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Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems shows off the lab where its solar thermal propulsion system will be developed.

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Artist's impression of a supernova in space. (NASA Goddard via SWNS) By Dean Murray At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby ...