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  Astronauts on board the International Space Station have recently photographed strange electric-blue
Strange Clouds at the Edge of Space
Astronauts on board the International Space Station have recently photographed strange electric-blue clouds hovering at the edge of space.
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  Mercury's magnetic field is "alive." Volcanic vents ring the planet's giant Caloris basin while the
New Discoveries at Mercury
Mercury's magnetic field is "alive." Volcanic vents ring the planet's giant Caloris basin while the planet itself is surrounded by a plasma nebula of unexpected complexity.
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  NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars Sunday to begin three months o
Phoenix Lands on Mars
NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars Sunday to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water within reach of the lander's robotic arm.
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  NASA's Phoenix lander is getting ready to touch down on Mars and begin an unprecedented investigatio
Phoenix Set to Land on Mars
NASA's Phoenix lander is getting ready to touch down on Mars and begin an unprecedented investigation of the Red Planet's arctic realm.
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  Astronauts are using a Star Trek tricorder-like device to keep track of microscopic life forms onboa
Space Station Tricorder
Astronauts are using a Star Trek tricorder-like device to keep track of microscopic life forms onboard the International Space Station.
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  Contestants in NASA's 15th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race have crossed the finish line. And the winner
The 2008 Great Moonbuggy Race
Contestants in NASA's 15th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race have crossed the finish line. And the winner is.... Read today's story to find out who crashed and who triumphed in the adventurous competition.
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  Dark Halos Discovered on Mercury
The surprises continue. Scientists studying the harvest of photos from MESSENGER's Jan. 14th flyby of Mercury have found several craters with strange dark halos and one crater with a spectacularly shiny bottom.
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  Avalanches on Mars
A NASA spacecraft in orbit around Mars has taken the first ever image of active avalanches near the Red Planet's north pole.
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  Surprises from Mercury
NASA's Messenger spacecraft has beamed back some surprising new data from the planet Mercury. Highlights include a weird crater nicknamed "the Spider," a planetary tail of hydrogen atoms, and measurements that show giant Caloris basin is even bigger than researchers thought.
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