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February 04, 2016

Luxembourg's ultimate offshore investment: Space mining
Luxembourg (AFP) Feb 3, 2016
Luxembourg positioned itself Wednesday to pioneer the potentially lucrative business of mining asteroids in space for precious metals such as gold, platinum and tungsten. The government announced steps to create a legal framework for exploiting resources beyond Earth's atmosphere, and said it welcomed private investors and other nations. With a well-established satellite industry, Luxembourg is the first country in Europe to stake out rights for the mining of so-called "near-Earth objects," acco ... read more

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				Saturn's rings: less than meets the eye It seems intuitive that an opaque material should contain more stuff than a more translucent substance. For example, muddier water has more suspended particles of dirt in it than clearer water. Like ... more		Scientists debate likelihood of finding life on other planets In a debate hosted by the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, six scientists argued whether remote sensing will reveal evidence of extant life on an exoplanet-any planet outside our solar syst ... more

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NASA counting on humanoid robots in deep space exploration

Scientists urge world to stop killer robots

Curiosity gets a good taste of scooped, sieved sand

Opportunity rock abrasion tool conducts two rock grinds

Charon's Night Side

Mechanical quanta see the light

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Fishing For Answers on Bone Loss in Space

Predicting planets: The highs and lows

Russia postpones manned Lunar mission to 2035

Caltech researchers find evidence of a real ninth planet

Nearing the limits of life on Earth

New finding may explain heat loss in fusion reactors

Russia wants to builds atomic engine for exploring deep space

'Ninth planet' may exist in solar system: US scientists

Seeing where energy goes may help realize nuclear fusion

The Voyage of a Lifetime: New Horizons Marks 10 Years Since Launch

Studying Pluto from 3 Billion Miles Away

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