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  Lights out: could a powerful blast from the sun send us back to the stone age?

  By Carl Franzen on May 6, 2013 12:15 pm + 67 comments

  Of all the issues facing the world right now that the US government is concerned about, the sun may Continue reading…

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  After conquering earth, Vint Cerf discusses 'interplanetary internet'

  By Matt Brian on May 6, 2013 08:12 am + 18 comments

  Vint Cerf knows a thing or two about the internet. Along with Bob Kahn, Cerf is credited with Continue reading…

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  NASA's Android smartphone satellites return blurry images from space

  By Carl Franzen on May 3, 2013 06:10 pm + 37 comments

  NASA has taken many images of the Earth from space, but none quite like this. The blurry images Continue reading…

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  Pocket rockets: NASA turns to hackers for new breed of space apps

  By Carl Franzen on April 29, 2013 08:47 am + 17 comments

  NASA isn’t exactly known for thinking small. This is, after all, the agency that’s trying to l Continue reading…

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  Weapons of choice: harpoons, nets, and lasers might attack 'space junk'

  By Katie Drummond on April 25, 2013 02:30 pm + 20 comments

  Space debris, including defunct satellites, chunks of spacecraft, and abandoned rocket stages, is Continue reading…

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  Antares rocket makes its maiden voyage into space

  By Russell Brandom on April 22, 2013 07:06 pm + 10 comments

  Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket had its first successful launch today, carrying a mock cargo ship Continue reading…

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  Forever alone? How NASA's Kepler craft is finding another Earth

  By Carl Franzen on April 22, 2013 09:22 am + 76 comments

  Late last week, NASA announced that scientists using its Kepler space observatory had discovered two Continue reading…

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  Watch a 6-hour long spacewalk streamed live from the International Space Station

  By Carl Franzen on April 19, 2013 09:58 am + 17 comments

  NASA is live-streaming a six-hour long spacewalk by two astronauts aboard the International Space Continue reading…

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  NASA's Kepler mission finds the most Earth-like planets yet

  By Adi Robertson on April 18, 2013 03:29 pm + 43 comments

  Scientists have found what they believe are the two most Earth-like exoplanets yet, shedding new Continue reading…

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  Lori Garver of NASA answers questions in Reddit AMA

  By Adi Robertson on April 17, 2013 01:55 pm + 2 comments

  Between Neil deGrasse Tyson's impassioned defense of public-funded space exploration and the wildly Continue reading…