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A mysterious dark energy fills the universe...
Dark energy makes the universe fly apart like a runaway freight train and keeps space-time flat...
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Ancient Chinese Astronomy: New insights from old...
China has the world’s longest-running observations of the sky: though based in astrology, they...
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More 2007 meteor showers on the way!
If you were disappointed that you missed the recent Perseid meteor shower, don�t fret there�s...
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The Astronomy of Astrology
Astrology was first practiced in ancient Babylonia and was originally intertwined with astronomy....
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Human life on Mars?
It's been over 30 years since the last human beings ventured out of the relative safety of earth...
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Gamma-Ray Wipe-Out
A massive blast of radiation from space once almost sterilized the Earth {adsense3}Gamma-ray...
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South Pole Flyby
On February 7, 2007 the ESA-NASA Ulysses spacecraft flew over uncharted territory - the...
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Music from the Stars
Sounds produced by stars are helping astronomers find out more about their internal...
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A New Paradigm for Lunar Orbits
Orbiting the Moon is tricky. There's a big planet nearby (Earth) that tugs on satellites...
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Farewell to Pluto
A new definition for 'planet' that excludes Pluto is causing much controversy. Photo...
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Mariner Meteor Mystery, Solved?
In 1967, NASA's Mariner 4 spacecraft was hit by a surprising flurry of meteoroids--a shower more...
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Remote Control Astronomy
The Faulkes Telescope Project and Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope have joined forces to...
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Mysterious Lunar Swirls
A new round of lunar exploration could help explain why there are swirls on the surface of the...
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The Universe in a Computer
A team of scientists has created the largest and most realistic simulation to date of how our...
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Magnetic Moondust
Researchers have discovered something odd about fine-powdered moondust - it's...
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Baby Universe
A picture of our universe from the first moments of its existence helps explain why it looks the...
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Moon Storms
An old Apollo experiment is revealing something new and exciting about the Moon: dust storms that...
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New Moons for Pluto
The Hubble Space Telescope has revealed that Pluto appears to have not just one, but three...
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Radioactive Moon
How much radiation awaits lunar colonists? A new NASA mission aims to find out. On the Moon,...
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Plastic Spaceships
A "designer material" derived from plastic could help protect astronauts on their way to...
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Prozac for Plants
How do you get plants to grow on Mars? The first step: relieve their anxiety. Anxiety can be a...
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A New Kind of Solar Storm
Going to the Moon? Be careful. A new kind of solar storm can take you by surprise. January 2005...
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Sleeping In Space
Sleep researchers are learning new and surprising things about sleeping in space. Space travel...
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Prospecting For Lunar Water on the Moon
Settling alien worlds is thirsty work - especially on the lunar surface. The next time you look...
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Blue Skies on Saturn
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered another world with blue skies: Saturn. Fast forward 100...
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Rainbows on Titan
Saturn's moon Titan is wet, according to the ESA's Huygens probe, but Titan's "water" is not like...
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The Sands of Mars
Driving, digging, mining: these are things astronauts will be doing one day in the sands of Mars....
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Soldering Away - Soldering Irons in Space
Research aboard the space station is adapting a tried-and-true repair tool, the soldering iron,...
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Obesity Beware!
Altered gravity plays an unexpected role in obesity and weight loss. Astronauts have long known...
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Solar Cycle 2004
Something strange happened on the sun last week: all the sunspots vanished. This is a sign, say...
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