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'Hand of God': NuSTAR Sees Mysterious Stellar Object in X-Rays
Astronomers using NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array have captured a stunning image of a stellar structure known as the 'Hand of God.'
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Mystery Rock 'Appears' in Front of Mars Rover
After a decade of exploring the Martian surface, the scientists overseeing veteran rover Opportunity thought they’d seen it all. That was until a rock mysteriously “appeared” a few feet in front of the six wheeled rover a few days ago.
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Newly discovered pictures of the Challenger shuttle disaster
View the Newly discovered pictures of the Challenger shuttle disaster photo gallery on Yahoo News. Find more news related pictures in our photo galleries.
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28 years later: Space Shuttle Challenger photos you've never seen
Michael Hindes was looking through some old boxes of photographs at his grandparents’ house when he came across images of what appeared to be a normal shuttle launch. As he flipped through them, he and his family had what he called an “overwhelming moment” of realization. They were photos of the 1986 Challenger disaster, as it happened.
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Mystery Mars rock reveals unexpected chemical composition
The rock that suddenly appeared next to the NASA’s Opportunity rover in the beginning of January turns out to have an irregular chemical composition for Mars: it has too much sulfur, magnesium and manganese, scientists say.
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Rosetta comet probe wakes from space hibernation! Sends "HELLO WORLD!" message to Earthlings...
A comet-chasing space probe that has been in hibernation for almost three years has woken up and sent its first signal back to Earth.
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Mysterious rock appears in front of Mars rover Opportunity
A photo taken on Sol 3540 (January 8th) shows a rock that wasn't visible in previous photos taken on Sol 3536. One theory is that it got stuck in a wheel and fell into its current position.
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US and China May Cooperate in Space Exploration
Space exploration officials from more than 30 countries met in Washington, D.C. recently to discuss how to advance the exploration and utilization of space. The meeting was organized by the U.S. State Department which, for the first time, invited officials from China’s space agency, highlighting the possibility of cooperation in space exploration. Cooperation between the U.S. space agency, NASA, and China’s space agency was banned by Congress in 2011.
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The road to the stars
The gravel that it's on is specially prepared and is different than asphalt, designed to not crack under the immense pressure being created by the weight of the shuttle and it's platform. Pic courtesy of NASA.
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Marks 28th Anniversary
Tuesday marks the 28th anniversary since tragedy struck NASA’s space shuttle program for the first time.
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VISUALLY CONFIRMED: Enormous Craft Detected on Moon
At least one enormous object of unknown origin has been visually verified as having landed on our moon. As a result, on Wednesday, January 15, three Terrier-Orion rockets blasted off within a span of 20 seconds from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. EST (0600 to 1000 GMT) on hush-hush missions for the Department of Defense (DoD).
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The Trials And Torments Of Space School
What does it take to become a citizen astronaut?
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Moon Upstages the Erupting Sun
A solar flare erupted from the sun yesterday morning just as the moon passed between the sun and a NASA satellite, resulting in some amazing pictures and video of an eclipse only visible from space.
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Why Astronauts Were Banned From Drinking Wine In Outer Space
The story behind NASA's brief embrace of extraterrestrial sherry is a curious one. In the early seventies, the agency's focus was shifting from short, Moon-focused missions to possibility of longer-term inhabitation of space. A revamped menu was among the most pressing challenges: food on the Gemini and Apollo programs came in dehydrated cube form, or squeezed from a pouch, and was universally regarded as inedible.
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The Opportunity Rover Looks Nearly Unrecognizable After 10 Years On Mars
The Opportunity rover recently celebrated 10...
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The Coldest Spot in the Known Universe
NASA researchers plan to create the coldest spot in the known Universe--inside the International Space Station. The device, known as the Cold Atom Lab, could discover new forms of matter and novel quantum phenomena.
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NASA to Create Coldest Known Location in the Universe
NASA researchers, led by Project Scientist for the proposed project known as the Cold Atom Lab, Rob Thompson, are reportedly planning to create the coldest known location in the universe. The desire for ever-colder temperatures for experimentation among physicists has been ongoing for more than 100 years and this team of NASA scientists hopes to take a major leap forward with this project.
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GoPro Releases Baumgartner’s Historical Space Jump’s New Video
A year and a half ago, the world held its breath as skydiver Felix Baumgartner leapt from a space capsule 24 miles above the earth to set a new record for the fastest human free-fall. In the video broadcast live on the Web, Baumgartner appeared as a white speck against...
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International Space Station will soon contain the coldest spot in the known universe
Space has a reputation for being cold — frigid even, but the tremendous chill of deep space is nothing compared to what NASA is preparing to create very near to Earth. Researchers are planning to generate a super-cold spot on the International Space Station (ISS) to study the intricacies of quantum mechanics. How cold? It’s going to be the coldest spot in the known universe.
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'Wobbly' planet perplexes scientists
Nasa scientists are amazed by the discovery of a very wobbly planet
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