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Discovering the origin, structure, evolution and destiny of the Universe, and searching for Earth-like planets.
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Purple Haze, Part Deux

September 12, 2008

A massive cluster of galaxies located about 2.3 billion light years away, Abell 1689, shows signs...

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Chandrayaan-1 (M3)

The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) is one of two instruments that NASA is contributing to India's...

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