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NASA’s chief thinks we’ll find proof of alien life within a decade
Although interest in alien life has been present throughout human history in some form, it wasn't until man actually developed space travel that people became truly interested in the subject,...
Sorry guys, it looks like Star Trek isn’t coming back to television
Considering how Star Trek has been one of the most beloved television shows in the world for several decades, everyone was willing to believe that the series would be making...
Researchers are testing a robotic, alien-hunting laser drill
While Mars gets all the press, a group of NASA scientists are laying the groundwork for a more exotic destination: the ice-covered moon of Europa, locked in orbit above Jupiter....
DARPA wants to put a bulletproof wall inside of a can
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has envisioned some peculiar and diverse projects over the years, from molten metal-filled missiles, all the way to submarines that can fly. Then there's...
The US military is shutting down a conspiracy-filled research facility
A US military research facility long at the center of conspiracy theories will be dismantled and shut down this summer, if all goes according to plan. HAARP, an acronym for...
NASA’s $600 million Keplar space telescope comes back online
Quite a few people at NASA breathed a heavy sigh of relief this week after learning that space telescope Kepler is once again able to resume finding new planets outside...