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Category: Space
The Mars-500 Project’s crew starts training
Eleven volunteers from Russia, Europe and China have been selected to prepare for a simulation flight to Mars in The Mars-500 project. Six of them will be chosen and isolated […] full story
New Space Engines May Trade Fuel For Photons
Chemical combustion engines are an unbeatable technology for escaping Earth’s atmosphere and gravitational pull. In space, however, these rockets are inefficient—they burn through huge quantities of fuel while generating more […] full story
SETI opens up its data to You, ‘citizen scientists’
You are officially invited to join the search for extraterrestrial life. And no, that doesn’t mean you should head to Kansas and lie in a cornfield awaiting the mothership to […] full story
Ancient Astronomers Carving A Tree in California?
Though local lore held that the so-called “scorpion tree” had been the work of cowboys, paleontologist Rex Saint Onge immediately knew that the tree was carved by Indians when he […] full story
Mystery Comet or Asteroid Collision?
February 2, 2010 – Last month something strange was spotted in the asteroid belt. It looked like a comet, but its strange circular orbit around the sun suggested it must […] full story