WASHINGTON – European astronomers say that just outside our solar system they’ve found a planet that’s the closest you can…
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Cut cable in Russia won’t affect space station, country says
A communications cable serving the Russian space agency’s mission control was cut by construction workers but the accident has not…
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NASA wants to send another rover to Mars in 2020
LOS ANGELES – NASA says it wants to launch another mega-rover to Mars modeled after the wildly popular Curiosity. The…
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Space Station Astronaut Calls for Peace on Earth
From high above Earth, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is broadcasting a message of peace for the people of Earth, with…
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5 dazzling facts about fireworks
Fireworks have a history going back to ancient China, long before the Founding Fathers led the United States to independence.…
Read MoreWebcams offer glimpse into lives of Alaska’s famed Katmai brown bears
Stars snarling at each other, mate-swapping, dominant males posturing and establishing their territory. It’s not quite the “Jersey Shore,” but…
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NASA plans to lasso asteroid, bring it closer to Earth, senator says
WASHINGTON – NASA is planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon…
Read More2013 ‘Golden Goose’ awards honor strange science
Politicians have their pick of strange-sounding studies when they want to call for cuts to science spending. A duck genitalia…
Read MoreNew Theory on Formation of Solar System’s First Stuff
A new view of the solar system’s early days proposes that the first two kinds of solid materials — the…
Read MoreNational Zoo panda cub named ‘Bao Bao’
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is naming its female giant panda cub Bao Bao after receiving more than 123,000 votes online…
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