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The Mona Lisa goes to space

January 18, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Not really, just a copy of her. NASA is experimenting with laser communication to space, which, once mastered, will be a more reliable way of communicating across larger distances throughout […]

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Science News, Space, Technology

That’s no moon. That’s a space station…

January 14, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

…is what more than 25,000 petition-signers hoped alien life forms visiting the area might one day utter. Because yes, more than 25,000 people petitioned the White House to have the […]

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Science News, Space, Weird Science

Everything must go!

January 7, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Are you in the market for a launch tower? Perhaps a space shuttle landing strip, sans the space shuttle? You’re in luck. NASA is renting out or selling off everything […]

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Science News, Space

Moons having moons

January 3, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

The moon orbits the Earth, but what orbits the moon? Nothing… for now. NASA has expressed interest in giving the moon a moon of its own, and both the how and […]

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Science News, Space

Eruptions flare on the sun

January 2, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Even the sun threw a little party on New Years’ Eve. If you can call a massive solar flare accelerated by the sun’s magnetic field a party… which we do. […]

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Science News, Space

Lunar probe twins set to crash into the Moon

December 17, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

It’s the Thelma and Louise of space exploration. Lunar probes Ebb and Flow will going out in a blaze of glory this afternoon, hurling themselves at a mountain range on the Moon’s […]

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Hubble Space Telescope takes deepest look into the universe’s history

December 14, 2012by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

There are two things happening when you’re observing distant stars or galaxies. You’re looking through space, measured as a physical distance, but you’re also looking through time. These celestial bodies […]

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Science News, Space

Meteor shower will light up the sky tonight

December 13, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

If your neighbor’s Christmas lights aren’t too bright, you’ll be able to witness another light show in the sky tonight. Just after sunset the Geminid meteors will begin streaking across the […]

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Science News, Space

Voyager 1 is almost in interstellar space

December 5, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Very soon, space probe Voyager 1 will be probing outside our solar system. According to the team at NASA, the probe is sending back some very strange data from its […]

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Science News, Space

Goodnight, sweet spidernaut

December 4, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Nefertiti was a spider that boldly went where only a few spiders went before, so it’s safe to say she had a pretty full life. The 10-month old “Johnson jumper” died […]

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Animals, Science News, Space

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