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  NASA chief rules out manned Moon mission in the foreseeable future

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 7, 2013 11:58 am + 161 comments

  NASA administrator Charles Bolden has dismissed the idea that the space agency will attempt another Continue reading…

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  NASA to launch planet-hunting mission with Google-backed satellite

  By Amar Toor on April 6, 2013 09:09 am + 24 comments

  NASA this week announced plans to launch two new projects: a mission to search for new planets, and Continue reading…

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  NASA to get $100 million for asteroid wrangling project, says senator

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 6, 2013 02:00 am + 38 comments

  The space lasso could soon be a reality. Senator Bill Nelson (D - FL) says that NASA is likely to Continue reading…

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  Researchers testing nuclear fusion technology that could power NASA's rockets

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 4, 2013 06:49 pm + 34 comments

  NASA-funded researchers at the University of Washington will test a unique approach to nuclear Continue reading…

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  Researchers discover a new farthest supernova from Earth

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 4, 2013 12:08 pm + 11 comments

  Ten billion years ago, a star exploded with the intrinsic brightness of 1 billion of our suns, and Continue reading…

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  Xombie rocket flight successfully simulates landing on another celestial body

  By Nathan Ingraham on April 3, 2013 03:57 pm + 5 comments

  Masten Space Systems has been testing variations of its "Xombie" sub-orbital rocket out in the Continue reading…

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  First traces of particles linked to dark matter found aboard International Space Station

  By Carl Franzen on April 3, 2013 02:46 pm + 22 comments

  All of the stars and planets and other visible matter in the universe only make up about five Continue reading…

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  NASA trailer reaches crowdfunding goal, will be shown before 'Star Trek: Into Darkness'

  By Amar Toor on March 30, 2013 09:42 am + 68 comments

  "We are the Explorers," an Indiegogo campaign that aims to create a 30-second trailer about the US Continue reading…

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  NASA said to request $100 million for plan to capture near-Earth asteroid

  By Dante D'Orazio on March 29, 2013 06:04 pm + 45 comments

  NASA is taking a plan to send an unmanned spacecraft to capture an asteroid and bring it into orbit Continue reading…

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  First 'express' flight to the International Space Station cuts travel time from two days to six hours

  By Nathan Ingraham on March 28, 2013 06:53 pm + 12 comments

  Typically, trips from the earth to the International Space Station take about two days — but Continue reading…