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Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks Humans Are Stupid For Aliens To Contact
Neil DeGrasse Tyson might not think all that much of the human race. Why? Well he explains it Fermi Paradox …
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Wrath Of Khan Director Penning TV Pilot About The Origins Of The Space Race
Whenever the American space program is featured in film, it’s usually in the context of a huge shuttle launch or …
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Fake Astronauts Undertake Four-Month Fake Mission To Mars
It might be awhile before we actually put a human on Mars, but Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) …
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Games Workshop Can’t Keep Space Marine Book Off Amazon
You might remember last February, when we ran a story about how Games Workshop had approached Amazon and asked the …
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Boomerangs Work Just Fine In Zero Gravity, Thank You Very Much
Boomerangs are a handy weapon to have. You throw one, you miss, and it comes right back to you. Not …
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A Boy And His Dog Wreck Your Emotions In This Three-Minute Short, Spacebound
Before watching this, realize that it’s a heart breaker. It’s NSFW only if you don’t want to get teary-eyed in …
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Seventies NASA Concept Art Imagines The Future That Still Hasn’t Arrived
We’ve often complained that the future we were promised never arrived. We don’t live in the floating cities or drive …
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F-1 Apollo Mission Engines Recovered From Ocean Floor
From the farthest reaches of manned space exploration to deep below the ocean’s surface, a soon-to-be restored pair of F-1 …
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Unmanned Spaceplane Test Flight Planned for 2014
I don’t think it would be outside the means of science to resurrect John Denver in a few years specifically …
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Smartphone Satellite Will Listen For Screams In Space
There have definitely been times over the last few years when I’ve wanted to take my cell phone and throw …
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Meteor Falls On Russia, Injures Around 1,000 People
Don’t forget that there was a day in Russia where residents got one of the true surprises you’ll ever heard …
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Games Workshop Claims To Own Trademark On Space Marines
Here at Giant Freakin’ Robot, we liberally spread our opinions over the stories we bring to our readers, but rarely …
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Deep Space Industries Reveals Plans To Mine Asteroids In 2015
The future is now-ish.
DIY Spaceship Bed Made by Coolest Dad Ever
For a website whose majority of story output come from other sources – like the majority of other websites in …
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Scientists Believe They’ll Find An Earth-Like Planet In 2013
Since 1995 with the discovery of the first exoplanet, scientists and astronomers have been intrigued by the possibility of finding …
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A Space Harpoon Could Clean Up Orbiting Debris
“Space Harpooner” may be an honest-to-god job description in the future. A British firm is looking to develop technology that …
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Doctor Who Recap: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
Dinosaurs with a dash of foreshadowing.
Was Mars Actually A Wet Planet?
When the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spied vast clay deposits on the surface of Mars, it was a major discovery that …
See Real NASA Astronauts In Famous Sci-Fi Movie Posters
One would imagine being an astronaut is a high-stress occupation. Despite being quite literally a dream job for many at …
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One Of Neptune’s Moons Is Hiding A Subsurface Ocean?
Mankind’s exploration of space has revealed many fascinating discoveries over the years about the composition of our solar system and …
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Moon Bubbles: Do They Hold The Key To Radiation Shielding On Spacecraft?
Mankind may have walked on it, zoomed around it, and thrown satellites into its surface, but the moon still has …
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A Tribute To Neil Armstrong, The Most Important Man Who Ever Lived
He wasn’t just the guy who happened to be first out of the airlock.
California Governor Declares Today Space Day
Space is big news over the last couple of years. Virgin Galactic is on the cusp of offering up “affordable” …
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Stars Can Devour Planets And Astronomers Have Seen It Happen
Five billion years from now, after our sun exhausts its nuclear fuel and starts to expand into a red giant, …
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See The Rare Cosmic Collision Caught By The Hubble Telescope
Chalk another one up in the “things we thought we knew” column. Deep inside the Tarantula Nebula, what has long …
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Alien Life May Be Found Orbiting Saturn
Forget the harsh conditions of Mars and Jupiter’s frigid moons; the latest front-runner as a possible place to find alien …
Watch Space Guys In Space, It’s Like Red Dwarf Without The Accents
Last year Attack the Block proved you don’t need a big Hollywood budget to make great science fiction movies anymore. …
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Man Plans To Break Records By Skydiving From Outer Space
One of the coolest scenes in J.J. Abrams’ 2009 Star Trek relaunch saw Kirk, Sulu, and Chief Engineer Olson perform …
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Canadian Teens Conquer Space With A Lego Man And A Weather Balloon
Exploring the final frontier has traditionally been the work of scientists, national governments, and the occasional eccentric billionaire. After all, …
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