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NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has shut down
due to an apparent problem with its positioning system, suspending
indefinitely its science mission.
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Because the Manhattan skyline is so iconic, New York City is
often the backdrop for implausible imaginary sci-fi futures -- now see
an artist's fanciful renderings of NYC on 5 planets of the solar system.
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As Star Trek 'Into Darkness' hits movie screens, let's take a
look at the plausibility of traveling at warp speed and some of the
real physics behind the warp drive.
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A rare isotope of iron found in fossilized bacteria under the
Pacific ocean gives clues to a near-Earth supernova which exploded 2.2
million years ago.
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An exoplanet has been discovered by Kepler using a strange quirk of relativity.
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