Space
Satellite quantum-communication circles closer
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Phytoplankton in decline: bye bye food chain?
Tiny marine plants that help support life in the oceans are declining in numbers – and that's worth worrying about, says Michael Marshall
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New Space Telescope Mirrors Get Frosty Treatment
NASA is putting the mirrors for its ambitious new James Webb Space Telescope through the ultimate cold test.
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Huge Star Burns Fast and Furious in Photo
A bright hot star with more than 70 times the mass of our sun will live fast and die young.
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How Astronomy Lit Up the Solar System
Astronomy has come a long way in the 401 years since Galileo turned his first primitive telescope to the sky, so it's no surprise we see a very different solar system than the field's earliest pioneers.
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Alien Planets Gather Close Around Dying Star
A pair of alien planets is locked in an orbital embrace around a dying star, a new study discovered.
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TechNewsDaily: Fuel-Efficient Finalist Vehicles Announced for Auto X Prize
The racetrack portion of the $10 million Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize competition is over.
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Check It Out: Planetary Triangle Forming in the Evening Sky
A trio of planets converging in the night sky this week to give casual skywatchers the perfect chance to see Mars, Venus and Saturn.
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Tiny Satellites Can Do Big Science
The shrinking technology of cell phones, laptops and cameras are now leading to palm-sized satellites.
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More Than 1,300 Space Shuttle Workers Get Layoff Notices
Hundreds of engineers and technicians working on NASA's space shuttles received layoff notices this week from United Space Alliance.
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Violent Spacequakes Shake Earth's Magnetic Field
Like an earthquake in space, so-called spacequakes are temblors in Earth's magnetic field caused by plasma flying off the sun.
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Cave Will Make Klingon Tourists Feel at Home
A new audio tour in Klingon will guide Trekkers through the spelunking frontier of Australia's Jenolan Caves.
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UK to Launch Homegrown Mini-Satellite Cube
The UK Space Agency has announced it will develop and launch a miniature cube-shaped satellite to be used for inexpensive science missions in low-Earth orbit.
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Astrobiology Field Reports: Sampling Microbial Muck
Astrobiology Magazine's Henry Bortman reports from the Pavilion Lake Research Project in British Columbia, Canada where he collected nasty-smelling microbial slime at nearby lakes.
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Asteroid Could Threaten the Earth in 2182
A large asteroid in space that has a remote chance of slamming into to Earth would be more likely to hit the Earth in 2182, if it crashed into our planet at all, a new study suggests.
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Massive Black Hole Bends Light to Magnify Distant Galaxy
A giant black hole spouting energy from inside a galaxy is acting like a cosmic magnifying glass, giving astronomers a clear view of an even more distant galaxy behind it.
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Huge Satellite Poses 150-Year Threat of Space Debris
The huge European satellite Envisat is possible the most dangerous piece of space debris circling the Earth for the next 150 years, experts say.
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Inside TRAK: a new robot shows us how we think
A new robot called TRAK has been programmed to map its surroundings – but it could also tell us more about the human brain
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Black Holes in Space
Have you ever heard about Black holes? Want to know some interesting facts on black holes in space? Keep reading to enlighten yourself with some interesting facts and finds! We all have surely heard about the general theory of relativity, which was proposed by Albert Einstein.
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Spinning black holes could expose exotic particles
If a potential dark matter particle – the axion – exists, it could reveal itself in explosions around black holes
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