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Flash of light brighter than Venus? Could be first solar sail to orbit Earth
Tonight, you might see a brilliant flash of light – brighter than the brightest stars. It could be NanoSail-D2, the first solar sail to orbit Earth. Here's how to see it.
February 7, 2011
Lunar eclipse on 2010’s solstice !
The total lunar eclipse on December 21, 2010, presents the northernmost total lunar eclipse until December 21, 2485!
December 20, 2010
Soylent heat turns fiction to fact
Maybe there are less-than-dystopian scenarios utilizing concepts of 'recycling' that could be applied to an overpopulated, energy-starved world.
February 2, 2009
