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What's on Venus?

What would it be like to survey the Venusian surface firsthand -- to set foot on Earth's strange twin?

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Leaf-cutter Ants and the Future of Space Agriculture

An ancient race has come to dominate a single agricultural crop, one in which they’ve invested everything to sustain their massive population. This is the story of the leaf-cutter ant.

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Space Will Make You Cranky and Euphoric

Think you have what it takes to endure a five-month stay in orbit? Be prepared to go through some psychological changes.

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Blow Your Mind: Pope on a Cosmic Rope

It only took the Catholic Church close to four centuries to apologize over the whole Galileo fiasco, but today's Vatican seems to have some fairly progressive ideas regarding our place in the cosmos.

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Space Music: Aeolian Harps and Solar Sound Boxes

Is our sun a musician? Yeah, it can bust out some tunes if you hand it an instrument.

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Space Music: SETI Artist in Residence and an Orbital Flautist

We have some cool bits of Space Music to roundup this week. NASA's artist in residence program didn't work out so hot, but what about SETI?

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Space Music: The Sound of Pipe Organs on Mars

What does a pipe organ sound like on Venus and Mars? A British and American researcher are way ahead of you on this one.

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Big Trouble in Little China: Where is the Universe?

In John Carpenter's "Big Trouble in Little China," there's a little space science thrown in where you'd least expect it.

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Space Music: Pete Sasqwax Talks Sci-Fu

If you're game for a hip hop-fueled sci-fi excursion through a world of interstellar conflict and robotic super villainy, then the 2006 album "Sci-Fu" will get you definitely there.

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Space Music: DJ Irk Talks Music, Math and Alien Communication

What would an extraterrestrial make of music and mathematics? And how much of a connection exists between the beats that stir our brain and the number patterns that underline reality?

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Is There Room For God on a Space Mission?

Science continues to alter the shape of religious belief, so how does devotion to a god change in orbit?

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Space Religion: Mormonism and the Final Frontier

Former NASA administrator James C. Fletcher played a crucial role in the first three decades of human space exploration. To what extent did his Mormon faith fuel his enthusiasm?

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Space Music: The Blind Astrophysicist

How could you visualize the Cosmos if you're a blind astrophysicist? Wanda Diaz has the answer.

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Photographer Chases Apollo Space Pioneers in 'Moonbug'

HowStuffWorks writer Robert Lamb blogs about a new space documentary that combines photography, filmmaking, music and lunar exploration.

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Space Music: Supernova Sonatas and Neil’s Armsong

Supernovae are among the most powerful events in the universe. And they can hold a tune.

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Did the Nazis Have a Space Program?

Sci-fi enthusiasts and conspiracy theorists tend to obsess about the possibilities of a space-faring Third Reich. But is there any factual basis for these outrageous fantasies?

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Space Music: We Are Star Dust, We Are Golden

Robert Lamb blogs about Carl Sagan, star dust and some awesome cosmic renditions of Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock."

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Space Music: Top 10 Cosmic Album Covers

Space music's most talented musicians go for the eyes first with some killer album art, so with the help of the HowStuffWorks staff, Robert Lamb assembles the top 10 cosmic album covers of all time.

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Space Music: Shuttle Tracks to Blast Off With

Friday's planned Atlantis launch brings all this to a close and, amid all the emotion, you'll probably want to crank some appropriate space music.

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Space Music: The Alien Sounds of Richard Devine

Producer Richard Devine shares the secrets behind his melodic and ethereal space music.

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