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Amazing Photo Shows Saturn Dwarfing Tiny MoonSaturn's gorgeous rings are on display alongside the tiny moon Mimas.
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The Best Space Photos Ever: Astronauts & Scientists Weigh inHere are the most beloved space photos of scientists, photographers, authors and historians.
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Quantum Mystery of Light Revealed by New ExperimentA new experiment has revealed light behaving like both a particle and a wave simultaneously.
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NASA Pumpkin Carver Creates Curiosity Space-O'-LanternA NASA worker has a long-standing tradition of carving "space-o'-lanterns."
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New NASA Spaceship Comes Together for 2014 Test LaunchNASA's Orion capsule is being built now for an unmanned launch in 2014.
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Will the Large Hadron Collider Destroy Earth?Whether the world's largest atom smasher will destroy Earth is just one question buzzing around on the eve of LHC's opening.
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Meteorite From California Fireball Is Meteor-wrong, Scientist SaysA stone thought to be a meteorite deposited by an Oct. 17 fireball is just a rock, scientists say.
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Meteorite Found! Fragment of California Fireball Hit HouseThe meteorite from the Oct. 17 fireball dented the roof of a house in Novato, Calif.
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Private Space Taxi Builders On Track to Launch Astronauts SoonSpaceX, Sierra Nevada, and Boeing are each making progress toward launching people on private spacecraft.
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Private Spaceflight Industry at Big Turning Point, Experts SayThis year has seen major milestones in the development of private spaceflight.
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How Singer Sarah Brightman Could Change the Face of Private Space TravelBrightman will be one of the most famous private citizens to fly to space.
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Mercury Craters Look Like Cookie Monster in NASA PhotoCookie! A new photo from NASA's Messenger spacecraft looks a lot like Sesame Street's Cookie Monster.
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Curiosity Rover's Pet Mars Rock 'Jake' Unlike Any Seen on Red PlanetA rock being examined by Curiosity is different from previously studied Mars rocks.
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Super-Earth Planet Likely Made of DiamondThe alien planet 55 Cancri e could be completely covered in diamonds, scientists say.
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Space Funding Startup Uwingu to Unveil 1st ProductUwingu aims to fund space exploration and research through product sales.
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The Twisted Physics of 5 Olympic SportsTake a look at the physics behind swimming, diving, gymnastics, archery and badminton.
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Singer Sarah Brightman Will Ride Russian Rocket to Space
Classical singing star Sarah Brightman has brokered a deal to visit the International Space Station.
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What Nobel Prize Winners Do With Their MoneyNobel Prize money sometimes funds fantasy purchases, but more often goes toward mortgages and charities.
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Why the Higgs Boson Didn't Win This Year's NobelSpeculation was rampant that this year's Nobel would reward the discovery of the Higgs particle.
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2012 Nobel Physics Prize Goes to Quantum Optics PioneersFrench physicist Serge Haroche and American physicist David Wineland shared the 2012 prize.
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Hidden in Einstein's Math: Faster-than-Light Travel?Special relativity can accommodate objects moving faster than light, given a few minor adjustments, physicists say.
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How Sputnik Changed the World 55 Years Ago TodayThe world's first man-made satellite sparked the Space Race more than half a century ago.
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Dogged Seekers of Dark Matter Win Physics PrizeBlas Cabrera and Bernard Sadoulet have never given up their hunt for dark matter.
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Speed of Universe's Expansion Measured Better Than EverThis expansion rate helps astronomers understand the nature of dark energy.
