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Why aren't we going to this colorful nearby planet instead of Mars?

Posted February 25, 2013 - 4:12 pm

A video created from thousands of photographs of Mercury's surface taken by the Messenger spacecraft shows the planet closest to our sun in a new light.
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This Week on Mars: Soil Sample Success

Posted February 22, 2013 - 11:09 am

Check out what's been happening on the Red Planet for the past two weeks.
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NASA rover Curiosity grabs first Martian rock sample

Posted February 20, 2013 - 10:27 pm

NASA's super rover Curiosity has collected a sample from the inside of a rock on Mars, the first time the process has been done on another planet, NASA announced Wednesday
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NASA posts another animation of asteroid that won't hit us

Posted February 15, 2013 - 1:40 pm

Again, totally unrelated to the meteor that hit Russia
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Great videos of meteor crashing in Russia

Posted February 15, 2013 - 12:58 pm

A number of videos captured footage of the meteor that crashed into a mountainous region of Russia on Friday.
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Astronauts, Obama to host Google+ hangouts

Posted February 12, 2013 - 5:46 pm

Google's social network, Google+, is getting attention from the likes of astronauts and the U.S. president. Both will be hosting hangouts with the U.S. public.
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NASA video shows awesome shots of the Sun

Posted February 11, 2013 - 4:01 pm

Watch some cool video of the sun without burning your retinas.
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Watch an astronaut talk with William Shatner

Posted February 8, 2013 - 12:35 pm

Canadian-born actor talks with Canadian born astronaut on the International Space Station. Go Canada!
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The Weekly Hash - February 8, 2013

Posted February 8, 2013 - 12:35 pm

From the world’s new largest prime number to the key to BlackBerry 10’s success in Canada to one group not happy with all the bugs Microsoft is squishing, we make fun of some of the this week’s top tech stories
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NASA says Feb. 15 asteroid won't hit Earth; creates animation showing how close it will get

Posted February 5, 2013 - 12:19 pm

Watch as scientists explain the upcoming near-miss of asteroid 2012 DA14.
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Time travel is lonely and other Google Autocomplete revelations

Posted February 4, 2013 - 10:47 pm

Google Autocomplete suggests many of us are blinded by scientific skepticism.
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An asteroid will miss the Earth on February 15, but you should watch this video anyway

Posted February 1, 2013 - 3:01 pm

Another asteroid is going to miss the planet, but we'll start hearing hype about it starting now.
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What it was like to be an astronaut

Posted January 31, 2013 - 2:23 pm

Cool animated look at what astronauts had to learn and train for in the '60s and '70s.
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Hey space fans, did you know you can actually get a job at NASA? Check it out

Posted January 30, 2013 - 5:29 pm

Why observe mankind's reach for the stars from the sidelines when you can be right in on the action?
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Timely and grim reminders of the dangers of space travel

Posted January 28, 2013 - 7:36 pm

The anniversaries of three space-related tragedies this week should give pause to even the most ardent supporters of sending humans to Mars.
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The Weekly Hash - January 25, 2013

Posted January 25, 2013 - 12:26 pm

Making fun of some of the top - or goofiest - tech stories of the past seven days, this week featuring the latest in Cuban underwater cable-laying technology, what Twitter and Beyonce had in common during the presidential inauguration and John Boehner’s new look
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The day a software bug almost killed the Spirit rover

Posted January 24, 2013 - 12:48 pm

The Spirit rover’s Mars mission almost ended before it really got going due to a DOS-related software bug, which wasn’t caught due to a rushed development schedule
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Was this giant Mars crater once a lake?

Posted January 21, 2013 - 3:34 pm

Data from a Mars orbiter have researchers speculating that water underground once may have filled McLaughlin Crater.
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This Week on Mars: Can You Dig It?

Posted January 18, 2013 - 1:53 pm

Weekly update from NASA about its Mars rover and what it's doing.
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Take a tour of the International Space Station

Posted January 18, 2013 - 12:21 pm

See the ins and outs of the big space station orbiting the Earth.
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How NASA beamed the Mona Lisa to the Moon

Posted January 17, 2013 - 3:03 pm

Demonstration uses lasers for two-way communication with satellites. Painting still safe at the Louvre.
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Double disappointment for doomsday dolts: Asteroid Apophis will blow not one, but two chances to kill us all

Posted January 14, 2013 - 9:53 pm

It appears the odds of the asteroid Apophis hitting Earth in 2036 are less than one in a million. Which means, to some doomsday cult, it's a sure thing!
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NASA open-source initiative stalled by vendor protest, report says

Posted January 14, 2013 - 3:15 pm

A formal bid protest by a proprietary CMS provider over NASA's desired move to an open-source system has halted the process at least temporarily, according to a report from Federal Computer Week.
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10 things that happen to our bodies during space flight

Posted January 10, 2013 - 6:01 pm

Humans face a number of physical changes and challenges in our efforts to reach for the stars.
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Based on CES 2013, manufacturers think we're all klutzes

Posted January 10, 2013 - 12:42 pm

One of the themes of this year’s CES is making products that protect your smartphone or tablet from… you
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