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At Brown, engineers work on laser-powered lightsails that could make it to Mars in hours instead of months
A highly reflective lightsail pushed by light energy in the same way sailboats are pushed by the wind could travel as fast as ...
Could an asteroid hit the moon? Odds rise after NASA's Webb examines YR4. The projections
Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so ...
Hiltzik: Trump's NASA cuts would destroy decades of science and wipe out its future
Trump's proposed 50% cut in NASA's science budget would turn the agency into an empty shell. Who's behind this?
Trump’s NASA cuts would destroy decades of science and wipe out its future
Trump's proposed 50% cut in NASA's science budget would turn the agency into an empty shell. Who's behind this?
Neighbours Soap Scoop! Andrew and Wendy's new crisis
Andrew and Wendy's marriage runs into more problems. Donald Trump wants his new Air Force One as soon as possible. That could be an issue This is how many push-ups you should be able to do, based on ...
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Early visions of Mars: Meet the 19th-century astronomer who used science fiction to imagine the red planet
The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...