Japanese firm plans 250 mile-wide solar panel belt around Moon
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk, By Julian RyallA Japanese firm announces its innovative solution to the nation's energy problems - a 250 mile-wide belt of solar panels on the moon
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28 Tiny Satellites Launching Together In December to See Earth from Space
• space.comThe world's biggest constellation of Earth-imaging satellites has arrived at its launch site in preparation for liftoff just a few weeks from now.
Comet Ison grazes past Sun's surface
• http://www.bbc.co,Comet Ison has made its closest approach to the Sun, passing about 1.2 million km above the star's surface.
Give Thanks for Cassini, One of the Greatest Space Missions Ever
• http://www.wired.com, By Nadia DrakeA mosaic of 36 Cassini images, captured on Oct. 10, 2013, and assembled into this incredible portrait by Gordan Ugarkovic. Among other details, you can see the hexagon at Saturn's north pole and the remnants of a giant storm that wrapped itself aroun
SpaceX to Launch Landmark Commercial Satellite Mission Today: Watch It Live
• space.comThe private spaceflight company SpaceX is counting down to a critical commercial satellite launch in Florida today (Nov. 25), and you can watch the launch attempt live online.
Aw, Look At These Cute Miniature Satellites Being Launched Into Space
• popsci.comAre you going to do some science, guys?
Comet ISON, if it survives trip around the sun, could bring spectacular sky show
• Washington PostAs Comet ISON hurtles toward the sun, its million-year-long journey through our solar system may end with its violent death — or a spectacular sky show.
Richard Branson: Buy your space flight with bitcoin
• http://www.cnbc.com, : Matthew J. BelvedereBillionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson announced on CNBC's "Squawk Box" Friday that his commercial space flight venture will accept bitcoin as payment. He called it "a new exciting currency."
Virgin Galactic Says You Can Now Ride Bitcoin Into Space
• Wired.comA Hawaiian stewardess who bet early and large on Bitcoin is now using her virtual currency to fly into space.
IceCube Telescope Finds High-Energy Neutrinos, Opens Up New Era in Astronomy
• Wired.comAfter years of finding nothing, scientists at the IceCube neutrino telescope have detected 28 high-energy neutrinos that likely came from some of the most violent and powerful explosions in the universe.
Gold rush in space? Asteroid miners prepare, but eye water first
• ReutersMining in space is moving to commercial reality but metals magnates need not fear a mountain of extraterrestrial supply---the aim is to fuel human voyages deeper into the galaxy. Within 3 years, 2 firms plan prospecting missions to asteroids.
ESA Unveils Spherical Mars Sample Return Container / Video
• http://www.space.com,The Kennedy Space Center's Director (and former astronaut) shares his memories of building the International Space Station with SPACE.com's @MiriKramer and talks about its accomplishments.
Our 10 Favorite Sci-Fi Space Stations of All Time
• http://www.space.com, by Miriam KramerFrom Babylon 5 to the Death Star, space stations have been integral to some of the best science fiction movies of all time.
Adjusting to Life Back On Earth - Karen Nyberg
• http://www.space.comThe recently returned to Earth NASA astronaut talks about adjusting to gravity and her time on the International Space Station with SPACE.com's @MiriKramer.
New Rocket Engine Burns Wax & Laughing Gas/ Video
• http://www.space.comNASA's Peregrine Hybrid Sounding Rocket motor was hot-fire tested at Ames Research Center on Nov. 12, 2013. It uses paraffin-based fuel and nitrous oxide as the oxidizer for highly efficient combustion.
First Satellite Built By High School Students Launches Tonight
• http://www.popsci.com, By Lindsey KratochwillOnboard the Minotaur 1 rocket, there's a gaggle of CubeSats.
Intergalactic Storms on the Way as Sun does a Flip
• http://www.lewrockwell.com, By John StevensMagnetic field change could interfere with satellites and cause radio blackouts
LeVar Burton of ‘Reading Rainbow’ stumps for upcoming Mars mission
• sciencerecorder.comWhat is going on on Mars?
NASA hails success of commercial space program
• phys.orgNASA Administrator Charles Bolden Wednesday hailed the success of the agency's public-private partnership with American companies to resupply the International Space Station and announced the next phase of contracting with U.S. companies to transport
Video: How Mars Looked 4 Billion Years Ago
• popsci.comFilled with idyllic lakes and clouds!
How NASA Will Use 3D Printers in Space (Video)
• http://www.space.com, by Nola Taylor ReddStarting next fall, astronauts on the International Space Station won't have to wait months for replacement parts to be launched from Earth.
Newly discovered black holes defy 40 years of theories
• dvice.comSome of the oldest star clusters in the known universe should not contain black holes, at least according to modern theories.
LUNEX: Another Way to the Moon
• popsci.comBefore the United States had a space agency, the Air Force was researching how to send men to the Moon.
Where Is Curiosity Rover Now? Go There With This Amazing Panorama
• http://www.wired.com, By Adam MannNeed a break? Why not dash over to Mars using this amazing panorama from NASA’s Curiosity rover. The beautiful mosaic stitches together 101 images taken about two weeks ago on the Red Planet to get a full 360-degree view around the rover.
Falkland farewell for 'Space Ferrari'
• bbc.co.ukThe final moments of the Goce satellite were caught on camera as it blazed across the sky above the South Atlantic.
Video of the Day: Security cam shows Chelyabinsk impact
• dvice.comI still think it's amazingly cool that we've been lucky enough to witness a relatively major meteor impact.
India's First Mars Mission Prepares for Launch/ Video
• http://www.space.comEngineers with the Indian Space research Organisation prepare the country’s first Mars probe, the Mars Orbiter Mission, for its fall 2013 launch toward the Red Planet.
Potentially habitable planets are more common than we think
• dvice.comNASA’s Kepler mission is over, but the data that it collected is still being studied by astronomers all over the world.
Lady Gaga Will Become The First Artist To Sing In Space In 2015
• Business InsiderNo one ever said she was down-to-earth! In early 2015, Lady Gaga will become the first artist to sing in outer space, Us Weekly can exclusively reveal.
NASA Spacecraft Finds Bounty of Alien Planets, Including 104 Potentially Habitable Worlds
• http://www.space.com, by Tanya LewisThe search for other Earth-like planets in the galaxy got a major boost today (Nov. 4) with the discovery of hundreds of newfound alien planets identified by NASA's Kepler spacecraft, a haul that includes 104 strange, new worlds that could potentiall
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