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1. Latest Look at Mercury Reveals Surprises

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   Enhanced color image of Caloris Basin on Mercury. Credit: Image produced by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Arizona State University/Carnegie Institution of Washington. Image reproduced ... Thursday, 15 July 2010

2. Rachmaninoff on Mercury

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   ... flybyin January 2008. Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington ... Wednesday, 23 June 2010

3. Water Could Be Widespread in Moon's Interior

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   ... to detect," said team member Bradley Jolliff of Washington University in St. Louis. "We can now finally begin to consider the implications—and the origin—of water in the interior of the Moon." ... Monday, 14 June 2010

4. Russia Needs Long-Term Space Strategy To Remain Cosmic Superpower

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   Washington DC (RIA Novosti) Jun 03, 2010 - Russia needs a long-term space strategy, otherwise it may lose its leadership in the space exploration sphere, Russian cosmonaut and former politician Yury ... Wednesday, 02 June 2010

5. 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

6. Phytoplankton Bloom In The North Atlantic

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   Washington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2010 - Late May 2010 brought peacock-hued swirls of blue and green to the North Atlantic. The iridescent waters formed a giant arc hundreds of kilometers across, extending ... Monday, 31 May 2010

7. Nearby Black Hole Is Feeble And Unpredictable

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   ... manages the Chandra program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory controls Chandra's science and flight operations from Cambridge, Mass. Headquartered ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

8. 'Out Of Whack' Planetary System

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   ... 216th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Miami, along with her collaborator Fritz Benedict, also of McDonald Observatory, and team member Rory Barnes of the University of Washington. The work ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

9. NASA Spacecraft Burns For Home, Then Comet

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   ... Washington. The spacecraft was built for NASA by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo. ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

10. NASA Takes To Air With New 'Earth Venture' Research Projects

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    ... said Edward Weiler, associate administrator of the agency's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. "These missions are considered a 'tier 1' priority in the National Research Council's Earth Science ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

11. NASA Satellites View Of Gulf Oil Spill Over Time

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    Washington DC (SPX) May 28, 2010 - Two NASA satellites are capturing images of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which began April 20, 2010, with the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. This ... Thursday, 27 May 2010

12. Committee Reviews Proposed Human Spaceflight Plan

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    Washington DC (SPX) May 28, 2010 - The House Committee on Science and Technology has held a hearing to examine the proposed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Human Spaceflight Plan ... Thursday, 27 May 2010

13. NASA Orbiter Penetrates Mysteries Of Martian Ice Cap

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    ... with this new instrument we can finally explain them." The MRO mission is managed by JPL for the Mars Exploration Program at NASA's Headquarters in Washington. The Shallow Radar instrument was provided ... Thursday, 27 May 2010

14. NASA Satellite Spots Oil At Mississippi Delta Mouth

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    ... mission is part of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. ... Thursday, 27 May 2010

15. Russia unhappy with US missiles in Poland

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    ... the Poles but have not received real answers to our questions." Up to 150 US troops based in Kaiserslautern, Germany, are to service the battery in Poland and train Polish soldiers to operate it. Washington ... Thursday, 27 May 2010

16. Race is on for museums to host retired space shuttles

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    Washington (AFP) May 26, 2010 - US museums are wasting no time in jostling to showcase the three retiring space shuttles after Atlantis touched down on Earth this week, capping the last scheduled mission ... Thursday, 27 May 2010

17. Weird Orbits Of Neighbors Can Make 'Habitable' Planets Not So Habitable

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    ... zone could be expected to remain within that zone, said Rory Barnes, a University of Washington postdoctoral researcher in astronomy. Adding a planet comparable to Jupiter to the system, however, and giving ... Wednesday, 26 May 2010

18. Astronomers Discover Clue To Origin Of Milky Way Gas Clouds

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    Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2010 - A surprising discovery that hydrogen gas clouds found in abundance in and above our Milky Way Galaxy have preferred locations has given astronomers a key clue about ... Wednesday, 26 May 2010

19. Indian Space Programmes Serve Societal Needs

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    Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2010 - Identifying India as a 'big partner' of the US space programme, NASA has applauded the country's efforts in using its space missions for "societal needs." "I think ... Wednesday, 26 May 2010

20. Why NASA Keeps A Close Eye On Sun's Irradiance

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    Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2010 - For more than two centuries, scientists have wondered how much heat and light the sun expels, and whether this energy varies enough to change Earth's climate. In the ... Wednesday, 26 May 2010