 NASA Spacecraft Reveal Largest Crater in Solar System June 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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New analysis of Mars' terrain using NASA spacecraft observations reveals what appears to be by far the largest impact crater ever found in the solar system | |
 NASA Scientists Pioneer Method for Making Giant Lunar Telescopes June 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Scientists working at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., have concocted an innovative recipe for giant telescope mirrors on the Moon. To make a mirror that dwarfs anything on Earth, just ... | |
NASA moon capsule running late, full of problems July 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Money problems will likely force NASA to abandon its ambitious internal goal of having a new moon spaceship ready by 2013, a top space agency official told The Associated Press Wednesday. | |
 Phoenix Scrapes 'Almost Perfect' Icy Soil for Analysis July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander enlarged the "Snow White" trench and scraped up little piles of icy soil on Saturday, June 28, the 33rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Scientists say that the scrapings are ... | |
 Scientists solve 30-year-old aurora borealis mystery 13 hours ago | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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UCLA space scientists and colleagues have identified the mechanism that triggers substorms in space; wreaks havoc on satellites, power grids and communications systems; and leads to the explosive release of ... | |
Asteroid heads for Earth, Russian astronomer claims October 02, 2007 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 69 vote(s)
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An asteroid discovered three years ago could be a threat in 2029 when it crosses Earth's orbit, a Russian astronomer said Monday. | |
 Mars Orbiter Examines 'Lace' and 'Lizard Skin' Terrain December 11, 2007 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Scrutiny by NASA's newest Mars orbiter is helping scientists learn the stories of some of the weirdest landscapes on Mars, as well as more familiar-looking parts of the Red Planet. | |
 Scientist answers how Peruvian meteorite made it to Earth March 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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It made news around the world: On Sept. 15, 2007, an object hurtled through the sky and crashed into the Peruvian countryside. Scientists dispatched to the site near the village of Carancas found a gaping ... | |
 Phoenix Scoops Up Martian Soil June 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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One week after landing on far-northern Mars, NASA Phoenix spacecraft lifted its first scoop of Martian soil as a test of the lander's Robotic Arm. | |
 Sun goes longer than normal without producing sunspots June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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The sun has been laying low for the past couple of years, producing no sunspots and giving a break to satellites. | |
NASA to workers: Go boldly (in cup) for science July 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The No. 1 need right now for some of the builders of the nation's next spaceship: Lots of No. 1. | |
 Cuneiform clay tablet translated for the first time March 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 95 vote(s)
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A cuneiform clay tablet that has puzzled scholars for over 150 years has been translated for the first time. The tablet is now known to be a contemporary Sumerian observation of an asteroid impact at Köfels, ... | |
 GLAST Observatory in Orbit June 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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At 12:05 p.m. EDT, the Delta II rocket easily lifted the GLAST spacecraft off the launch pad, out of smoke and clouds and into a beautiful Florida sky headed for space. | |
 Scientists feel sure of ice on Mars June 20, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Analysis of images from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has scientists increasingly convinced of ice near the Red Planet's North Pole, a NASA statement said Friday. | |
 Researchers reveal widespread, hardworking water on ancient Mars July 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, scientists have theorized – romanticized, even – that Mars has harbored water. The evidence has grown stronger as recent missions to the Red Planet have revealed in stunning detail ... | |
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