song at the …
Wringing Out A Washcloth Is More Fun On The ISS
It’s one of life’s great truths that pretty much any activity you can think of automatically becomes more awesome when …
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A Boy And His Dog Wreck Your Emotions In This Three-Minute Short, Spacebound
Before watching this, realize that it’s a heart breaker. It’s NSFW only if you don’t want to get teary-eyed in …
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NASA-Backed Fusion Drive Could Get Us To Mars In 30 Days
In Jules Verne’s classic book, the eccentric Phineas Fogg leaves his peers gobsmacked when he bets them that he can …
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NASA Plans To Wrangle Asteroids Beginning In 2019
If you think NASA’s latest scheme sounds like it was lifted directly from Michael Bay’s Armageddon, then you’re not alone. …
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Seventies NASA Concept Art Imagines The Future That Still Hasn’t Arrived
We’ve often complained that the future we were promised never arrived. We don’t live in the floating cities or drive …
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Astronomy Students Take Their Planetarium On The Road
Part circus sideshow, part educational tool, the astronomy department of the University of Washington in Seattle has put together a …
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Crowdfund A Space Exploration Trailer To Play Before Star Trek Into Darkness
After the insane success of the Veronica Mars movie Kickstarter, the concept of crowdfunding has leapt back into the public …
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F-1 Apollo Mission Engines Recovered From Ocean Floor
From the farthest reaches of manned space exploration to deep below the ocean’s surface, a soon-to-be restored pair of F-1 …
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Unmanned Spaceplane Test Flight Planned for 2014
I don’t think it would be outside the means of science to resurrect John Denver in a few years specifically …
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How Astronauts Wash Their Hands And Make A Sandwich In Space
There are a thousand little things that we all take for granted on a daily basis that suddenly become a …
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Amazing Video Of Nearby Stars With Planets Will Humble You
Did you ever have one of those days when everything was going just perfectly? Woke up after a perfect night’s …
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Smartphone Satellite Will Listen For Screams In Space
There have definitely been times over the last few years when I’ve wanted to take my cell phone and throw …
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Mars Curiosity Rover’s Panoramic View is Beautiful And Creature-Free
You open the mailbox and beneath the small stack of bills, and you find a postcard from a traveling family …
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Pluto’s Unnamed Moon May Indeed Become Vulcan
The people have spoken! And by “people,” I mean “William Shatner’s people.” Last week we told you about how the …
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William Shatner Summons Trekkies To Name Pluto’s Moon Vulcan
You may recall last week, when we told you that the SETI Institute was inviting the public to help name …
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