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Watch high-powered gas guns blast space habitat (for science) Sierra Space recently tested new designs to protect astronauts from micrometeoroid strikes. By Andrew Paul.

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Under a Hellish Ocean Habitat, Bizarre Animals Are Lurking For the first time, scientists observed tubeworms and other complex ocean creatures dwelling beneath hydrothermal vents. Share full article ...