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  • NASA to Start Using Voyager Thrusters That Have Been Dormant for 37 Years

    NASA to Start Using Voyager Thrusters That Have Been Dormant for 37 Years

    Over the last 40 years, NASA’s Voyager 1 has been drifting farther and farther away from the Earth.  NASA is now saying they can maintain contact with Voyager for at least two or three more years by waking up a set of backup thrusters that it hasn’t used since 1980.  This is important as Voyager…

  • Russian Cosmonauts May Have Discovered Bacterial Life in Space

    Russian Cosmonauts May Have Discovered Bacterial Life in Space

    I read an article online yesterday and while it is certainly newsworthy, I had different reasons for wanting to share it.  My reason for wanting to share this is two-fold.  The first is because I’m extremely skeptical of this finding.  But my second reason is because I’m also really interested in what has been discovered. …

  • Large Asteroid Phaethon Will Come Close to the Earth in December

    Large Asteroid Phaethon Will Come Close to the Earth in December

    Russian astronomers have revealed that a gigantic asteroid, known as 3200 Phaethon will come quite close to the Earth in December.  This particular asteroid is thought to cause the Geminids meteor shower which will take place sometime between December 13 and December 14.  It will cause hundreds of bright meteors to illuminate the night sky as…