The private Dragon spacecraft is set to return to Earth Sunday (Oct. 28), wrapping up the first-ever commercial cargo mission…
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Snail Sacrifices Foot to Survive Snake Attacks
Better to lose your foot than your life, at least if you’re a snail. In a move reminiscent of certain…
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Researchers from the Florida Museum of Natural History have documented 51 different butterfly species at the U.S. military base at…
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Russian Soyuz Rocket Launches New European Weather Satellite
DARMSTADT, Germany — Europe’s second polar-orbiting meteorological satellite, Metop-B, was successfully placed into orbit Sept. 17 by a Soyuz rocket…
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Elon Musk details 800-mph Hyperloop transportation system
Like a giant silver bullet shot from a gun at up to 800 miles per hour, Elon Musk’s Hyperloop promises…
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QE2 asteroid will fly by Earth, stay safe 3.6 million miles away at closest approach on Friday
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – QE2 is set to sail … at thousands of miles per second. An asteroid more than…
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Alarming water loss in Middle East, NASA study says
DOHA, Qatar – A NASA study found that an amount of freshwater almost the size of the Dead Sea has…
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Classified Air Force Space Plane Launches on Secret Mission
A classified military space plane blasted off into orbit Tuesday (Dec. 11) on the third mission of the U.S. Air…
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Total Solar Eclipse of 2012 Begins: First Photos
The last total solar eclipse until 2015 has begun, with the moon crossing in front of the sun in a…
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Orionid meteor shower wows weekend stargazers
The Orionid meteor shower is raining bits of the famed Halley’s Comet on Earth this weekend to the delight of…
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