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  Play this: 'Less Raum'

  By Ben Kersey on December 3, 2012 04:56 am + 3 comments

  Less Raum — a small Windows-only title that's available for free — is a game that’s decidedly Continue reading…

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  NASA dashes hopes for Curiosity discovery, says there is no 'definitive evidence' of life on Mars

  By Kimber Streams on November 29, 2012 03:14 pm + 67 comments

  Today NASA announced that the swirling speculation around the Mars rover Curiosity's recent soil Continue reading…

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  NASA tempers expectations ahead of Curiosity announcement, says news 'won't be earthshaking'

  By Chris Welch on November 26, 2012 03:36 pm + 79 comments

  Once teased as "one for the record books," NASA is now actively toning down hype surrounding its Continue reading…

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  Beyond Hubble, the Space Telescope Science Institute begins working on ATLAST

  By Justin Rubio on October 11, 2012 02:42 pm + 13 comments

  The Hubble Space Telescope has played an invaluable role for space exploration over the last 22 Continue reading…

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  NASA's Curiosity rover looks back at where it has been

  By Louis Goddard on September 1, 2012 10:34 pm + 34 comments

  NASA's Curiosity rover has taken yet another astonishing photograph of the Martian landscape, this Continue reading…

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  Astronaut Neil Armstrong has died

  By T.C. Sottek on August 25, 2012 03:14 pm + 146 comments

  Legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong has died at age 82. As the spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, Continue reading…

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  Nuclear-powered Mars rover fires first laser

  By Louis Goddard on August 20, 2012 04:14 am + 55 comments

  NASA's Curiosity rover, which touched down on the surface of Mars two weeks ago, has made the first Continue reading…

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  Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars, sends back first images

  By T.C. Sottek on August 6, 2012 01:35 am + 279 comments

  After a journey spanning 36 weeks and 352 million miles, NASA's Curiosity rover successfully landed Continue reading…

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  Curiosity: the latest on NASA's newest Mars rover

  By Jeff Blagdon on August 6, 2012 01:28 am

  Curiosity is the name of NASA's latest Mars rover, a car-sized nuclear powered robot whose lasers Continue reading…

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  The Mars missions that failed

  By Kimber Streams on August 2, 2012 05:33 pm + 25 comments

  The Mars rover Curiosity is set to land this weekend, and in honor of the event, Wired is taking a Continue reading…