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Science - November 4, 2009
Supercluster is bigger than first thought—and its inhabitants are all dead or dying.
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Far Out Technology: An Elevator to Space?
Science - November 4, 2009
Rather than be one massive structure, vehicles would run up a cable tethered to a mass in orbit.
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Raw Images: Cassini's Close Flyby of Saturn's Moon
Science - November 3, 2009
NASA's Cassini spacecraft performs flyby of Saturn's moon, Enceladus.
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Russian Space Chief Proposes Nuclear Spaceship
Science - October 28, 2009
The preliminary design for the new craft could be ready by 2012, but will require millions in funding.
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Panel Says Planned NASA Rocket Won’t Do the Job
Science - October 22, 2009
Committee concludes that the rocket set to replace the space shuttle is too expensive.
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Panel: NASA Should Skip Moon, Fly Elsewhere
Science - October 22, 2009
Independent panel says NASA's plan to revisit the moon is the wrong mission.
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Sally Ride: Astronaut Urges Girls to Pursue Science
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Amy Golod
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Nation & World - October 22, 2009
Her focus on inspiring young women makes her one of America's Best Leaders.
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NASA Puts New Rocket on Launch Pad for Test Flight
Science - October 20, 2009
The Ares I-X is intended to carry astronauts into orbit, possibly by 2015.
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SuperEarths Common for Other Stars
Science - October 19, 2009
Thirty-two more planets beyond the solar system discovered.
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Lots More Planets Found Outside Solar System
Science - October 19, 2009
New planets further support the theory that life could exist elsewhere in the universe.
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NASA Photos Show Moon Strike Created Plume
Science - October 18, 2009
New images reveal worthwhile data for NASA's LCROSS moon mission.
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Solar System's Edge Surprises Astronomers
Science - October 15, 2009
New observations reveal a dense ribbon structure that current models don’t explain.
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Life on Jupiter's Moon? Calculations Bode Well
Science - October 13, 2009
Europa's proposed ocean could be rich in oxygen.
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Moon Crash Delivers No Obvious Plume
Science - October 9, 2009
But the two impacts still yield data that could help in search for water.
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Ice Confirmed On an Asteroid
Science - October 8, 2009
Frozen water leaves its signature over the entire surface of the asteroid 24 Themis.
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Largest Known Planetary Ring Discovered
Science - October 7, 2009
This band can’t be beat: It circles Saturn and stretches more than 24 million kilometers across.
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New Calculations Suggest Universe May be Closer to Heat Death
Science - October 5, 2009
Universe has more entropy than once thought.
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Cloudy With a Chance of Pebble Showers
Science - October 2, 2009
Simulation suggests rocky exoplanet has bizarre atmosphere.
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A Damp Moon: Water Found Inside and Out
Science - September 24, 2009
Spacecraft reveal higher than expected abundances of water on the lunar surface and in volcanic rocks.
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It's Not Lunacy, Probes Find Water in Moon Dirt
Science - September 23, 2009
Three different space probes found the chemical signature of water all over the moon's surface.
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