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Leading science journalists provide a daily minute commentary on some of the most interesting developments in the world of astronomy and space exploration
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Bacteria Got an Early Fix on Nitrogen
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Feb 23, 2015 |
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Stars Reveal Hidden Galaxy
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Feb 17, 2015 |
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Space Science Budget Gets Small Lift
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Feb 10, 2015 |
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5 Rocky Planets Found in Ancient, Distant Solar System
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Feb 02, 2015 |
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Long-Lost Lander Found on Mars
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Jan 26, 2015 |
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Look Up to See Latest Comet Lovejoy
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Jan 15, 2015 |
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SpaceX Will Try Launch, Then Soft-Land Returning Booster
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Dec 31, 2014 |
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Humans on Mars Soonish Says NASA Bigwig
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Dec 10, 2014 |
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UV Light Colors Great Red Spot
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Dec 01, 2014 |
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It’s Hard to Dust in Space
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Nov 20, 2014 |
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Comet Reeks of Cat Crap and Rotten Eggs
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Nov 03, 2014 |
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Track Cosmic Rays with Smartphone App
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Oct 16, 2014 |
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Star-Forming Clouds May Spit Out Life’s Building Blocks
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Oct 09, 2014 |
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Dark Matter Looks WIMPy
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Sep 24, 2014 |
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Forensic Astronomer Dates Monet Vision
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Sep 11, 2014 |
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Milky Way's Home Supercluster Found
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Sep 03, 2014 |
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Neptune Visit Hits 25th Anniversary
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Aug 24, 2014 |
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Air Pollution Could Reveal ET's Home
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Aug 13, 2014 |
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Martian Soil Salts May Make Water Ice All Wet
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Jul 25, 2014 |
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Saturn Probe Ready for Its "Grand Finale"
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Jul 09, 2014 |
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Triple Black Hole System Found in Distant Galaxy
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Jul 01, 2014 |
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"Extremely Large Telescope" Breaks Ground
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Jun 23, 2014 |
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Seemingly Strange Solar Cycle May Be Sorta Normal
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Jun 16, 2014 |
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Dark Matter Shell Saved Wannabe Galaxy
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Jun 02, 2014 |
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Pluto Bids to Get Back Planetary Status
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May 27, 2014 |
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot Now Just Pretty Good
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May 22, 2014 |
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Oddball Eclipse Makes Star Brighter
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May 15, 2014 |
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Galaxy Gave Star Cluster the Boot
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May 07, 2014 |
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Chilly, Chilly, Little Star
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Apr 30, 2014 |
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Help ID Moon Craters from Your Couch
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Apr 22, 2014 |
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Saltine-Sized Satellites Set for Space
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Apr 13, 2014 |
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Absence (of Weight) Makes the Heart Grow Rounder
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Apr 07, 2014 |
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Rings: They're Not Just for Planets Anymore
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Mar 26, 2014 |
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Planet X Gets X'd Out
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Mar 11, 2014 |
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Giant Black Hole Spins at Half Light-Speed
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Mar 05, 2014 |
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Moon-Smashing Meteorite Recorded by Astronomers
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Feb 25, 2014 |
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Hubble Finds Possible Oldest Object Ever Seen
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Feb 20, 2014 |
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We Celebrate a Galilean Anniversary
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Feb 13, 2014 |
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Wacky World Wobbles Wildly
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Feb 05, 2014 |
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Faraway Planets May Be Far Better for Life
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Jan 31, 2014 |
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Comet Spacecraft Wakes from Slumber
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Jan 23, 2014 |
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Astronomers Cluster at Massive Meeting Conjunction
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Jan 15, 2014 |
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Weird Supernovae Spin Faster Than Blender Blades
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Dec 30, 2013 |
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Asteroid-Hunting Satellite Returns from Dead
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Dec 23, 2013 |
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Preadolescent Astronomer Spots Supernova
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Dec 17, 2013 |
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Say I Saw ISON
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Nov 25, 2013 |
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India Targets Red Planet
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Nov 18, 2013 |
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Astronaut Sounds Alarm On Asteroids
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Nov 04, 2013 |
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System Has Multiple Planets Off Kilter
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Oct 21, 2013 |
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Voyager 1 Is Officially out There
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Sep 16, 2013 |
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Home PCs Help Pinpoint Pulsars
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Sep 04, 2013 |
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Sky Map Satellite Becomes Asteroid Hunter
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Aug 26, 2013 |
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Kepler Exoplanet Hunter Limps Into Sunset
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Aug 21, 2013 |
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Solar Magnetic Field Flip Poses No Problem
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Aug 15, 2013 |
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Curiosity Celebrates an Earth Year on Mars
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Aug 06, 2013 |
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Milky Way Black Hole Had Hungry Past
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Jul 29, 2013 |
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Neutrino Identity Switch Confirmed
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Jul 22, 2013 |
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Giant Black Hole May Be Fugitive
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Jul 15, 2013 |
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Flare Star Goes Wild in Minutes
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Jul 08, 2013 |
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Frigid Space Speeds Chemical Reaction
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Jul 01, 2013 |
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Texas Teens Take Rocket Title
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Jun 25, 2013 |
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Primordial Galaxy Shows How to Make a Big One
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Jun 20, 2013 |
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Galaxy of a Thousand Stars
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Jun 13, 2013 |
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Curiosity Reveals Mars Astronaut Radiation Risk
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May 31, 2013 |
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Earth and Moon Had Same Water Source
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May 28, 2013 |
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Mars Rover Sets Distance Record
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May 22, 2013 |
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Exoplanet Building Blocks Found around White Dwarfs
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May 14, 2013 |
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Milky Way Makes Small Massive Gain
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May 03, 2013 |
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Space Scope Spots 3 Possibly Habitable Planets
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Apr 22, 2013 |
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Amateur Astronomers Spot Missing Russian Mars Lander
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Apr 15, 2013 |
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Water Ice Found across Saturn System
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Apr 08, 2013 |
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Universe May Be a Titch Older
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Mar 25, 2013 |
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Unfinished Chile Observatory Makes Starry Discovery
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Mar 19, 2013 |
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Nearby Star Came In with the Bang
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Mar 14, 2013 |
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Third Van Allen Belt Came and Went
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Mar 05, 2013 |
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Shoo Away Asteroids with a Coat of Paint
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Feb 26, 2013 |
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Meteor Shocks Russian City
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Feb 15, 2013 |
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Curiosity Drills Mars for Answers
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Feb 12, 2013 |
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Past-Prime Star May Still Produce Planets
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Feb 04, 2013 |
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Gamma-Ray Burst Fingered for Carbon 14 Spike in A.D. 774
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Jan 21, 2013 |
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Following Flare-Ups, Star Finally Explodes
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Jan 14, 2013 |
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Mars Flight Habitat Volunteers Lost Sleep and Fitness
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Jan 07, 2013 |
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Civilian Spacefarers Face Medical Hurdles
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Jan 03, 2013 |
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Titan Sports Hydrocarbon Nile
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Dec 17, 2012 |
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Should Mars Get Another Rover?
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Dec 10, 2012 |
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3-D Printer Makes Structures with Lunar-Like Material
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Dec 04, 2012 |
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Thicker Atmosphere Still Would Have Left Mars Cold
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Nov 28, 2012 |
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Galaxy Might Be Most Distant Seen Object
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Nov 20, 2012 |
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Star's Habitable Zone Includes Possible Giant Earth
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Nov 13, 2012 |
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New Analyses Resurrect Contested Exoplanet Claim
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Nov 06, 2012 |
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Solar Wind Creates Traces of Lunar Surface Water
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Oct 23, 2012 |
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Sensor Info Reveals Titan Probe Landing
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Oct 15, 2012 |
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Zippy Star Promises to Be Relativity Laboratory
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Oct 05, 2012 |
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Good Things Come from Small Scopes
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Oct 01, 2012 |
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Pre-Life Chemistry Happens at Space Temperatures
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Sep 24, 2012 |
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White Dwarf Binary Stars Make Merger Plans
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Sep 17, 2012 |
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Dawn Spacecraft Sets Sail for Dwarf Planet Ceres
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Sep 11, 2012 |
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NASA Spacecraft's Census Tallies Millions of Black Holes
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Sep 04, 2012 |
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Milky Way and Satellite Galaxies Are Rare Arrangement
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Aug 28, 2012 |
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Probes Will Live in Van Allen Belts
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Aug 20, 2012 |
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Tour Kennedy Space Center on Google Street View
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Aug 13, 2012 |
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Curiosity Rover Lands Safely on Mars
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Aug 06, 2012 |
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Scopes See Exoplanets and Violent Astrophysics
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Jul 31, 2012 |
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Pioneer Spacecraft Warmth Takes Heat off Relativity
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Jul 23, 2012 |
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Mars Rover Prepares for 7 Minutes of Terror
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Jul 17, 2012 |
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Dark Matter Bridges Galaxy Clusters
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Jul 09, 2012 |
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Nonprofit Wants to Launch Asteroid-Spotter
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Jul 02, 2012 |
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Magnetic Tornadoes May Heat Solar Corona
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Jun 27, 2012 |
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Super-Earth Exoplanets Could Be Better for Life
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Jun 20, 2012 |
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Astronomers Seek Biggest Stars
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Jun 11, 2012 |
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SpaceX Dragon Returns to Earth from ISS
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May 31, 2012 |
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SpaceX Private Vessel Reaches ISS
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May 25, 2012 |
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Annular Eclipse Hits U.S. Sunday
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May 19, 2012 |
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Astronomers Detect Smallish Exoplanet's Infrared Glow
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May 14, 2012 |
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Zeppelin Searches for California Meteorite
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May 08, 2012 |
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Earth Was Longtime Asteroid Punching Bag
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May 01, 2012 |
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Gamma-Ray Bursts Found Innocent in Ray Case
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Apr 24, 2012 |
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Ballooning Star Split Planet in Two
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Apr 16, 2012 |
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Space Shuttles Head for Final Destinations
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Apr 09, 2012 |
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Supernova Turned Star Inside-Out
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Apr 02, 2012 |
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Martian Water Stuck in Minerals
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Mar 26, 2012 |
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Mars Makes Movie Execs See Red
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Mar 19, 2012 |
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"Man in the Moon" Facing Factors Figured
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Mar 12, 2012 |
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Dark Matter Clump Furrows Brows
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Mar 05, 2012 |
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Mars May Still Be Quaking
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Feb 27, 2012 |
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John Glenn Orbited 50 Years Ago Today
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Feb 20, 2012 |
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Black Hole May Eat Asteroids
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Feb 14, 2012 |
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Flame Dances on Board Space Station
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Feb 06, 2012 |
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Kepler Finds Multiple Exoplanets around Single Stars
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Jan 30, 2012 |
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Point Up and Click
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Jan 23, 2012 |
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Binary Stars Have Plenty of Planets
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Jan 12, 2012 |
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GRAIL Mission May Find a Former Second Moon
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Jan 09, 2012 |
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Leap Seconds May Disappear
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Jan 02, 2012 |
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Earth Usually Has Second Tiny, Temporary Moon
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Dec 27, 2011 |
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Another Billionaire Joins the Space Race
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Dec 19, 2011 |
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Black Holes Dwarf the One in Milky Way
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Dec 12, 2011 |
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Kepler Finds Its First Planet in the Habitable Zone
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Dec 05, 2011 |
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Curiosity Leaves Earth for Mars
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Nov 28, 2011 |
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Runaway Stars May Be Fleeing Bigger Bullies
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Nov 21, 2011 |
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Bright Exoplanet Lighting Could Indicate Intelligent Life
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Nov 15, 2011 |
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Planetary Scientists Hope to Bring Back Mars Moondust
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Nov 07, 2011 |
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Asteroid Plans Close Earth Flyby
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Nov 01, 2011 |
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Soyuz Makes Launch from South American ESA Site
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Oct 24, 2011 |
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Did Saturn's Moon Iapetus Once Have Its Own Moon?
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Oct 17, 2011 |
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Fewer Big Asteroids Close In on Earth
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Oct 03, 2011 |
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Chinese Space Program Takes Giant Leap
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Sep 26, 2011 |
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Solar System Likely Once Had Another Gas-Giant Planet
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Sep 19, 2011 |
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Satellite Set to Make Big Splash or Thud
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Sep 12, 2011 |
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NASA Hopes Hard Sci-Fi Will Inspire Future Space Force
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Sep 05, 2011 |
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Failed Star Found in the Neighborhood
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Aug 29, 2011 |
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Exoplanet Looks Potentially Lively
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Aug 22, 2011 |
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Opportunity Knocks at Martian Crater
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Aug 16, 2011 |
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Kuiper Belt Gets New Notches
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Aug 08, 2011 |
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Jupiter Mission Counts Down
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Aug 01, 2011 |
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New Moon Rises over Pluto
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Jul 25, 2011 |
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Kepler Searches for Habitable Planets, Part 2
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Jul 18, 2011 |
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Kepler Searches for Planets in Habitable Zones
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Jul 11, 2011 |
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Space Station Gets Close Wake-up Call
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Jul 04, 2011 |
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Planets with Stabilizing Moons May Be Common
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Jun 27, 2011 |
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Voyager 1 May Have Reached the Heliopause
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Jun 20, 2011 |
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Fragments of Single Meteorite Show Different Chemistry
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Jun 13, 2011 |
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Step Right Up and Guess the Star's Age
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Jun 06, 2011 |
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What's Flinging Comets Out of the Oort Cloud?
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May 31, 2011 |
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WiggleZ Project Confirms Dark Energy's Effects
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May 23, 2011 |
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Space Boat Could See Sea Near Saturn
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May 16, 2011 |
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Milky Way Should Have Much More Companionship
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May 09, 2011 |
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Comet Bops Past Neptune Cleanly
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May 02, 2011 |
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Giant Energetic Bubbles Adorn the Milky Way
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Apr 26, 2011 |