WASHINGTON – A severe solar storm slammed Earth on Monday afternoon, increasing the chances of fluctuations in the power grid…
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NASA’s new commercial supply ship reaches space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s newest delivery service pulled up at the International Space Station on Sunday after a week’s…
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Why is China targeting the moon — and should NASA as well?
Americans from Buzz Aldrin to president Barack Obama say it’s a waste of time to put men back on the…
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The perfect solar storm? Sun eruptions to peak in 2013
Sunny, with a mild chance of catastrophe? A massive solar storm, like the one that knocked out radio communications all…
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Green cheese? Gold? NASA to reveal what Mars is made of
NASA will reveal new discoveries about Mars gleaned from the Curiosity rover’s first rock powder sample in a high-profile press…
Read MoreNASA testing ‘interplanetary Internet’
NASA and the European Space Agency have tested out a prototype system that may one day help enable Internet-like communications…
Read MoreColorado sixth-grader’s beer-making experiment headed for space
A Colorado sixth-grader is set to make history as the first person to experiment with brewing beer in space. Michal…
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NASA to unveil Mars rover Curiosity findings Monday
NASA will discuss the latest Red Planet activities of its Mars rover Curiosity on Monday, Dec. 3, but space geeks…
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Whoa! Mini-supernovas discovered
Astronomers have discovered a new kind of supernova, a star explosion so weak that scientists dubbed it a miniature stellar…
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To the moon? Firm hopes to sell $1.5 billion trips
A team of former NASA executives is launching a private venture to send people to the moon for a price…
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