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Amazing Photograph of ISS Next to Moon Captured with Standard DSLR Camera

That’s right, an amateur astronomer captured the amazing photograph you see above, with a Nikon D3S, 600mm lens and 2x converter, heavy-duty Bogen tripod with sandbag and a trigger cable to minimize camera shake; the came...

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Apple iPad 2 Gets Dropped 100,000-Feet from Space, Survives

Ever wonder if an Apple iPad 2 could survive a 100,000-foot fall from space? Well, wonder no more as “G-Form wanted to demonstrate how well their Extreme Edge sleeve protects the iPad, so they hooked one up to a weather b...

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New Planet Kepler-22b Might be Earth’s Twin

NASA Ames Research Center scientists announced the discovery of Kepler-22b, a new planet that just might be earth’s twin. Located approximately 600-light-years away from earth, its “temperature is around 72 degrees ...

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Laser Stars Projector Turns Any Ceiling Into a Starry Night

The Laser Stars projector from Amazon utilizes “two built-in precision glass lenses, plus a green laser and holographic technology to create thousands of stars and an amazing light show; the coolest most amazing light...

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ISS Captures Breathtaking Footage of Northern Lights

Most commonly known “as auroras, the International Space Station photographed a magnificent green and red hue from its orbit 200 miles up.” The footage you’re about to see was captured as the ISS traveled over...

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Incredible Time-Lapse Video Lets You Go Around the World in 60-Seconds

Traveling around the world in 60-seconds just got easier, thanks to James Drake. He basically “spliced together the images from the ISS, which travels at about 220 miles above the surface, to create the one-minute footage...

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Scientists Discover Real Star Wars Planet That Orbits Two Suns

Scientists at NASA have discovered a real-life Star Wars planet called Kepler-16b, “which orbits a red and an orange star in the constellation Cygnus, 200 light-years from Earth.”

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Spaceport America Will Be Ready for Flights in 2013

Richard Branson is set officially debut phase one of Spaceport America, the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport, in 2013. That’s not all, “construction of phase two has already begun and is set for completion...

by Nathan Rossiter

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