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What Does It Mean To Be ‘Star Stuff’?
At one time or another, all science enthusiasts have heard the late Carl Sagan's infamous words: "We are made of…
New Pictures Of Philae’s Lonely Resting Spot On The Comet Emerge
In scientific style, researchers are slowly narrowing down where the Philae lander arrived on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Earlier today (Dec. 17)…
How To Experience ‘Zero Gravity’ Without Leaving Home: Virtual Reality
If you don't have a few thousand dollars to spend on a "Vomit Comet" ride, and especially if you can't…
How Many Horses Can A Rocket Carry? Cool Comic Comparison
The challenge with thinking about space is putting it into terms that we can understand. How far is a light-year?…
Bizarre Mars: Did Lava Bubbles Wrinkle This Giant Circle?
NASA is puzzled by this "enigmatic landform" caught on camera by one of its Mars orbiters, but looking around the…
Spectroscopy: The Key to Humanity’s Future in Space
Imagine, if you would, a potential future for humanity… Imagine massive space-elevators lifting groups of men, women, and children skyward…
Workaholic Hubble Telescope Will Eventually Burn To Death: Report
The Hubble Space Telescope has delivered an amazing near quarter-century of science from all over the universe. Even this year,…
‘Cosmos’ TV Show Could Come Back For A Second Season
This spring, space fans had a virtual campfire to flock to: the new Cosmos series, which aired on Fox and…
Mars Needs You! Help Scientists Track Spring Thaw On Red Planet
We've been watching Mars with spacecraft for about 50 years, but there's still so little we know about the Red…
Europa Life: Could ‘Extreme Shrimp’ Point To Microbes On That Moon?
For all of the talk about aliens that we see in science fiction, the reality is in our Solar System,…