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"For a space elevator travelling at the current proposed speed of 200 kilometres per hour, however, passengers might spend half a week in the belts. That would hit them with 200 times the radiati

"The extra sunlight would provide warmth and solar power for human explorers, but some experts say the mirrors may be hard to deploy."

"Between 2000 and 2005, emissions grew four times faster than in the preceding 10 years..." This is not good news.

"Small clouds of the stuff are thought to have coalesced after the big bang, and then gradually merged together. When enough dark matter is gathered into a huge "halo", it attracts ordi

"A strangely persistent patch of frozen water is among the features imaged by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) in the first few days since it started its main phase of science observation

"People perceive different patterns in the same sound sequences depending on their native tongue, researchers have found."

"New York City health authorities voted unanimously on Tuesday to ban the use of artificial cooking oils, known as trans fats, in the city’s eateries." It'll be interesting to see if this ma

"The famous "pillars of creation" – clouds of dust and gas imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope, are no more – a supernova blast wave has blown them apart." Life goes on.

"Digging on Mars and drilling on the Moon could become the main aims of Europe's space effort. These were the enticing prospects discussed at a meeting ... about the European Space Agency's explo

"There's no need to feel threatened about this," Jianchao told journalists. "We are not going to get into any arms race in space."

"A fleet of exploding probes could prepare the way for warding off hazardous asteroids. Several of the small spherical robots would land on a single asteroid, some exploding while others listen f

"Mars is losing little water to space, according to new research, so much of its ancient abundance may still be hidden beneath the surface." Wait one month for the debunk, then another month

"The main camera for NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is out of commission again, but this time, the agency believes it can never be fully revived." Just when they'd made a plan to fix the thin

"All space missions grapple with the issue of how to produce enough power to complete their goals while minimising the weight of batteries and solar arrays." The solution? Ear hair proteins.

"A 'mechanic' satellite designed to refuel and repair a partner in space is set to launch on Thursday. The feats would be the first of their kind and will lay the groundwork for future autonomous

"Blimps steered by artificial muscles may one day swim through the air like fish, suggest recent flight tests." Old trope, new twist. Any bets on the time-till-included-in-sf-story of this i

"Magnetic "deflector shields" could one day guard astronauts against dangerous space radiation, if experiments now underway pay off."

"If so, it would help resolve a quantum conundrum known as the black hole information paradox, but critics say it would also raise new problems, such as how the wormholes would form in the first

"Although the mission was originally expected to be beyond any possible help after it launches in 2013, NASA officials say they are now looking into minor modifications to the design to allow a s

"Scientists at the Ad Astra Rocket Company hope the engine will eventually be cheaper to operate than conventional models and will reduce travel time for space missions."

"The firm Bigelow Aerospace has launched its second inflatable space module, Genesis 2, taking another step towards its goal of building crewed, inflatable space stations that could be leased to