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No Spaceship Ride for 'Harry Potter' Author J.K. Rowling ... YetVirgin Galactic founder pens funny rebuttal of rumors.
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Supernova 'CSI' Team Eyes Old Photos for Stellar Blast VictimHubble photos taken before the explosion show the star that would later go supernova.
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Electrons' Elusive Hideouts Imaged for First TimePhysicists have seen the tiny circles electrons travel when exposed to magnetic fields.
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Microbe Music: Scientists Turn Algae Data Into SongsMeasurements of microbes create tunes, from springy "Bloom" to jazz-y "Blues for Elle."
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Mouth of Giant Black Hole Measured for First TimeTelescope peers in at closest matter swirling around a black hole.
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Packing for an Interstellar Space Voyage: What to Bring?New kinds of clothes, and a rethinking of clothing altogether, may be necessary.
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Hubble Telescope Reveals Farthest View Into Universe EverThe Hubble Space Telescope's Extreme Deep Field survey reveals 5,500 galaxies and peers back 13.2 billion years into the universe's past.
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Is 'Looper'-like Time Travel Possible? Scientists Say MaybeTime travel, as presented in the new movie "Looper," isn't outlawed by physics.
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Elusive Element 113 Finally Created, Researchers SayThe unstable element with 113 protons inside its nucleus has been hard to create in a lab.
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Eternal Clock Could Keep Time After Universe DiesScientists have envisioned a space-time crystal with cyclical structure in time as well as space.
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Famous Uncertainty Principle Has Been Misunderstood, Scientists SayThe act of measuring something doesn't have to change it as much as once thought.
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Giant Asteroid Vesta Surprisingly Covered in HydrogenNASA's Dawn probe skimmed close over the surface of Vesta to study its composition.
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What's That? Your Physics Questions AnsweredQuick and easy definitions of string theory, quantum entanglement, singularities, and other confounding terms.
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Should Humanity Take Religion on Interstellar Space Voyage?Experts clashed over whether organized religions would help or hinder an interstellar spaceflight effort.
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Largest Moon Rock Ever Auctioned Could Fetch $380,000A lunar meteorite that fell to Earth is now on sale to the highest bidder.
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NASA Astronaut Completes 1st Triathlon in SpaceSpace station commander Suni Williams ran, biked and "swam" the Nautica Malibu Triathlon.
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Warp Drive May Be More Feasible Than Thought, Scientists SayNew calculations suggest we might actually be able to build a warp drive for faster than light travel.
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What Is the Smallest Thing in the Universe?Atoms were split to reveal protons, which were split to reveal quarks. What's next?
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NASA Building New Moon Lander Prototype After Fiery CrashThe fiery crash of the first Morpheus prototype hasn't stopped the innovative project.
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100 Year Starship Symposium Kicks Off to Ponder Interstellar TravelCelebrities, artists, scientists and astronauts are meeting in Houston for the 100-Year Starship Symposium.
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Interstellar Starship Meeting Warps Into Houston This WeekTravel between stars is the topic of a symposium this week in Houston.
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'Quantum Teleportation' Beams Information Farther Than Ever BeforeThe state of a particle was transmitted between two islands.
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Want to Launch A Rocket? Don't Forget Your Lucky TuxNASA scientists often rely on traditions to give missions boosts of good luck.
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Baby Bison Born Via Embryo Transfer May Boost Species RecoveryAn embryo transfer method could help save the endangered purebred American bison.
