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A Strong Earthquake Turned a High-Powered Telescope Into a Seismograph

By Jeffrey Kluger

Medical Schools Can Do Better for Aspiring Doctors with Disabilities

By The Aspen Institute

See Stunning New Images of Irma and Jose From Space

By Pratheek Rebala

SpaceX Makes History With Rocket Landing

By Mark Rivett-Carnac
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SpaceX Will Launch Another Rocket

The rocket is designed to carry satellites from U.S. company Orbcomm into low-earth orbit

By Joanna Plucinska

How to Kill a Satellite — and Why You'd Want to Do It

A new study provides one solution to the growing problem of space debris

By Jeffrey Kluger

Save the Planet With More Energy, Not Less

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

Five Best Ideas of the Day: March 27

1. Why did Saudi Arabia lead airstrikes on the rebels who’ve seized Yemen? The answer isn’t as clear as it seems.By Frederic Wehrey at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace2. Three black swimmers swept the...

By The Aspen Institute

These People Just Took a Selfie From Space

Satellites are the ultimate selfie stick

By Victor Luckerson

Five Best Ideas of the Day: December 18

1. By breaking with the Cuba lobby, President Obama could massively disrupt American interest group politics.By Noah Feldman in the Salt Lake Tribune2. Sony can take a stand against the hackers whose threats have forced...

By The Aspen Institute

Elon Musk's SpaceX Plans to Launch Internet Satellites

More details to come in "two to three months"

By Victor Luckerson

Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 13

1. Women can’t thrive in a society where anything other than “no” means “maybe.” Consent laws are an important step, but we need a change in culture.By Amanda Taub in Vox2. Jokes aside, the palace...

By The Aspen Institute

European Navigation Satellites Get Lost In Orbit

It's unclear if the system, a rival to GPS, will be good to go on schedule

By Bijan Stephen

Ultra High-Resolution Satellite to Snap Better Photos for Maps

The sensor can capture features as small as roughly a foot in size

By Techlicious

You Should Worry (a Little) About Falling Space Debris

A satellite's fiery reentry over Melbourne is a reminder of the danger of putting too much junk in space

By Jeffrey Kluger

Watch Google's Skybox Satellite Imaging

Google is buying near real-time satellite imaging company Skybox Imaging for $500 million in cash, it announced Tuesday.Google says Skybox, which claims to have built the world’s smallest high-resolution imaging satellite, will help Google improve...

By Victor Luckerson

High-Res Imaging Satellite Prepped for Launch

DigitalGlobe's new satellite, WorldView-3, which is slated to launch in August, will be able to capture images of objects that are just 1 ft. in size while in orbit. The new gizmo was shown off at a facility in Boulder, Colo., on Tuesday

By Nolan Feeney

U.S. Special Ops Planning for Action in Globe's 'Dark Areas'

Seeking “critical” but “non-existent” intelligence for a dozen nations

By Mark Thompson
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