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when science fiction invades global politics

The UN is musing about a giant sunshade to cool the planet by reflecting 1% of the light that reaches us. They really don't want to know the price tag...
when science fiction invades global politics

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io9 already planning to colonize gliese 581g…

Ads for extrasolar attractions and preemptively naming cities on an alien world are all well and good. But what will it take to really start colonizing a distant planet?
io9 already planning to colonize gliese 581g…

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the short life and times of a little meteor…

You've probably never seen a meteor quite like this...
the short life and times of a little meteor…

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repent, for the end of time is relatively near!

According to four physicist time will keep going for billions of years until one day it will just... stop.
repent, for the end of time is relatively near!

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the search for alien water hits on gliese 581g

We think Gliese 581g might have liquid water on its surface. How do we check if it really does?
the search for alien water hits on gliese 581g

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alien planet has alien chemistry. io9 is shocked.

GJ 436b has some interesting chemistry, but it's not rewriting astronomy and chemistry books, nor is it a huge surprise to scientists.
alien planet has alien chemistry. io9 is shocked.

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the ongoing search for a simpler, neater universe

While many physicists are trying to dive deeper and deeper into the complexities of space and time, others are looking for a much simpler explanation of the universe's mysteries.
the ongoing search for a simpler, neater universe

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could a geocentrist even screw in a lightbulb?

There's here, they're loud, and they somehow missed the last 600 years of science...
could a geocentrist even screw in a lightbulb?

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when a few million years don't mean much…

Scientists issue a correction to the age of the Earth. What does this mean? Pretty much nothing...
when a few million years don't mean much…

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the birth of a supermassive monster, revisited

While we still don't know how supermassive black holes get as heavy and large as they are, but we have a few ideas...
the birth of a supermassive monster, revisited

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when simulations and the media collide

Despite what the media might have told you, we don't actually know if a rocky planet slammed into Jupiter or not.
when simulations and the media collide

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how hot could it get inside a black hole?

Black holes radiate virtually no energy, much less anything we'd consider heat. But that doesn't mean their innards aren't superheated to cosmic extremes...
how hot could it get inside a black hole?

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never ask a biologist to do an engineer's job

PZ Myers declares space exploration and colonizing other words dead on arrival. Let me count the way's he's wrong about that...
never ask a biologist to do an engineer's job

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a space-scape made of concentrated awesome

Here's a little something for fans of large, complex space art...
a space-scape made of concentrated awesome

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alt cosmology paper reinvents the big crunch

Another day, another example of comic numerology making big claims and falling on its face.
alt cosmology paper reinvents the big crunch

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