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  Hubble Telescope findings predict collision between Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies

  By Justin Rubio on May 31, 2012 11:12 pm + 74 comments

  The Hubble Space Telescope has once again taken science fiction and turned it into reality. Continue reading…

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  NASA asks Lunar X Prize contestants to keep a safe distance

  By Evan Rodgers on May 29, 2012 04:17 am + 20 comments

  NASA may not be planning any more lunar missions, but it is looking to preserve the historic Apollo Continue reading…

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  Nanosatellites equipped with Kinect could join together like space LEGO

  By Andrew Webster on May 28, 2012 03:14 pm + 5 comments

  Researchers at the University of Surrey are preparing for a new mission that could see tiny Continue reading…

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  Smithsonian's Eyewitness to Space collection offers unique look at the early space program

  By T.C. Sottek on May 27, 2012 09:17 am + 4 comments

  The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Eyewitness to Space collection is an extensive Continue reading…

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  Watch this: SpaceX Dragon docking with the ISS (live now)

  By Dieter Bohn on May 25, 2012 01:09 am + 24 comments

  Although it took a few delays before the SpaceX rocket got off the ground and into orbit, now that Continue reading…

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  SETI Institute director Jill Tarter stepping down after 35 years of extraterrestrial research

  By Adi Robertson on May 23, 2012 10:20 am + 7 comments

  The SETI Institute, dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, will soon be Continue reading…

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  SpaceX rocket carries the ashes of Scotty from 'Star Trek' and 307 others into space

  By Vlad Savov on May 22, 2012 08:14 am + 10 comments

  James Doohan, the actor who famously portrayed Montgomery Scott, the chief engineer on the original S Continue reading…

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  SpaceX successfully blasts off to the International Space Station

  By Sam Byford on May 22, 2012 04:03 am + 91 comments

  At 3:44AM ET this morning, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Continue reading…

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  SpaceX: countdown to the era of commercial space flight

  By Sam Byford on May 22, 2012 03:30 am

  SpaceX is a company founded by Elon Musk of PayPal and Tesla, which recently became the first Continue reading…

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  Reminder: watch the SpaceX launch livestream Saturday at 4:55AM EDT (update: aborted)

  By Andrew Webster on May 18, 2012 01:23 pm + 17 comments

  It took a long time to get to this point, with a number of delays along the way, but SpaceX's Continue reading…