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<p>Don't scrap your weekend plans on account of something like this.</p>

There's no apocalypse Saturday, but there is reason to worry

YouTube prophets claim the end of days is Sept. 23 when a nonexistent planet will supposedly smack into us. Meanwhile, a very real threat exists.

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New chatbots will help people accept death

“Hi, what comes after all this?”

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Perlan 2 Glider breaks world altitude record for gliders

The Airbus Perlan 2 Glider is reaching for the stars and earlier in September broke a longstanding high-altitude record for engineless flight. The Airbus Perlan Mission II is an initiative to fly a glider to the edge of space, with a goal of reaching 90,000 feet.

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Elon Musk has an update on his Mars colony plans

America's "rocket man" revised his plan for a metropolis on Mars and is set to unveil version 2 in Australia later this month.

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<p>Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Spaceborne Computer will test supercomputing reliability on the International Space Station.&nbsp;</p>

Space station to test supercomputer bathed in cosmic rays

Thinking about toting a computer with you to Mars? Hewlett Packard Enterprise is sending some big iron into orbit to figure out how.

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NASA shows how Hurricane Irma changed the Caribbean's look

Hurricane Irma took its toll, even changing the overall appearance of islands such as Barbuda. But an ecologist tells the space agency the trees will recover.

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<p>Beyond getting to Mars more quickly, a new form of laser-based propulsion could propel us to far-flung exoplanets faster than has ever been possible.</p>

Three asteroids give Earth a close shave in a single week

The discovery of the new asteroids comes before what could be the closest call of the year with one of the cosmic visitors.

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The dawn of a 'transgenic wilderness' is upon us

Genetically modified hybrid animals could rehabilitate ecosystems that have been harmed by human development.

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<p>I would name them Pinky and Spotty.</p>

NASA astronaut adopts unusual 'pets' in space

Astronauts on the space station don't have dogs or cats to keep them company, so sometimes they create their own microgravity pets.

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How we'll save encryption from the crypto-apocalypse

Quantum computing poses a mortal threat to computer security as we know it.

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<p>Venus is seen next to the crescent moon during the daytime, prior to the start of occultation, on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015 in Washington, D.C.&nbsp;</p>

Look up! The moon is in very rare formation right now

In the latest lunar rarity since August's total solar eclipse, the moon is busy covering for a half dozen other heavenly bodies in a single day.

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<p>Cassini's last observations of Iapetus show a moon of contrasts.</p>

See Cassini's last look at Saturn's weird yin-yang moon

NASA shares the spacecraft's final view of dark and light surfaces contrasting on Saturn's fascinating moon Iapetus.

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