Scientists have long puzzled over just how Mars went from a warm and wet environment to the cold and arid…
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International Space Station safe from orbiting space debris
MOSCOW – Russia’s Mission Control Center said Wednesday it dropped an earlier plan to move the International Space Station into…
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Evidence indicates astronauts could survive on Mars
Radiation levels at the Martian surface appear to be roughly similar to those experienced by astronauts in low-Earth orbit, NASA’s…
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Good night, exoplanet: baby name book for planets
When new planets are discovered beyond the solar system, they often get boring designations such as HD 85512b or Gliese…
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A NASA spacecraft studying the sun has recorded amazing video of a giant plume of super-hot plasma erupting from the…
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NASA’s Voyager 1 probe is tantalizingly close to the edge of the solar system, but predicting when it will finally…
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Russian space junk almost destroys NASA telescope
A high-tech NASA telescope in orbit escaped a potentially disastrous collision with a Soviet-era Russian spy satellite last year in…
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Multicolored UFOs over England? Mystery solved
On Aug. 23, a strange sight baffled locals in the English county of Leicestershire: Dozens of peoplereported seeing mysterious lights…
Read MoreMars mystery: has Curiosity rover made big discovery?
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has apparently made a discovery “for the history books,” but we’ll have to wait a few…
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Could 3D printers build a future moon base?
The technology behind 3D printing has allowed users to craft musical instruments and prosthetic limbs, and now European scientists are…
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