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Houston, you have a space shuttle … carrier aircraft. NASA’s original jumbo jet, which was used to ferry the space…
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A raven-sized creature that lived about 150 million years ago is back on its perch, a new study says. Widely…
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When it is complete, the European Extremely Large Telescope in Chile will be the crown astronomical jewel of the European…
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A one-of-a-kind fossil thought for more than 100 years to be a lemur without a nose is not a primate…
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A NASA spacecraft bound for Pluto has captured its first photo of the dwarf planet’s largest moon Charon, a cosmic…
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In the second century, an ethnically Greek Roman named Galen became doctor to the gladiators. His glimpses into the human…
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Sun Eruption May Boost Northern Lights This Week
A huge sun eruption on Sunday (Jan. 13) unleashed a wave of solar plasma aimed at Earth that may amplify…
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Chinese Rocket Lofts Turkish Earth Observation Satellite
PARIS — The Turkish government’s ambitions to become a force in satellite Earth observation took a step forward on Dec.…
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Thanksgiving on Mars: Working Holiday for Curiosity Rover
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has some plans this Thanksgiving, and they don’t involve watching football in a food-coma stupor. The…
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