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North Korea plans rocket launch within days
North Korea plans to launch a rocket carrying a satellite between December 10 and 22, a spokesman for the Korean Committee for Space Technology said Saturday, according to state-run media.
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Will We Ever Be Crazy Enough To Travel To The Stars?
These days it’s easy to outline why we’ll never go. Stars are too far away; we don’t have the money. The reasons why we might go anyway are less obvious—but they’re getting stronger.
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27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012
We may never have our flying cars, but the future is here. From creating fully functioning artificial leaves to hacking the human brain, science made a lot of breakthroughs this year.
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Geminid meteor shower set to peak Thursday evening
The annual Geminids meteor shower will reach its peak late on Thursday night and into early Friday morning. The meteors will appear to radiate from a point near the star Castor, in the constellation Gemini.
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The Top 10 Science Stories of 2012: Scientific American
A devastating storm, a new phase of Mars exploration, a recipe for a pandemic flu—these and other events highlight the year in science and technology.
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Another Earth Just 12 Light-Years Away?
Astronomers have discovered what may be five planets orbiting Tau Ceti, the closest single star beyond our solar system.
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Scientists show that microbes from Earth can survive conditions found on Mars
Astrobiologists have been worried for quite some time now that the Martian surface has been contaminated with microbes originating from Earth — what got there by clinging to all the various probes and artifacts we've sent there.
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The Year's Most Audacious Private Space Exploration Plans
2012 was a banner year for bold, and sometimes wild, announcements by private space companies. From moon landings to asteroid mining, we take a look at all the new players and tell you how plausible their schemes are.
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Genesis II: Extraterrestrial Oceans Could Host Life
Finding life in an extraterrestrial ocean would unequivocally prove that a Genesis II took place in the solar system.
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First 'Alien Earth' Will Be Found in 2013
The first truly Earth-like alien planet is likely to be spotted next year, an epic discovery that would cause humanity to reassess its place in the universe.
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Who Was First in the Race to the Moon? The Tortoise
The fable is true! Take that, hares.
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Best Space Photos of the Year 2012
We round up the most amazing, mind-blowing, spectacular, and jaw-dropping photos of planets, moons, galaxies, and nebulas from our perennially popular Space Photo of the Day gallery.
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Neil Armstrong Lied About ‘One Small Step’ Line
Neil Armstrong lied about the famous line he said when stepping onto the surface of the moon. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong placed his boot onto the rocky surface of the moon and said: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
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Scientists seek a return mission to Uranus
A NASA probe, New Horizons, is currently racing towards an ex-planet, Pluto, to speed past and tell us more about that world and its Kuiper Belt relatives. But ice giants Uranus and Neptune have not been properly studied from space since the Voyager missions of the 1980s.
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After setbacks, Russia boosts space spending
The country that oversaw the launch of the world's first artificial satellite hopes to regain some of its former glory with a big boost in space spending announced by Russia on Thursday after a series of failures.
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New Mars Meteorite Contains 10 Times More Water Than Previous Finds
Scientists have identified a never-before-seen type of meteorite from Mars that has 10 times more water and far more oxygen in it than any previous Martian sample.
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Photo of Mt. Vesuvius from Space Is Gorgeous and Terrifying
I have a hard time seeing this as anything other than a paean to humanity’s inability to learn: This was the view out the International Space Station’s cupola on Jan. 1, 2013, around 09:37 UTC, looking nearly straight down the gullet of Italy’s Mt. Vesuvius.
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Milky Way has at least 17 billion planets the size of Earth
Our Milky Way is home to at least 17 billion planets that are similar in size to Earth, a new estimate suggests. That's more than two Earth-size planets for every person on the globe.
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Mars Mission Could Turn Astronauts Into Couch Potatoes
Imagine life on a spaceship headed to Mars. You and your five crewmates work, exercise, and eat together every day under the glow of fluorescent lights. As the months pass, the sun gets dimmer and communication with Earth gets slower.
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Vegetarians only on Mars colony
It’s already out there that space entrepreneur Elon Musk has plans to someday colonize Mars, and that those with the means are invited to become a part of his red planet oasis. But there’s a catch we just heard about: Colonists must also be vegetarians.
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