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1. Did Kepler Scientist Leak Data? Um, Not Really

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   This image zooms into a small portion of Kepler's full field of view -- an expansive, 100-square-degree patch of sky in our Milky Way galaxy. (NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech) Mainstream media (MSM) is funny.  ... Tuesday, 27 July 2010

2. Lunar Forums and Anniversaries

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   Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter image of the Apollo 11 landing site. Credit: NASA I'm attending the NASA Lunar Science Institute's Lunar Forum at Ames Research Center in California, which will ... Tuesday, 20 July 2010

3. Wind Gust Gives Opportunity Rover a Power Boost

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   The Opportunity rover's solar panels got a cleaning sometime between Sol 2274 and 2299. Credit: NASA/JPL, collage and annotation by Stu Atkinson. Either some little Martians came by and gave the Opportunity ... Thursday, 15 July 2010

4. Hayabusa Sample Return Canister Opened, Contains Material

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   Hayabusa's sample return canister was opened to reveal a small particle inside. Credit: JAXA The sample return canister from the Hayabusa spacecraft has been opened, and does contain a small amount of ... Tuesday, 06 July 2010

5. Zapping Titan-Like Atmosphere with UV Creates Life Precursors

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   ... the scene as it might appear to human eyes. (Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute) From the University of Arizona The first experimental evidence showing how atmospheric nitrogen can be incorporated ... Tuesday, 29 June 2010

6. Climate Change Contributes to Space Junk Problem

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   ... the space environment. New Scientist reports that increased carbon dioxide levels are cooling the upper atmosphere, which decreases the atmospheric density. This in turn affects how long defunct satellites, ... Friday, 25 June 2010

7. Gulf Oil Leak: Day 62 Update

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   Satellite image of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, as seen on June 19, 2010. Credit: MODIS Rapid Response Team. Here's the latest satellite image of the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The ... Monday, 21 June 2010

8. Nancy is Now on Venus

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   Nancy on Venus. Credit: USGS This was posted on USGS Astrogeology Science Center website yesterday: "The name Nancy has been approved for a crater on Venus located at 6.4N, 272.2E." I checked ... Thursday, 17 June 2010

9. Delays Likely for Final Two Shuttle Missions

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   Endeavour on the launchpad in February 2010. Image: Nancy Atkinson The final scheduled space shuttle flight of Endeavour that has been targeted for late November 2010 is now likely to move to January ... Wednesday, 09 June 2010

10. Viewing Alert: New Series "Through the Wormhole"

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    ... and space enthusiast Morgan Freeman. The new series explores some of the greatest mysteries of the universe and Freeman starts off with a bang: the first episode is called "Is There a Creator?" ... Tuesday, 08 June 2010

11. Alien Life on Titan? Hang on Just a Minute…

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    This artist concept shows a mirror-smooth lake on the surface of the smoggy moon Titan. Image credit: NASA/JPL Two papers released last week detailing oddities found on Titan have blown the top off the ... Monday, 07 June 2010

12. New Hubble Images Zoom In on Asteroid Impact on Jupiter

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    These NASA Hubble Space Telescope snapshots reveal an impact scar on Jupiter fading from view over several months between July 2009 and November 2009. Credit: NASA, ESA, M. H. Wong (University of California, ... Thursday, 03 June 2010

13. The Walt Whitman Meteor Mystery

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    ... through the Earth's atmosphere and back out into interplanetary space without ever striking the ground. A meteor procession occurs when a meteor breaks up upon entering the atmosphere, creating multiple ... Wednesday, 02 June 2010

14. Voyager 2 Update from Dr. Ed Stone

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    Artist impression of Voyager. Image credit: NASA/JPL In early May 2010, the 33-year-old Voyager 2 spacecraft experienced an anomaly where the data it returned to Earth was unreadable. Engineers diagnosed ... Wednesday, 02 June 2010

15. Space Station Twitter Crew Returns Home

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    The Expedition 23 crew from the International Space Station landed safely in their Soyuz-17 spacecraft, concluding their five-and-a-half-month stay in space. Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers ... Wednesday, 02 June 2010

16. Google Maps directions lead injured walker to court

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    San Francisco (AFP) June 1, 2010 - A woman hit by a car while walking on a route provided by Google's online mapping service is suing the Internet colossus for not recommending a safer path. Lauren ... Tuesday, 01 June 2010

17. Russian spacecraft with astronauts lands: mission control

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    Moscow (AFP) June 2, 2010 - A Russian spacecraft carrying a Russian cosmonaut, a US astronaut and a Japanese astronaut has landed in Kazakhstan, a mission control official in Moscow said Wednesday. Russian ... Tuesday, 01 June 2010

18. LightSail: Firming Up The Spacecraft Design

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    Washington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2010 - The LightSail-1 spacecraft development is proceeding well. Our engineering team-led by Jim Cantrell-has completed the preliminary design and made critical decisions ... Monday, 31 May 2010

19. Bursting 'Bubbles' - The Origin Of Galactic Gas Clouds

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    ... and her supervisors; Dr Naomi McClure-Griffiths (CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science) and Felix Lockman (US National Radio Astronomy Observatory), have made the first detailed observations of 'halo' gas ... Monday, 31 May 2010

20. MSU Robot Digs Most Moon Dirt

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    Bozeman MT (SPX) May 31, 2010 - A Montana State University student-built robot won a national contest at the Kennedy Space Center Friday by digging the most simulated moon dirt in 15 minutes. Defeating ... Sunday, 30 May 2010