WASHINGTON – A severe solar storm slammed Earth on Monday afternoon, increasing the chances of fluctuations in the power grid…
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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…
Read MoreMars rover missions to go on spring break due to sun’s interference
LOS ANGELES – It’s the Martian version of spring break: Curiosity and Opportunity, along with their spacecraft friends circling overhead,…
Read MoreNASA’s Hubble spies asteroid spouting six comet-like tails
Is it a lawn sprinkler in space? An asteroid with six comet-like tails of dust radiating from it — like…
Read MoreRussian meteor blast recalls massive 1908 ‘Tunguska event’
The site of Friday’s spectacular, 10-ton meteor blast is roughly 3,000 miles west of Tunguska — the site of the…
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