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Stop What You’re Doing, Explore Mars Right Now

11:45AM January 26, 2012 | Brent Rose

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to walk around on Mars? For 99.99999% of us, this may be as close as we ever get. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has given us the honour of taking the lid off of this awesome, interactive eye-candy. Basically it’s Google Earth, for Mars. More »

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This Is The Next Mars Rover

8:29AM April 7, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

I want to ride the Mars Rover Curiosity. Sure, at a maximum of 90m per hour it would be a glacial ride, but the bloody thing is going to Mars. Where have I been lately? To the dog park two blocks from my house, that’s where. And there’s no dog poop in Mars. More »

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An Asteroid Could Have Killed Us Tonight

2:27PM October 17, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Rejoice, because you are alive: An asteroid named 2009 TM8 just passed only 347,500km from Earth, racing at 29,230kph. That’s closer than the moon. But don’t worry, there’ll be plenty of opportunities to panic, says the JPL: More »

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NASA Creates Anti-Gravity Field, Makes Lab Rats Levitate

2:00AM September 11, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

NASA scientists have created an anti-gravity field that works at room temperature, which is a big Where’s My Back to the Future Skateboard breakthrough. The only problem is that it only works on mice. Mice high as kites, in fact. More »

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NASA Kills Ulysses Spacecraft After 18 Years Of Studying The Sun

1:00AM July 2, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever / But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the Sun. More »

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Fellow Robots Trying to Help Stuck Mars Spirit

12:40AM May 22, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

You know when Woody gets kidnapped and then Buzz Lightyear and Mr Potato and all the toys go to rescue him from the evil toy man? Well, this story has nothing to do with that.

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