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New-found Earth-sized Exoplanet Doomed
Astronomers announced this week that they have spotted a rocky Earth-size planet beyond our solar system, the smallest alien world accurately sized by observers to date. However, the super-hot planet is no second Earth, and according to theories, the distant world some 700 light-years away from Earth shouldn’t exist.
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NASA Images Discover Ancient Bridge between India and Sri Lanka
Space images taken by NASA reveal a mysterious ancient bridge in the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka. The recently discovered bridge currently named as Adam’s Bridge is made of chain of shoals, c.18 mi (30 km) long.
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The Mystery of Moon Dust
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin returned from the moon, their cargo included nearly fifty pounds of rock and soil, which were packed in an aluminum box with seals designed to maintain the lunar surface’s low-pressure environment. But back at Johnson Space Center, in Houston, scientists discovered that the seals had been destroyed—by moon dust.
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Where Is Curiosity Rover Now? Go There With This Amazing Panorama
Need a break? Why not dash over to Mars using this amazing panorama from NASA’s Curiosity rover. The beautiful mosaic stitches together 101 images taken about two weeks ago on the Red Planet to get a full 360-degree view around the rover.
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Area 51 declassified: Documents reveal Cold War 'hide-and-seek'
Newly declassified documents reveal more detail about past use of the mysterious Nevada test site known as Area 51 and the concern for maintaining secrecy about the work done at the facility.
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NASA poised to launch Mars atmosphere probe
What happened to the water on Mars? How did the Red Planet's atmosphere become so thin over time? NASA's MAVEN probe is scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to find out.
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Nasa's Maven Mars mission launches
The US space agency's (Nasa) Maven mission has set off for Mars
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Record-Setting Rocket Launch on Nov. 19: The 29 Satellites
The United States military's ORS-3 mission is slated to blast off Tuesday night carrying 29 different satellites — the most ever in a single launch. Here is a description of most of the satellites provided by the U.S. Operationally Responsive Space Office
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Some High Schoolers Built a Satellite and NASA Just Sent It to Space
The satellite will let students talk to other students, in space, through a machine built by children, launched on a deconstructed atomic weapon.
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Cassini vs. Curiosity: Who Will Suffer the Space Budget Axe?
NASA could soon be facing an awful choice. The agency, feeling a budgetary squeeze from Congress, might not be able to fund all its robotic planetary exploration missions after next year.
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NASA Satellite Captures Brightest Space Explosion Ever Recorded
The monster gamma ray burst happened only a quarter of the universe away, which scientists say makes it one of the best chances to observe a collapsing star ever.
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Astronauts Enjoy Thanksgiving Feast In International Space Station [Video]
This Thanksgiving is not just for earth residents. American astronauts Mike Hopkins and Rick Mastracchio will be celebrating it with other crew members on board at the International Space Station.
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How Do You Train to Become a Space Tourist?
Piloting fighter jets, floating in zero gravity and spinning at a belly-flattening speed in a centrifuge are not the things a regular tourist is asked to do before a dream holiday.
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Moon Turnips? NASA Takes Gardening to New Heights
The space agency has announced plans to grow turnips, basil and cress on the moon by 2015.
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Signs of Water Found on 5 Alien Planets by Hubble Telescope
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected water in the atmospheres of five planets beyond our solar system, two recent studies reveal. But finding water in their atmospheres still marks a step forward in the search for distant planets that may be capable of supporting alien life, researchers said.
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The Coolest GIF Of Saturn You've Ever Seen
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has managed to capture the highest resolution movie yet of Saturn's hexagon, a six-sided jet stream around the gassy planet's north pole, and the resulting GIF is amazing. For contrast, this version, from the summertime, looks like something straight out of the Twilight Zone.
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New Hi-Res Footage Shows Saturn's Mysterious Hexagon Like Never Before
You're looking at a newly released 8-frame movie of Saturn's enigmatic "hexagon." It is the highest-resolution footage ever acquired of the massive six-sided maelstrom atop the ringed planet's north pole, and boy howdy is it gorgeous.
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Astronomers detect signs of water on five exoplanets
Two teams of scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have detected faint signatures of water in the atmospheres of five big exoplanets.
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A Brief History Of Octopi Taking Over The World
In honor of the totally-not-evil logo for the National Reconnaissance Office's latest space mission.
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Curiosity fires off 100,000th laser shot on Mars
NASA's trigger-happy Curiosity rover has fired its 100,000th laser shot on Mars, a science milestone in its mission to determine what rocks on the Red Planet are made of, NASA announced Thursday.
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