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Krun Macula Meets Sputnik Planum on Pluto [Video]
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Unreal Video from Latest SpaceX Rocket Landing
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176,000-Year-Old Neandertal Structures and Life in the Universe
Ancient structures possibly built by early hominids raise many of the same puzzles as our quest for life elsewhere does
2.7-Billion-Year-Old Bubbles, Raindrops and Mitochondria
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Is Zika How Humanity Ends?
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Can Starshot Work?
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SpaceX, That Vision Thing, and Mars
Safely landing a first-stage rocket on a ship opens up "cheap" orbital space, but also shows a path to Mars
Treating the Origins of Life like Physics
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