 The Sky is Falling May 01, 2006 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Up on the Moon, the sky is falling. "Every day, more than a metric ton of meteoroids hits the Moon," says Bill Cooke of the Marshall Space Flight Center's Meteoroid Environment Office. They literally fall out ... | |
 Solstice Moon Illusion June 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 59 vote(s)
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Sometimes you just can't believe your eyes. This week is one of those times. On Wednesday night, June 18th, step outside at sunset and look around. You'll see a giant form rising in the east. At first glance ... | |
 Crescent Moon Alert April 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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The date was March 8th, less than a month ago. In a remote corner of Kansas, the sun was going down and the deepening twilight beckoned to photographer Doug Zubenel driving through the countryside. Something ... | |
 Scientists confirm that parts of earliest genetic material may have come from the stars June 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 92 vote(s)
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Scientists have confirmed for the first time that an important component of early genetic material which has been found in meteorite fragments is extraterrestrial in origin, in a paper published on 15 June ... | |
 The 2008 Perseid Meteor Shower July 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Mark your calendar: The 2008 Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12th and it should be a good show. | |
 Cuneiform clay tablet translated for the first time March 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 96 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, ... | |
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. | |
 NASA to Beam Beatles' 'Across the Universe' Into Space February 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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For the first time ever, NASA will beam a song -- The Beatles' "Across the Universe" -- directly into deep space at 7 p.m. EST on Feb. 4. | |
 Moon water discovered: Dampens Moon-formation theory July 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 63 vote(s)
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Using new techniques, scientists have discovered for the first time that tiny beads of volcanic glasses collected from two Apollo missions to the Moon contain water. The researchers found that, contrary to ... | |
 Mystery Comet Explodes into Brightness October 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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A once-faint comet has made a sudden leap from obscurity to center stage. Comet 17P/Holmes, now visible to northern hemisphere residents, increased its brightness by a factor of one million this week, going ... | |
Japanese plan to brew 'space beer' May 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A Japanese brewery Tuesday said it was planning the first "space beer," using offspring of barley once stored at the International Space Station. | |
 Christmas Eve Sky Show December 20, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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It's Christmas Eve, and you're snuggled cozily in your den. A glowing fire gently crackles and pops in the fireplace, and your head starts to droop as you nod off. Just then, something cold and wet nudges ... | |
 Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning? December 17, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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The solar physics community is abuzz this week. No, there haven't been any great eruptions or solar storms. The source of the excitement is a modest knot of magnetism that popped over the sun's eastern limb ... | |
 Phoenix Mars Lander Confirms Martian Water July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 87 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced ... | |
Doritos makes history with world's first extraterrestrial advert June 12, 2008 | User rating: 2.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Today Doritos makes history, taking the UK's first step in communicating with aliens as they broadcast the first ever advert directed towards potential extra terrestrial life. The University of Leicester has played a key ... | |
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