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U.S. readies for space storms that could crash critical networks

The U.S. is making preparations to protect communications and transportation systems from potentially dangerous space weather events. Last month, the National Science and Technology Council released theNational Space Weather Action Plan, a road map developed to prepare for a weather event in...

It's not the end of the world: But keep an eye on the night sky for big fireballs anyway

Look for occasional fireballs in the sky over the next several days, as the Taurid meteor shower approaches its peak. According to AccuWeather meteorologist Dave Samuhel, the Earth annually passes through a stream left by Comet Encke, which produces the shower. “This shower is notorious for...

See the Giant Cluster of Galaxies NASA Just Discovered

It's 8.5 billion light-years away NASA telescopes have spotted a galaxy cluster 8.5 billion light-years away, the space agencyannounced Tuesday. It is the most massive structure ever found such a long distance from Earth. The space agency explains a galaxy cluster is a group of thousands of...

This Week’s Night Sky: Planets and Moon Meet Up

Venus and Mars.  Early risers will get to witness a super-close encounter between Venus and Mars an hour before sunrise on Tuesday, November 3.   Both planets will appear just a little more than a half degree apart—equal to about the width of the full moon. Over the course of the week,...

Barrack Obama Hosts Two of the Three Apollo 11 Crew Members

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ISEE-3 spacecraft returning from the grave

Like a phoenix emerging from the ashes, NASAs International Sun-Earth Explorer 3 (ISEE-3) spacecraft has returned to life after remaining inactive for 27 years, engaging its thrusters on July 2 in preparation for a major shift in course.(link)

NASA selects winning prototype spacesuit for traveling to Mars

-/AFP/GETTY IMAGESNASAs new spacesuit prototype glows in the dark and has light-emitting patches. This design beat two others in a public contest with more than 200,000 votes. (link)

How a 3-D printed arm gave hope to boy maimed in bomb blast

(CNN)-- It's a good thing I didn't know exactly how dangerous a trip I was embarking on, because when I left home in October 2013 to fly to Sudan, I was scared enough. What I had committed to was, quite frankly, the most "impossible" thing I'd ever tried to accomplish.Three months earlier, over...

California condors could soar into Oregon after Yurok Tribe releases them south of the border

A free-flying California condor cruises the skies over Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in northern Arizona, where some of the condors bred at the Oregon Zoo have been freed.(Ross William Hamilton/The Oregonian)(link)