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Galactic Hunt Bags Missing Supernova

Posted: May 13th, 2008, 11:00pm PDT

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At long last, astronomers have found one of the Milky Way's mysteriously missing supernovas.

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Phoenix Set to Land on Mars

Posted: May 12th, 2008, 11:00pm PDT

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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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Space Station Tricorder

Posted: May 8th, 2008, 11:00pm PDT

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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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Planets by the Dozen

Posted: May 7th, 2008, 11:00pm PDT

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A NASA-funded survey set to begin in 2008 could dramatically increase the number of known planets outside our solar system.

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A Super Solar Flare

Posted: May 5th, 2008, 11:00pm PDT

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In September 1859, a solar flare erupted so intense that the explosion itself was visible to the human eye. A ferocious geomagnetic storm ensued in which Northern Lights descended as far south as Cuba, the Bahamas and Hawaii. Meanwhile, telegraph engineers disconnected their batteries and powered communications by electricity from the auroras! Could it happen again?

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Explore the Ionosphere (from the safety of your own home)

Posted: April 29th, 2008, 11:00pm PDT

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Today, NASA-funded researchers released to the general public a new "4D" live model of Earth's ionosphere. Without leaving home, anyone can now fly through the layer of ionized gas that encircles Earth at the edge of space itself.

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The Physics of Whipped Cream

Posted: April 24th, 2008, 11:00pm PDT

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An experiment in space has shed new light on the puzzling physics of some everyday substances such as blood, ketchup, motor oil and whipped cream.

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Moondust and Duct Tape

Posted: April 20th, 2008, 11:00pm PDT

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Going to the Moon? Don't forget your duct tape. Thirty-six years ago when Apollo 17 astronauts found themselves a quarter million miles from home with a damaged moonbuggy, a roll of "good old fashioned American gray tape" saved the day.

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Earth's Magnetic Field Does Strange Things to the Moon

Posted: April 16th, 2008, 11:00pm PDT

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NASA-supported researchers have realized that strange things may be happening on the full Moon when it gets hit by Earth's magnetic tail.

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Moondust in the Wind

Posted: April 9th, 2008, 11:00pm PDT

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Unlike Earth, the firmament of the moon is directly exposed to charged particles from the sun. What happens to moondust under the onslaught of solar wind? Researchers in a NASA-supported lab are finding some surprising answers.

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