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LaserMotive's Robot Is The First Ever To Win NASA's $900,000 Space Elevator Prize - Space Elevator - GizmodoLaserMotive's Robot Is The First Ever To Win NASA's $900,000 Space Elevator Prize LaserMotive's photovoltaic-powered machine became the first in the 3-year history of NASA's space elevator contest to climb a 2,953-foot-long ribbon, securing a prize of $900,000. However, they fell short of ...
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We're Not So Different, Earth and Mars - Space - GizmodoWe're Not So Different, Earth and Mars Here are two galleries for you, both of photos taken from space. ...
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Image DisplayThe image at right is Hubble's close-up view of the myriad stars near the galaxy's core, the bright whitish region at far right. An image of the entire galaxy, taken by the European Southern Observatory's Wide Field Imager on the ESO/MPG 2.2-meter telescope at La Silla, Chile, is shown at left. ...
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Rapid supernova could be new class of exploding starArtist's impression of an AM-CVn star system, where helium flows from one star, a helium white dwarf (upper right), onto another, piling up in an accretion disk around a small, dense primary star. Helium from the disk eventually falls onto the star, forming a shell that may end up exploding as a ...
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Device like ‘Star Trek’ replicator is in the works - Space.com- msnbc.comSpace explorers have yet to get their hands on the replicator of "Star Trek" to create anything they might require. But NASA has developed a technology that could enable lunar colonists to carry out on-site manufacturing on the moon, or allow future astronauts to create critical spare parts ...
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3Lunar orbiter spots Apollo landing sites - Space.com- msnbc.comNevertheless, conspiracy theorists and doubters will just claim these images are false.JDP added 3 months ago
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How to Defend Earth Against an Asteroid Strike | Wired Science from Wired.comI'd hate to mess up space. There's enough human waste junk up there already. I just hate to think how much nuclear waste we will create out in space if we start firing off at every big asteroid heading this way. Personally I'll leave my future in the hands of its creator. We don't have enough ...Murray Peat added 7 months ago
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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Galaxy has 'billions of Earths'" could be one hundred billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy." That is why searching is still going one. Find out what *really* exists. This is just reporting what the latest information and best extrapolations indicate. That is all it is. That is all it *says* it is.Phil Duby added 7 months ago
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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Galaxy has 'billions of Earths'But show me just one that does. Count the doubtful words in this short description - could, just, very few, however, roasting, estimated, probably, most likely... No positive facts whatsoever. Just assumptions. Nothing to come close to "billions of..."Murray Peat added 7 months ago
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Space: NASA Detects Mystery Booming Sound In Deep Space, Origin UnknownIt's all the deep rock drumming you hear booming out of car radios beside you in traffic jams. This noise doesn't just fade away. Seriously. It is carried on waves out into space. Think of all the noise our planet makes. That noise goes out, hits an audio exponentially reverberating mirror way ...Murray Peat added 8 months ago
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