A new era of space travel is about to begin. SpaceX’s Dragon capsule is set to…
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Planet Hunters widens the net for dwarf novae
Online science volunteers may soon have the opportunity to help astrophysicists track down an exotic class…
Photos: NASA’s humanoid robot, Robonaut 2
Meet Robonaut 2, a dexterous humanoid robot NASA has designed to work alongside astronauts in space.…
Space, the mining frontier: U.S. company eyes asteroid bonanza
Once the fictional profession of spacefaring roughnecks played by Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck, the mining…
Tech billionaires bankroll gold rush to mine asteroids
Google execs Larry Page and Eric Schmidt and filmmaker James Cameron are among those bankrolling a…
SpaceX delays trip to space station
Space Exploration Technologies, a privately held firm founded and run by entrepreneur Elon Musk, is delaying…
Canadian bureaucracy and a joint study with NASA
How a simple question about a this joint study between the Nataional Research Council and NASA…
Astronauts get crash course in Canadarm2
Astronauts on the International Space Station are getting a crash course on the Canadarm2 in order…
NASA clears SpaceX for cargo run to space station
NASA has cleared a cargo ship owned by Space Exploration Technologies for a test flight to…
See photos of the world’s first flying car
A Massachusetts-based company has announced a flying car is on its way to market within the…