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 1.15.2009 -
Winter Wonder Rocket Movie
The last place you'd expect to find icicles is around the rim of a scalding hot and thundering rocket engine. Yet an engine being used by NASA to develop technologies for next-generation lunar landers has been caught producing icicles of unlikely beauty.
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 1.15.2009 -
The Red Planet is Not a Dead Planet
A team of NASA and university scientists has discovered substantial plumes of methane floating through the atmosphere of Mars. The find indicates Mars is either biologically or geologically active.
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 1.14.2009 -
Giant Rockets Could Revolutionize Astronomy
NASA's next great Moon rocket promises to do more than land astronauts on the Moon. In its spare time, it could revolutionize the science of astronomy.
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 1.8.2009 -
Biggest Full Moon of the Year: Take 2
The biggest full Moon of 2009 is coming this weekend. It's a perigee Moon as much as 30% brighter than lesser moons we'll see in the months ahead. Get ready for moonlight!
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 1.7.2009 -
Sixteen Tons of Moondust
Sledgehammer-toting scientists are "bustin' rocks" to make the finest possible simulated lunar regolith (a.k.a. fake moondust) in support of NASA's return to the Moon.
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 12.24.2008 -
NASA's Gift to Mr. Claus
True story: NASA technology saves Claus from a disaster at sea! Christmas (and the sport of fishing) may never be the same.
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 12.22.2008 -
Saturn's Crazy Christmas Tilt
The planet Saturn is doing something rare and beautiful this holiday season. Find out what in today's story from Science@NASA.
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 12.16.2008 -
Giant Breach in Earth's Magnetic Field Discovered
NASA's five THEMIS spacecraft have discovered a breach in Earth's magnetic field ten times larger than anything previously thought to exist. The size of the opening and the strange way it forms could overturn long-held ideas of space physics.
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 12.15.2008 -
Solar Flare Surprise
Solar flares are supposed to obliterate everything in their vicinity, yet one of the most powerful flares of the past 30 years has done just the opposite, emitting a beam of pure and unbroken hydrogen atoms. Researchers think this strange event could yield vital clues to the inner workings of solar flares.
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 12.10.2008 -
The Incredible Journey of the JWST
From humble beginnings in a Utah beryllium mine to the most advanced laboratories in the world, the mirrors of NASA's next great observatory are taking an incredible journey to space.
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 12.9.2008 -
Biggest Full Moon of the Year
This Friday's full Moon is the biggest full Moon of the year. It is a 'perigee Moon' as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than lesser full Moons we've seen earlier in 2008.
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 12.4.2008 -
Return of the Leonids
Astronomers from NASA and Caltech are predicting a near-storm of Leonids in 2009 based on a surprising outburst of meteors just two weeks ago.
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 11.24.2008 -
Spectacular Conjunction
Venus and Jupiter are converging for a spectacular three-way conjunction with the crescent Moon--a rare gathering some are calling 'the sky show of the year.' Today's story tells when and where to look.
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 11.21.2008 -
Solar Wind Rips Up Martian Atmosphere
The solar wind appears to be ripping big chunks of air from the atmosphere of Mars. This could help solve a longstanding mystery about the Red Planet.
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 11.19.2008 -
Discovered: Cosmic Rays from a Mysterious, Nearby Object
An international team of researchers has discovered a puzzling surplus of high-energy electrons bombarding Earth from space. The source of these cosmic rays is unknown, but it must be close to the solar system and it could be made of dark matter.
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 11.13.2008 -
Hubble Directly Observes a Planet Orbiting Another Star
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. The planet, called 'Fomalhaut b', orbits the bright southern star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years from Earth.
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 11.10.2008 -
NASA Begins Hunt for New Meteor Showers
NASA astronomers have set up a monitoring station to scan the night sky for unknown or unexpected meteor showers--and they're finding more than they bargained for.
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 11.7.2008 -
Solar Cycle Update: The Sun Shows Signs of Life
A surge of new-cycle sunspots in October may signal the beginning of the end of the ongoing solar minimum.
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 10.30.2008 -
Magnetic Portals Connect Earth to the Sun
Researchers have discovered 'magnetic portals' forming high above Earth that can briefly connect our planet to the Sun. Not only are the portals common, one space physicist contends they form twice as often as anyone had previously imagined.
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 10.28.2008 -
Halloween Sky Show
The planets are gathering for spooky sunset sky show on Oct. 31st. Read today's story to find out where to look.
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