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  • How do we fall asleep?

    Published April 04, 2012

    Falling asleep is a routine yet mystifying process. Like trying to see the 3D image in a Magic Eye poster, the more you focus on it, the less likely it is to happen. It shies away from scrutiny and is best approached with an air of detached disinterest; so, though most of us fall asleep every night, we can't say exactly how we do it

  • Nevada Hunter Captures 'UFO' on Camera

    Published December 05, 2011

    While hunting alone in a remote part of Western Nevada recently, Robert Pitzer bagged himself a UFO. In fact, there wasn't much of a chase: The unidentified flying object touched down almost on top of him.

  • What Are the Odds You'll Get Struck by the Falling ROSAT Satellite?

    Published October 20, 2011

    Another huge piece of space debris, a 2.6-ton, defunct German telescope called the Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT), will crash back to Earth Saturday or Sunday (Oct. 22 or 23), and the chances it will hit someone are even greater this time around.

  • Apollo 18: Could NASA Launch a Secret Moon Mission?

    Published September 01, 2011

    Might NASA really have launched a secret human spaceflight during the Apollo era, without anyone noticing it?

  • Believers in Mysterious Planet Nibiru, Comet Elenin Await Earth's End

    Published July 24, 2011

    Conspiracy theorists say is planet Nibiru is swinging in from the outskirts of our solar system -- and will crash into Earth and wipe out humanity in 2012. Are they using their "skeptical toolkits"?

  • What Will NASA Space Shuttle Workers Do Next?

    Published July 21, 2011

    With the space shuttle Atlantis completes its last mission this week, the 30-year space shuttle program officially comes to an end. Like the other retired shuttles, Atlantis will be shipped off to a museum, leaving NASA without any vehicles for human spaceflight.

  • Secret Space Base Found on Google Mars Debunked

    Published June 07, 2011

    A self-described "armchair astronaut" claims to have identified a human (or alien) base on Mars. David Martines noticed a mysterious rectangular structure that appears to be on the Red Planet's surface while trolling the planetary surface using Google Mars, a map program created from compiled satellite images of the planet.

  • Lost in Space -- NASA's Hardworking Mars Rover 'Spirit' Calls It Quits

    Published May 25, 2011

    When there's no answer, again and again, at some point you have to stop calling. NASA announced Tuesday (May 24) that it will cease its daily attempts to contact Spirit, a robotic rover on Mars that went incommunicado last year.