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One-way Mars trip: Application deadline for Martian colony nears
Martian wannabes dust off those resumes: The application deadline for a one-way mission to Mars is almost here. While the…
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Southern California sky lights up with reported fireball
LOS ANGELES – Southern Californians from Santa Barbara to San Diego have reported seeing a fireball that forecasters said was…
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Meteor shower created by Halley’s Comet peaks tonight
A meteor shower spawned by history’s most famous comet will peak this weekend, and the show could be dazzling for…
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The largest dark spot on the moon, known as the Ocean of Storms, may be a scar from a giant…
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Meteorite crater under Iowa confirmed in new images
Buried beneath the rocks, dirt, buildings and roads of the city of Decorah, Iowa, lies a 470 million-year-old meteorite crater.…
Read MoreHow to visit national parks during the partial gov’t shutdown
National parks were not exempt from the government shutdown but that does not mean you can’t ‘visit’ the nation’s greatest…
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Soyuz capsule docks with International Space Station
MOSCOW – A Soyuz capsule carrying an American, Russian and Italian successfully docked Wednesday with the International Space Station, where…
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Supernova discovery reveals how the biggest, brightest stars die
The most massive and luminous stars were long suspected to explode when they die, and astronomers now have the most…
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NASA wants to put rodents on space station
Call them the “rat-stronauts.” NASA is drawing up plans to launch a team of rats with the right stuff to…
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