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Thousands of people have reported UFOs or alien encounters in Northern California. That number could soon go up.

Artist’s rendering of the New Horizons spacecraft approaching Pluto and its three moons. Credit: NASA. Whomst has awakened the ancient one?! NASA did. The New Horizons spacecraft has stirred from a ...

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NASA wants to send an ambitious fleet of helicopters to soar through Martian skies—but scientists fear the endeavor could crater existing Red Planet research missions.