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There’s no life outside of Earth, scientist claims
There is no hope of finding alien life in space because conditions on all other planets…
Secret payload launched on largest West Coast rocket
The largest rocket ever launched from the U.S. West Coast blasted off on Thursday from Vandenberg…
NASA plans Valentine’s date with comet
Like two strangers in the night, a U.S. spacecraft and a speeding comet will dash past…
Star light, star less bright helps measure universe
A Canadian-led study of the distinctive, pulsating stars that astronomers use to calculate vast distances across…
NASA can’t afford new rocket, spacecraft
NASA this week told Congress it cannot afford to build a new heavy-lift rocket and spacecraft…
Space oddities go on auction in U.S.
A freeze-dried beef pot roast, the business card of the first man to walk on the…
Russia set to re-enter space tourism business
Russia will start selling multimillion-dollar tourist tickets to the International Space Station again in 2013 after…
Dwarf planets in a big solar system
Pluto fans, take heart. Dethroned from the planetary pantheon, the dwarf world may still reign -…
Planck space telescope serves up cosmic feast
Astronomers exulted on Tuesday at the first results from Europe’s billion-dollar Planck space telescope, designed to…