Space
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The Really Strange Story Behind Sunday's Blue Moon (Joe Rao)
Read more...A "blue moon" isn't really blue, as this artist rendering suggests. The moon can appear somewhat blue if there's been a major volcanic eruption that put tons of particles in the air, but otherwise bl ...
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World Action Plan Emerging to Combat Asteroid Threat (Leonard David)
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Nov. 9, 2010 -- DARMSTADT, Germany (Space.com) -- Space agencies around the world are working to be ready to coordinate their response to any potentially harmful asteroid headed for Earth. To help fo ...
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Search for Life on Mars a Top Priority for Robot Probes, Scientists Say (Charles Q. Choi)
Read more...Nov. 11, 2010 (Space.com) -- The first and only attempts to search for life on Mars were the Viking missions launched in 1975. Now scientists are suggesting the next decade of robotic probes sent to ...
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Sun storm to hit with 'force of 100 million hydrogen bombs' (Peter Farquhar)
Read more...Aug. 25, 2010 (news.com.au) -- AFTER 10 years of comparative slumber, the sun is waking up -- and it's got astronomers on full alert. This week several U.S. media outlets reported that NASA was warni ...
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Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off And Heads Toward Space Station (NASA)
Read more...(NASA) -- Sept. 9, 2006 -- The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its six-member crew are on their way to the International Space Station after lifting-off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., at 11:14:55 ...
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