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NASA Telescope Imperiled by Glitch

Space engineers are struggling to regain control of the Kepler space telescope, which has lost its ability to aim accurately at the star systems it has been scanning for planets similar to Earth, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Wednesday.

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Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Tests Rocket in Flight

After years of delays and nagging engine problems, Richard Branson’s space tourism venture cleared an important hurdle Monday with the first powered test flight of its SpaceShipTwo craft.

Jerry Yang Is Back (And Investing More Than Ever)

Frankly — and I would know — the Internet pioneer also seems better than ever.
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Silicon Wadi: A Visit to GarageGeeks in Israel (Video)

Nerding out in Tel Aviv!
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Mission to Earth (Comic)

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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Stages of Guilt (Comic)

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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“We Are on Mars Again. It’s a Great Day.”

Precisely on time and target, NASA’s Curiosity rover touched down safely on Mars Monday to begin an ambitious two-year trek through a mountainous crater that promises to reveal whether the red planet was ever hospitable to life.

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Start-Up Sees New Frontier in Mining: Asteroids in Space

The riddle of the space asteroid start-up may be closer to being solved.

Here’s Zynga’s Filing on $228M HQ Building Deal (For All You Real Estate Types)

The online gaming company has fixed it up real pretty.
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Viral Video: “Prometheus” (or “Alien” 2012)

In space, everyone can apparently still hear you scream.
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