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Feather & Hammer Drop on Moon

Here's the famous footage of the Apollo 15 astronaut that dropped a hammer & feather on the moon to prove Galileo's theory that in the absence of atmosphere, objects will fall at the same rate regardless of mass.

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There has been much debate over the years on whether this footage is real, or was faked in a studio. Decide for yourself!

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What It Would Cost To Launch Your House Into Space [Infographic]

What It Would Cost To Launch Your House Into Space [Infographic] | Science News | Scoop.it
And how that compares to sending a dog or a human into orbit...
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Largest-Ever 3D Map of the Universe Will Blow Your Mind [VIDEO]

Largest-Ever 3D Map of the Universe Will Blow Your Mind [VIDEO] | Science News | Scoop.it
The largest-ever 3D map of the universe includes includes galaxies that date back seven billion years.

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Space mirrors will dry out US and Eurasia

Space mirrors will dry out US and Eurasia | Science News | Scoop.it
Installing huge mirrors in space could reverse global warming, but at a price: the Americas and northern Eurasia will receive less rain...


More on GEOENGINEERING: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=geoengineering

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The Mystery of Empty Space

Get ready to re-think your ideas of reality. Join UCSD physicist Kim Griest as he takes you on a fascinating excursion, addressing some of the massive effort...
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The Biocentric Universe Theory: Life Creates Time, Space, and the Cosmos Itself

The Biocentric Universe Theory: Life Creates Time, Space, and the Cosmos Itself | Science News | Scoop.it

Stem-cell guru Robert Lanza presents a radical new view of the universe and everything in it. 


Articles about COSMOLOGY: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=cosmology

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Space burials: Dying to go into orbit

Space burials: Dying to go into orbit | Science News | Scoop.it
Several companies now offer to fly your remains into space. But Richard Hollingham wonders what motivates people to sign-up.
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[VIDEO] - Gamma-Rays Prove Einstein Right: Space-Time Is Smooth | Video

After 7 billion years of travel, high and low energy photons arrive at NASA's Fermi spacecraft a mere 900ms apart, suggesting that space-time isn't the bubbly foam of quantum theory but seems closer to Einstein's smooth rubbery membrane.


Articles about ASTRONOMY: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=astronomy

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What Space Looks Like to Kids

What Space Looks Like to Kids | Science News | Scoop.it

Spacing out in the classroom is usually frowned upon by teachers. But some students can turn real thoughts of space into an art teacher's pride.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson: Bringing Commercial Space Fantasies Back to Earth

There is a lot of talk lately about what role the privatization of space might play in our future ambitions of space exploration, and Neil deGrasse Tyson tells Big Think "from where I sit there is a lot of delusional thinking there."

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We already have the technology to send trains into space, at a fraction of the cost of rockets

We already have the technology to send trains into space, at a fraction of the cost of rockets | Science News | Scoop.it
This is Startram, a proposed launch system that would use magnetic levitation trains, a 1000-mile tunnel, and a superconducting cable to reach low Earth orbit.
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Science Bulletins: SOFIA—Stars and the Space Between

By sending an infrared telescope to altitudes of 12,000 meters (40,000 feet) and higher, NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) conduct astronomical research that would be impossible using telescopes based on Earth.
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Space Elevator, Going Up

Space Elevator, Going Up | Science News | Scoop.it
A Japanese company plans to build an elevator to outer space by 2050.
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The Known Universe | Hans Zimmer - Time (We Plants Are Happy Plants Remix) [HD]

A combination of:
~ The American Museum of Natural History - The Known Universe
~ Hans Zimmer - Time (We Plants Are Happy Plants Remix)

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Window on Infinity: Pictures from Space

Window on Infinity: Pictures from Space | Science News | Scoop.it
Swirls of green and red appear in an aurora over Whitehorse, Yukon on the night of Sept. 3, 2012. Charged particles streaming in from the sun create the natural sky show.
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[VIDEO] Star Trek's Warp Drive: Are We There Yet?

Marc Millis, former head of NASA's Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Project, explains how physicists approach the intriguing possibility of faster-than-light travel.

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[VIDEO] New Discovery about the Fabric of Space-Time

Scientists have turned up rare evidence that space-time is smooth as Einstein predicted, while pushing closer to a complete theory of gravity. From NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope.

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How Plants Deal With Space Travel

How Plants Deal With Space Travel | Science News | Scoop.it

Over the past few billion years, life has undergone stark transformations, from isolated organisms to collections of cells to inventive machines able to grow with sunlight to larger creatures that swim, crawl, and hop across the planet’s surface.

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Brain may not be hard wired to link numbers and space

Brain may not be hard wired to link numbers and space | Science News | Scoop.it
Our ability to map numbers onto a physical space – such as along a line – must be learned...


Articles about NUMBERS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=numbers



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How the Hubble Space Telescope's stunning colour images are created - video

How the Hubble Space Telescope's stunning colour images are created - video | Science News | Scoop.it
Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured half a million images – in black and white.
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Space experiments for distillery

Space experiments for distillery | Science News | Scoop.it
A distillery on the island of Islay carries out experiments in space to find out how its product matures without gravity.
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Science off the Sphere: Lenses and Vortices

International Space Station Expedition 30 astronaut Don Pettit demonstrates physics in space for 'Science off the Sphere.' Through a partnership between NASA and the American Physical Society you can participate in Pettit's physics challenge and view future experiments here: http://www.physicscentral.com/sots

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Phantom Waves Stir Up Jupiter's Jet Stream | Video

Phantom Waves Stir Up Jupiter's Jet Stream | Video | Science News | Scoop.it
During its slow fly-by of Jupiter, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured imagery of wave motion in the fast-moving jet streams that are a signature of the gas giant.
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Riding the Booster with enhanced sound

From the upcoming Special Edition Ascent: Commemorating Space Shuttle DVD/BluRay a movie from the point of view of the Solid Rocket Booster with sound mixing...
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A Train to Space: All Aboard the 20,000-Mile-Per-Hour Low-Earth-Orbit Express | Popular Science

A Train to Space: All Aboard the 20,000-Mile-Per-Hour Low-Earth-Orbit Express | Popular Science | Science News | Scoop.it
From the man who brought you magnetic levitation, a concept maglev cannon that could launch a train into space...
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