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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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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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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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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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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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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US crushes its stockpile of elephant ivory
Six tons of carvings, jewelry, trinkets and tusks were being reduced to powder Thursday afternoon (Nov. 14) as the United…
Read More‘Noseless Lemur’ Fossil Actually a Fish
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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Earth 2? Scientists study rocky, Earth-sized planet 700 light years away
Is it home away from home? A planet with a similar mass and size to our own planet Earth, likely…
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Astronaut makes music video to David Bowie song aboard International Space Station
It’s being called the first music video made in space. In an online video, astronaut Chris Hadfield sings the David…
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