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NASA Shock Study: Antarctica Is Growing Not Shrinking

Antarctica is growing not shrinking, according to the latest study from NASA. Furthermore, instead of contributing to rising sea levels, the still-very-much-frozen southern continent is actually reducing them by 0.23 mm per year. The study – by an organization not hitherto noted

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‘The Martian’ Review: Top-Notch Hollywood Entertainment

“Apollo 13″ meets “Interstellar” in director Ridley Scott’s “The Martian,” and the result is a blockbuster piece of entertainment that matches both. Matt Damon has never been more likable as Mark Watney, an American astronaut and botanist who, in a

Guest cooked smores on a open fire during The Surfrider Foundation Two Coasts: One Ocean August 8, 2015 in Montauk, New York. (Photo by

NASA Teaches Kids How To Cook S’mores With The Sun

But don’t be in a hurry — the instructions point out that after propping up your solar flaps, you have to wait at least 30 minutes for the “oven” to “preheat.” Once the marshmallows are in the oven, the instructions note that it might take up to a full hour for them to melt, plus an additional period of time to melt the chocolate.

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NASA, Amazon & Google Join to Manage Commercial Drone Traffic

Google’s 60-year lease to co-locate with NASA’s Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in Mountain View, California, which was signed in November 2014, appears to be paving the way for the formation of a partnership between NASA, Google and Amazon to develop and roll out an automated national air traffic control system for drone flights.

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Watch: Pluto Probe Phones Home

NASA’s v space probe has phoned home to say it’s successfully passed Pluto. There were scenes of jubilation when the space agency was contacted by the craft, almost 24 hours after it first crossed paths with the dwarf planet. Sky’s Mark

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NASA Prepares For a Close Encounter With Pluto

When the probe gets closer, maybe we’ll discover Pluto’s heart is broken, because we don’t call it a planet any more. Have we tried asking Pluto if it identifies as a planet? Why aren’t we more concerned about making it feel unsafe with exclusionary astro-normative trigger language?

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China Plans Mission to ‘Dark’ Side of Moon

China is working on a lunar project with plans to land a space probe and rover on the “dark” side of the moon, according to one of the top engineers in its Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP). If the mission is successful, it would be the first time that a probe has ever landed on the far side of the moon.