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Proving Ridley Scott wrong

February 25, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

According to Alien director Ridley Scott, in space, no one can hear you scream. This statement stands to some reason; space is a vacuum with a severe drought of molecules […]

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Science News, Space, Technology

An itsy-bitsy teensy-weensy planet

February 21, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Sometimes even the smallest discoveries can be a big deal. Like the Thomas Barclay and his team at the NASA Ames Research Center using the Kepler space telescope to uncover […]

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Science News, Space, Uncategorized

Iran sends off a space monkey

January 29, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

At least, according to Iranian state-run television. Iran released photos of the monkey strapped into a harness just before being launched into space. This time, the monkey returned to Earth […]

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Animals, Science News, Space

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

Another space shuttle makes an Earth-bound trek

November 2, 2012by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

Atlantis is making the last trip of its career, and it’s not even leaving the atmosphere. The NASA space shuttle is being moved 10 miles from the Kennedy Space Center’s […]

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Science News, Space

Massive, hot vortex forms from Saturn storm

October 26, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Sometimes we get to see how much Earth has in common with other planets in our solar system. For example, storms form on Saturn just like storms form on Earth. […]

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New space probe may be a boat

October 25, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

When we think of machines probing the surfaces of other planets, maybe we picture the Mars rover, with six rugged wheels rambling over the rocky alien terrain. We might not […]

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Science News, Space

What do Titan and a warm loaf of bread have in common?

October 18, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

“Hot cross bun” marks found on Saturn’s moon Titan may be there for very similar reasons as the cracks we find on top of baked bread. NASA’s Cassini probe orbiting […]

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Science News, Space

An auction for space lovers

September 27, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

If you have a spare $340,000 you can own a piece of the moon. Too pricey? That’s okay – for $140,000 you can take home an iron meteorite discovered by […]

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Science News, Space

A deeper look from the Hubble Telescope

September 26, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

The Hubble Space Telescope is proving that good things come to those who wait. It just produced the deepest look at the universe ever made by “staring” at the same […]

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