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NASA kills Mars deal with Europe
The United States will scale back Mars exploration under a proposed budget by President Barack Obama that has some scientists fuming over the risk of a NASA brain-drain.
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NASA Iceman hacker charged
A Romanian man accused of hacking into NASA computers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles under the online moniker "Iceman" has been indicted on a federal charge.
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Bus-sized asteroid flies close to Earth
An asteroid about the size of a bus shaved by Earth on Friday in what spacewatchers described as a "near-miss," though experts were not concerned about the possibility of an impact.
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Toronto teens send Lego man high into the sky
Two Toronto high-school students have sent a flag-carrying Lego man to the final frontier — or pretty close to it, anyway.
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NASA Kepler confirms 26 new planets
The U.S. space agency said Thursday its Kepler space telescope mission has confirmed 26 new planets outside our solar system, all of them orbiting too close to their host stars to sustain life.
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Gingrich wants base on moon
Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich has called for a base on the moon and an expanded federal purse for prize money to stimulate private-sector space projects.
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Solar storm didn't harm Earth
A solar storm that erupted Sunday evening was expected to give some northern Canadians the opportunity to see a show of aurora borealis Tuesday night — but serious communication blackouts and power failures were highly unlikely.
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Michael D. Reid
The best of the fest
An explosive Belgian crime thriller about the consequences of a brutish cattle farmer's involvement with Flemish mobsters who peddle illegal growth hormones took top honours at the Victoria Film Festival awards presentation Sunday night.
Les Leyne
Les Leyne: Clark's speech wasn't worth the trouble
You can take a premier out of commercial radio, but you can't take commercial radio out of the premier.
Cleve Dheensaw
Tigers' star Etem joins elite group
With the return of the Western Hockey League to Victoria, those expecting a constant barrage of blinding flashiness on Blanshard Street from future NHL stars have perhaps been mildly underwhelmed. But that certainly wasn't the case in October when Emerson Etem of the Medicine Hat Tigers, the complete package of strength and speed, roared through Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre to score five goals in a two-game set against the Royals.
Mike Devlin
Denzel's acting portfolio awash in great roles
Despite his humble onscreen beginnings - playing an extra in Charles Bronson's Death Wish - Denzel Washington has slowly become one of the best actors of his generation, if not all-time.
