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Kepler epitaph? Eight most intriguing finds of troubled telescope.
Kepler, the space telescope designed to help us find other Earth-like planets, is on the fritz. Scientists hope they will be able to fix it remotely, but if they can't, its brief, brilliant career could be over. Here are eight of its most important discoveries.
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14 acting legends over 70
Some say Hollywood may be ageist, with careers fizzling for most after they become senior citizens, but these actors and actresses buck that trend. Check out our list of 14 actors over 70 who haven't lost their touch.
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'Gods Like Us': 6 stories of Hollywood from Ty Burr's new book
Here are 6 tales of Hollywood lore in 'Gods Like Us.'
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'The Phantom Menace': Six other 3-D re-releases to look for
'The Phantom Menace' and 'Beauty and the Beast' were just the beginning of old movies that will be new again
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Clint Eastwood in Top 6 Super Bowl 2012 car commercials (+video)
Sure, the New York Giants won the 2012 Super Bowl. But who won the battle of the Super Bowl car commercials? NBC says advertisers paid an average of $3.5 million for a 30-second spot in this year's Super Bowl. Last year, Volkswagon was the biggest crowd pleaser with their Darth Vader "The Force" ad which got millions of views online before it debuted on TV. This year, the early favorite was Ferris Bueller (aka Matthew Broderick) hawking a Honda. But Chrysler's Halftime in America ad, starring Clint Eastwood, is what everyone is talking about now. Here's one viewer's take on the Top 6 Super Bowl car commercials for 2012. Which is your favorite?
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Movies' second drafts: Titanic, Star Wars, and more
Changing the sky in 'Titanic' for its 3-D re-release isn't the first time movies have been tinkered with.
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Chapter & Verse 'Star Wars' novels: still on bestseller lists
The newest 'Star Wars' novel, 'Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse,' holds the No. 8 slot on the New York Times bestseller list. Success has become the norm for the books.
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4K TV: Theater quality in your living room
4K could be the next big leap for TVs. But do we really need a "higher definition" picture?
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Hubble telescope spots new class of planet: a steamy 'waterworld'
The planet GJ 1214b is a watery planet covered in a thick, steamy atmosphere, a new study of Hubble data suggests.
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'The Phantom Menace': Six other 3-D re-releases to look for
'The Phantom Menace' and 'Beauty and the Beast' were just the beginning of old movies that will be new again
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'The Vow' leads strong pre-Valentine's weekend at box office
'The Vow,' starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, took in $41.7 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters from Friday through Sunday in the biggest domestic opening so far this year, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters on Sunday.
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Clint Eastwood in Top 6 Super Bowl 2012 car commercials (+video)
Sure, the New York Giants won the 2012 Super Bowl. But who won the battle of the Super Bowl car commercials? NBC says advertisers paid an average of $3.5 million for a 30-second spot in this year's Super Bowl. Last year, Volkswagon was the biggest crowd pleaser with their Darth Vader "The Force" ad which got millions of views online before it debuted on TV. This year, the early favorite was Ferris Bueller (aka Matthew Broderick) hawking a Honda. But Chrysler's Halftime in America ad, starring Clint Eastwood, is what everyone is talking about now. Here's one viewer's take on the Top 6 Super Bowl car commercials for 2012. Which is your favorite?
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Red Tails: George Lucas's film about the Tuskegee Airmen - Review
The 'force' isn't really with George Lucas's 'Red Tails, the long-awaited film about the heroic Tuskegee Airmen, which has an odd sci-fi vibe.
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Amazing planets: mini solar system, 'Star Wars' lookalike among new finds
The catalogue of newly found planets is becoming richer by the day. By one new estimate, virtually all the billions of stars in the Milky Way could have a planet orbiting them.
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Most stars in our galaxy have planets, study suggests
Rocky, roughly earth-like planets orbiting stars seem to be the rule, rather than the exception, an new study reveals.
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Scientists discover a real-life Tatooine orbiting two suns
But there are probably no jawas, moisture farmers, sand people, banthas, dewbacks, womp rats, sandcrawlers, a Pit of Carkoon, nor a strange old hermit who lives beyond the Dune Sea.
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The New Economy Darth Vader burger? A black bun? Oui!
Darth Vader burger arrives Jan. 31 at the French fast-food chain Quick, barely a week ahead of the release of 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D.' Just don't call it a Darth Vader burger.
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Why 2012 could be the year we find a habitable planet
Other than the one we're currently living on, that is. As discoveries of alien planets accelerates, the discovery of an "alien Earth" could be just over the horizon.
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Geek wisdom goes mainstream
Hard-core nerds impart teachings of 'Star Wars' and Tolkien.
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Black Friday 2011: You can get deep discounts ... on that?
Black Friday 2011 offers huge savings on popular holiday gift items, like televisions, gaming systems, laptops, clothing, and so on. But some retailers are using the traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season to offer deals on stuff that's on (practically) no one's gift list. Here are our Top 6 wackiest product deals for Black Friday 2011. Have you got a better one? Let us know on Twitter or Facebook:
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Tributes to Steve Jobs: five top tweets
Apple's announcement Wednesday that founder Steve Jobs had died sparked waves of comment across the Internet, as techies and others chose their own ways to note his achievements or mourn his passing. Some recounted their own interactions with Jobs. Others had simple words of gratitude, adding "sent from my iPhone." On Twitter, many people tagged their posts with "#thankyousteve" or "#iSad." Among a multitude of noteworthy tweets, here are five ...
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William Shatner says "Star Trek" is better than "Star Wars" (video)
William Shatner made his name as leader of the "Star Trek" television series in the 1960s. The "Star Wars" movie series, begun in the 1970s, does not impress William Shatner.
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Tatooine for real? Scientists confirm planet orbiting two suns.
Tatooine is the mythical home of Luke Skywalker. Now, scientists have identified a planet in a binary system 200 light-years away, although the planet is more like Saturn in mass and makeup.
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New Star Wars: Blu-Ray release of original trilogy contains yet more changes
New Star Wars: George Lucas has altered the films of the original trilogy again. Many fans pray he doesn't alter them further.
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Stephen Colbert Super PAC's first ad: What's it really making fun of?
The Stephen Colbert ad seems to have several targets, among them Texas Gov. Rick Perry, political ads in general, and voters who are influenced by them. In any event, it's entertaining.
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Possible 'Star Wars' spin-off: Boba Fett falls into the Sarlacc pit, but not the bargain-bin
Jeremy Bullock, who played Boba Fett in 'The Empire Strikes Back' and 'Return of the Jedi', muses on the enduring character.
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Stormtrooper helmet designer triumphs over George Lucas
Stormtrooper helmet: the original designer of the Stormtrooper helmet has won a lawsuit with George Lucas' company to sell replicas of the iconic helmets in the UK.
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Star Wars Xbox 360: Use the Force, controller-free
The Star Wars Kinect package includes an Xbox 360 console that looks like R2-D2, and a controller that looks like C-3PO. But is it worth the cost?
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The 9 weirdest things ever flown on the Space Shuttle
When NASA's space shuttles launch into orbit, they don't just carry astronauts and supplies into the final frontier. There's a lot of other weird stuff that makes the out-of-this-world journey, too. NASA's last space shuttle mission will launch Friday, July 8 on the Atlantis orbiter to deliver spare parts to the International Space Station. The mission will be the 135th and last flight for the program, which began in 1981. But over the course of 30 years, the space shuttles have flown some peculiar objects into orbit. The list of odd stuff that flew aboard the shuttles is a long one, and includes the Olympic torch, a replica of the golden spike from the First Transcontinental Railroad, and rocks from the top of Mount Everest and the surface of the moon, just to name a few. Here nine recent space oddities carried into orbit on NASA shuttles:
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Star Wars enters a new frontier: e-books
The entire library of Star Wars fiction will become available in e-book format later this summer.
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