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See the Spectacular Aurora Photos from St. Patrick's Day Solar StormGreen auroras danced in skies around the world last night thanks to a massive solar storm that super-charged the cosmic light displays for St. Patrick's Day.
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St. Patrick's Day Solar Storm Bombards Earth, Sparks Aurorasthe-sun -
Leonard Nimoy, Spock on 'Star Trek,' Dies at 83Actor Leonard Nimoy, who portrayed the beloved Vulcan 'Spock' on the original "Star Trek" TV show, died today (Feb. 27) at 83 years old.
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New Telescope in Chile Now Searching for Alien PlanetsA new alien-planet–hunting telescope has just come online in Chile, and it could help scientists peer into the atmospheres of relatively small planets circling nearby stars.
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Hubble Telescope Captures Best View Ever of the Andromeda Galaxycosmology -
NASA Launches First Orion Deep-Space Capsule in Historic Test Flightspace-exploration -
European Spacecraft Lands on Comet in Historic Space FeatFor the first time in history, a spacecraft built on Earth has softly landed on the face of a comet speeding through deep space.
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European Probe to Make Daring Landing on Comet Wednesday: Watch LiveA European probe is expected to make an audacious landing on the face of a comet tomorrow (Nov. 12), and you can follow it live online starting today (Nov. 11).
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Largest Sunspot in 24 Years Wows Scientists, But Also MystifiesThe biggest sunspot to grace the face of the sun in more than two decades is rotating out of view, but it was responsible for kicking up some truly amazing solar activity this week.
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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Spacecraft Crashes During Test FlightSpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic's passenger spacecraft, experienced an 'anomaly' during its fourth rocket-powered test flight on Friday, Oct. 31. See the latest details here.
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Elon Musk: Artificial Intelligence Is Humanity's 'Biggest Existential Threat'artificial-intelligence -
'Blood Moon' Photos: Total Lunar Eclipse Thrills Skywatchersastronomy -
Ig Nobel Prizes 2014: Jesus Toast, Dog Poop and Raucous Sciencehuman-behavior -
Full Harvest Moon Dominates Night Sky Tonight: Watch It LiveThe full Harvest Moon rises tonight (Sept. 8), and even if you can't see it from your own backyard, you can still watch it live online.
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Newfound Asteroid Will Give Earth Super-Close Shave on SundayAn asteroid will make a close brush with Earth on Sunday, passing by the planet well inside the orbit of the moon.
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Sea Plankton on Space Station? Russian Official Claims It's SoA Russian official claims that samples collected by cosmonauts show evidence of sea plankton on the outside of the International Space Station, news agencies are reporting.
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'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes': Why Apes Can't Speak Like Humansprimates -
'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes': How Actor Embraced Orangutans for Roleprimates -
Sun Unleashes 2 Major Solar Flares Back-to-Back (Video)The sun unleashed two massive solar flares Tuesday (June 10), both of them reaching X-class levels, the biggest storms on the sun. See video of the solar flares here.
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'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes': Digital Effects Wow in Trailerarts-entertainment -
Q&A: Bill Nye the Science Guy on Creationism, Mars and Science TVBill Nye — the creator and star of the 1990s hit TV show "Bill Nye the Science Guy" — thinks that entertainment can help raise scientifically literate kids.
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Spidey Science: 4 Bits of Real Science in 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2''The Amazing Spider-Man 2' is larger than life, and it contains some web-slinging scientific action.
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RIP LADEE: NASA Moon Probe Crashes Into Lunar Surfacethe-moon -
Found! First Earth-Size Planet That Could Support Lifeplanets
