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The Reason We Haven’t Met Aliens May Be That They Don’t Live Long Enough
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The Reason We Haven’t Met Aliens May Be That They Don’t Live Long Enough

By Mary Beth Griggs

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The Search For The Real Planet X

By Shannon Stirone

The Science Behind Why Spider-Man Is Too Large To Cling To Walls
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The Science Behind Why Spider-Man Is Too Large To Cling To Walls

By Mary Beth Griggs

IBM Research Thinks It’s Solved Why The Brain Uses So Much Energy
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IBM Research Thinks It’s Solved Why The Brain Uses So Much Energy

By Dave Gershgorn

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Study Confirms That Something’s Weird About The ‘Alien Megastructure’ Star

By Sarah Fecht

Now You Can See Five Planets At Once With The Naked Eye
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Now You Can See Five Planets At Once With The Naked Eye

By Katie Peek

Why Did NASA Choose an Untested Missile to Launch Gemini?
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Why Did NASA Choose an Untested Missile to Launch Gemini?

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SpaceX Launch Successful, But Drone Ship Landing Fails
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SpaceX Launch Successful, But Drone Ship Landing Fails

By Sarah Fecht

Researchers Propose Method For Teleporting Creatures’ Memories
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Researchers Propose Method For Teleporting Creatures’ Memories

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Mars. A snapshot of the whole planet.
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Official Report Pokes More Holes In NASA’s Plan To Get To Mars

By Sarah Fecht

Seventy-Ton Titanosaur Unveiled At Museum Of Natural History
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Seventy-Ton Titanosaur Unveiled At Museum Of Natural History

By Grennan Milliken

In Living Color: Microbes Make Tomorrow’s Ink
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In Living Color: Microbes Make Tomorrow’s Ink

By Steph Yin

More Cases of Sexual Harassment In Astronomy Come to Light
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More Cases of Sexual Harassment In Astronomy Come to Light

By Annabel Edwards

First Crewed Private Spaceflights May Not Fly In 2017, According To Safety Report
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First Crewed Private Spaceflights May Not Fly In 2017, According To Safety Report

By Sarah Fecht

In a galaxy far, far away
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Could This Be The Most Powerful Supernova Ever Seen?

By Mary Beth Griggs

NASA May Be Cutting Corners On Safety Of Mars Rocket And Capsule, Report Finds
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NASA May Be Cutting Corners On Safety Of Mars Rocket And Capsule, Report Finds

By Sarah Fecht

Audi Built A Moon Rover
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Audi Built A Moon Rover

By Eric Adams

What Happens If We Find Out An Asteroid Is Heading For Earth?
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What Happens If We Find Out An Asteroid Is Heading For Earth?

By Sarah Fecht

Why This Canadian Space Blogger Wrote A Book On NASA’s Origins
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Why This Canadian Space Blogger Wrote A Book On NASA’s Origins

By Matt Giles

NASA’s Heavy Lift Rocket Is Plagued With Problems
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NASA’s Heavy Lift Rocket Is Plagued With Problems

By Sarah Fecht

What Are Gravitational Waves And Why Do They Matter?
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What Are Gravitational Waves And Why Do They Matter?

By Sophie Bushwick

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Smart Scanner Will Make It Easier To Digitize Archaeological Relics

By Mary Beth Griggs

A BB-8-Style Rover Could Help Us Explore Rough Martian Terrain
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A BB-8-Style Rover Could Help Us Explore Rough Martian Terrain

By Charles Q. Choi

Falcon 9 Is On Track For January 17 Launch And Landing
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Falcon 9 Is On Track For January 17 Launch And Landing

By Sarah Fecht

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Physicist Tweets Rumor That Gravitational Waves May Have Finally Been Detected

By Sarah Fecht

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NASA Considers Titan And Enceladus For Next New Frontiers Mission

By Mary Beth Griggs

David Bowie, Music-Sharing Pioneer
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David Bowie, Music-Sharing Pioneer

By Matt Giles

These Are The First-Ever Photos Of Individual Proteins
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These Are The First-Ever Photos Of Individual Proteins

By Alexandra Ossola

How Will We Eat On Mars?
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How Will We Eat On Mars?

By Sarah Fecht

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David Bowie Remembered By Fellow Spacemen And More

By Carl Franzen

Explorer 1’s 1958 launch
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The Interservice Rivalry that Delayed America’s First Satellite Launch

By Amy Shira Teitel

Roman Toilets Didn’t Help With Hygiene
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Roman Toilets Didn’t Help With Hygiene

By Mary Beth Griggs

Scientists Are Lifting Fingerprints Left By People Hundreds Of Years Ago
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Scientists Are Lifting Fingerprints Left By People Hundreds Of Years Ago

By Mary Beth Griggs

Dinosaur Dance
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Dinosaur Courtship Rituals Were Surprisingly Similar To Those Of Modern Birds

By Mary Beth Griggs

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What Is A Sunspot?

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NASA's Hybrid Plane Concept
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NASA Is Making Progress Toward Hybrid-Powered Airplanes

By Mary Beth Griggs

What’s The Best Way To Protect Earth From Incoming Asteroids?
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What’s The Best Way To Protect Earth From Incoming Asteroids?

By Sarah Fecht

Big Idea For 2016: Lightbulbs Can Make Us Healthy
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Big Idea For 2016: Lightbulbs Can Make Us Healthy

By Rebecca Boyle

Can Virtual Reality Help Keep Astronauts Sane In Space?
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Can Virtual Reality Help Keep Astronauts Sane In Space?

By Sarah Fecht

MIT Museum Latest to Hold Bad Creative Contest [Updated]
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MIT Museum Latest to Hold Bad Creative Contest [Updated]

By Maki Naro

Why Does Bright Light Make Me Sneeze?
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Why Does Bright Light Make Me Sneeze?

By Daniel Engber

How the Stage was Set for the Satellite Race
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How the Stage was Set for the Satellite Race

By Amy Shira Teitel

Space Defender: Interview With Air Force Lt. Gen. John W. Raymond
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Space Defender: Interview With Air Force Lt. Gen. John W. Raymond

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Giant Squid Surfaces From The Deep In Japanese Harbor
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Giant Squid Surfaces From The Deep In Japanese Harbor

By Grennan Milliken

Congress Wants NASA To Create A Deep Space Habitat By 2018
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Congress Wants NASA To Create A Deep Space Habitat By 2018

By Sarah Fecht

Drones Could Scope Out Martian Real Estate
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Drones Could Scope Out Martian Real Estate

By Erik Sofge

What’s Up With The Dying Plants On The Space Station?
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What’s Up With The Dying Plants On The Space Station?

By Sarah Fecht

Plutonium-238 Is Produced In America For The First Time In Almost 30 Years
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Plutonium-238 Is Produced In America For The First Time In Almost 30 Years

By Mary Beth Griggs

NASA’s earliest Christmases in Space Weren’t All Merry
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NASA’s earliest Christmases in Space Weren’t All Merry

By Amy Shira Teitel

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After 40 Years, New Results From The Moon’s Surface

By Mary Beth Griggs

Astronaut Mark Kelly On Life In Space
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Astronaut Mark Kelly On Life In Space

By As told to Jennifer Bogo

SpaceX Launch, Landing Successful
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SpaceX Launch, Landing Successful

By Mary Beth Griggs

Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens – Our Spoiler-Filled Review
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Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens – Our Spoiler-Filled Review

By Xavier Harding

Enjoy Some Weird Science Research For The Holidays
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Enjoy Some Weird Science Research For The Holidays

By Lindsey Kratochwill

This Star Is Ready For A War: NASA Finds Lightsaber In Space
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This Star Is Ready For A War: NASA Finds Lightsaber In Space

By Mary Beth Griggs

Find Alien Planets That Could Support Life With This Amazing Chart
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Find Alien Planets That Could Support Life With This Amazing Chart

By Katie Peek

Big Changes At Popular Science
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Big Changes At Popular Science

By Cliff Ransom

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Fanboy Review: The Best Since ‘Empire Strikes Back’
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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Fanboy Review: The Best Since ‘Empire Strikes Back’

By Carl Franzen

Elon Musk Doesn’t Expect He’ll Live To See Humans On Mars
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Elon Musk Doesn’t Expect He’ll Live To See Humans On Mars

By Mary Beth Griggs

Block Star Wars Episode 7 Spoilers You Can, With This Chrome Extension
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Block Star Wars Episode 7 Spoilers You Can, With This Chrome Extension

By Xavier Harding

Q&A: How ‘Star Wars’ Creators Made BB-8 Into A Robot Icon
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Q&A: How ‘Star Wars’ Creators Made BB-8 Into A Robot Icon

By Edited and condensed by Erik Sofge

Mapping Astronauts’ Behavior On The ISS Could Make A Better Ride To Mars
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Mapping Astronauts’ Behavior On The ISS Could Make A Better Ride To Mars

By Sarah Fecht

From A Risky Spacewalk To The Top of Mount Everest
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From A Risky Spacewalk To The Top of Mount Everest

By Katie Linendoll

How Otto Winzen Took Men Into the Stratosphere
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How Otto Winzen Took Men Into the Stratosphere

By Amy Shira Teitel

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