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The Intellectual Ventures spinoff is one step closer to cheap satellite broadband
Physicists mine data from CERN’s ALPHA experiment for hints of how antimatter responds to gravity
Virgin Galactic's promise of space tourism creep closer with a rocket-powered flight test
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