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Mars Rover and Orbiter Examine Victoria Crater

You did not forget that the Mars Rovers are still collecting valuable science. Well not only do we have a two Rovers on the ground but we also have the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter taking overhead pictures that are beyond compare of anything that has been taken of the red planet before.

First Teleportation Between Light and Matter

At long last researchers have teleported the information stored in a beam of light into a cloud of atoms, which is about as close to getting beamed up by Scotty as we're likely to come in the foreseeable future. More practically, the demonstration is key to eventually harnessing quantum effects for hyperpowerful computing or ultrasecure encryption systems. [Scientific American]

Having Battery Life Problems with your Laptop?

Well MIT has a solution for you install a Jet Engine the size of a Quarter in your Laptop that will actually run on Jet Fuel and in turn the micro engine will run a generator capable of producing enough power to run the laptop. Carry around a small bottle of fuel and you are all set. Now here is

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Voyager 1 the final Frontier

Few realize that Voyager one is headed outbound at the rate of 1 Million miles per day and not slowing down. The spacecraft has batteries to keep it humming along until 2020. The question I have is Voyage capable of sending us a picture now and then. But just imagine a million years from now if someone or something captures

Science that makes your Brain hurt

I am as amateur as one can get when it comes to astronomy but I am always a sucker for articles that talk about cool events that happen in the deep reaches of space. It is always nice to know that even the experts get perplexed as well. Read on [www.newscientistspace.com]

Is the Universe on a expand and crunch cycle

Just like the theory what goes up must come back down, so goes the theory that the universe expands, collapses, expands collapses on a never ending cycle of monumental proportions. Get ready to have your brain warped. [www.newscientistspace.com]