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  • Near-Earth asteroids and Mars 2 moons considered for future space missions

    Researchers from the SETI Institute, the Mars Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, and the space robotics company Honeybee Robotics, have successfully completed a first series of field tests aimed at investigating how humans will explore and work on near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) and eventually the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos. From April 13 to 15, field experiments were conducted at the ...

  • Mars rover Opportunity examining rock changed by water

    NASA's senior Mars rover Opportunity is investigating a rock intensely altered by water. The fractured rock, called "Esperance," provides evidence about a wet ancient environment possibly favorable for life. The mission's principal investigator, Steve Squyres of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, said, "Esperance was so important, we committed several weeks to getting this one measurement ...

  • Violent winds on Uranus and Neptune confined to upper atmosphere

    Uranus and Neptune have long been known to harbor swirling clouds and violent winds churning up their atmospheres. But given that Uranus' atmosphere is believed to be thick enough to swallow the entire Earth, it was not known just how far the weather perturbations reach into the planet's interior. Now a team of planetary scientists with the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary ...

  • Winning numbers drawn in Powerball jackpot

    View Photo Associated Press/Gregory Bull - Joe Fajardo poses holding his Powerball lottery ticket after buying it at a store Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego. With the majority ...

  • Investigators eye fractured rail in Conn. train crash

    commuter train , injuring more than 70 people, investigators said on Saturday. Authorities have ruled out foul play in Friday's collision, which occurred during the evening rush hour between the towns of Bridgeport and Fairfield, about 50 miles northeast ...


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The Rage: Carrie 2

The Rage: Carrie 2

"The Rage: Carrie 2" is a sequel-cum-updated remake of "Carrie," Brian De Palma's 1976 high school horror revenge fantasy. There's not much connection between the two films, and one gets the feeling that the producers weren't sure whether "The Rage" should be considered a sequel to "Carrie" or its own beast. After all, it could certainly work on its own, although anyone with any film knowledge wou ... ...

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  • Powerball jackpot lures last-minute players

    View Photo Associated Press/Jeffrey Collins - Armous Peterson figures out what numbers he is going to play in the Powerball lottery at Jimmy's Mart on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Columbia, S.C. Peterson keeps track ...

  • Authorities Hofstra student killed by police

    View Photo Associated Press/Sleepy Hollow High School - In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rubello is shown. Police said Rubello, a junior at Hofstra ...

  • Depth is key for Planets’ success

    "We had a lot of good depth. We had a lot of good juniors who didn't get a lot of playing time because we had so much depth this year. They'll all be back next year," Hobaugh said. "We'll be OK next year. We'll be in the thick of it again, I ...

  • Space may be next frontier for Stephen Hawking

    Physicist Stephen Hawking confirms his non-stop zest for life and says he's signed up for a ride into suborbital space aboard Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown ...

  • Spacewalkers take on space station repair job

    Flakes of ammonia were discovered leaking out of the cooling system on International Space Station, and two astronauts will take a spacewalk to repair it. NBC's Tom Costello ...

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