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5.9.2008 - Space Station Tricorder
International Space Station: 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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5.8.2008 - Planets by the Dozen
Extra-solar Planets: 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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5.6.2008 - A Super Solar Flare
Solar Weather: 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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4.30.2008 - Explore the Ionosphere (from the safety of your own home)
Solar Weather: 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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4.25.2008 - The Physics of Whipped Cream
Microgravity Research: 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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4.21.2008 - Moondust and Duct Tape
The Moon: 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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4.17.2008 - Earth's Magnetic Field Does Strange Things to the Moon
The Moon: 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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4.10.2008 - Moondust in the Wind
The Moon: 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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4.7.2008 - The 2008 Great Moonbuggy Race
Moon Buggy Race: Contestants in NASA's 15th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race have crossed the finish line. And the winner is.... Read today's story to find out who crashed and who triumphed in the adventurous competition.
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4.4.2008 - Crescent Moon Alert
Looking Up: A crescent moon of perilous beauty is about to appear in the evening sky. The best night to look is Tuesday, April 8th, when the moon joins the Pleiades star cluster for a must-see conjunction.
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3.28.2008 - Old Solar Cycle Returns
Space Weather: Three months ago, a new solar cycle began. This week, however, the sun surprised onlookers with three big sunspots from the previous solar cycle. Strangely enough, this is perfectly normal.
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3.27.2008 - Crafty Tricks for Finding Moon Water
The Moon: NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will play some crafty tricks to find water on the moon, such as using starlight to see into deep, dark craters and checking the temperature with a scientific device known as "Diviner."
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3.21.2008 - Naked-eye Gamma Ray Burst
Gamma-ray Bursts: Two nights ago, astronomers observed a cosmic explosion so intense it was visible to the naked eye from a distance of 7.5 billion light years.
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3.20.2008 - Spring is Aurora Season
Space Weather: For reasons not fully understood by scientists, the weeks around the vernal equinox are prone to Northern Lights.
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3.19.2008 - Gravity Waves Make Tornadoes
Earth Science: New research by NASA-supported scientists shows how atmospheric gravity waves, the kind we often see rippling in clouds overhead, can hit a thunderstorm and turn it into a deadly tornado.
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3.18.2008 - The Vanishing Rings of Saturn
Looking Up: Amateur astronomers around the world have noticed, something is happening to Saturn. The planet's rings are rapidly narrowing and, if this continues, before long they'll be just a wafer-thin line almost invisible to backyard telescopes.
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3.12.2008 - Women Drivers on Mars
Mars Exploration: To celebrate Women's History Month, an all-female team of scientists and engineers has taken control of Mars rover Spirit.
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3.7.2008 - Dark Halos Discovered on Mercury
Planetary Exploration: The surprises continue. Scientists studying the harvest of photos from MESSENGER's Jan. 14th flyby of Mercury have found several craters with strange dark halos and one crater with a spectacularly shiny bottom.
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3.6.2008 - Auroras in Broad Daylight
Space Weather: Imagine living on a planet where Northern Lights fill the heavens at all hours of the day. Around the clock, even in broad daylight, luminous curtains shimmer and ripple across the sky. News flash: Astronomers have discovered such a planet. Its name is Earth.
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3.3.2008 - Avalanches on Mars
Mars Exploration: A NASA spacecraft in orbit around Mars has taken the first ever image of active avalanches near the Red Planet's north pole.
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2.29.2008 - New Radar Maps of the Moon
The Moon: New high-resolution radar maps of the Moon's south pole reveal a fantastic land with peaks as high as Mt. McKinley and crater floors four times deeper than the Grand Canyon.
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2.20.2008 - Who's Orbiting the Moon?
The Moon: Do you know who's orbiting the moon? The answer might surprise you. Find out in today's story from Science@NASA.
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2.13.2008 - Total Lunar Eclipse
Looking Up: On Wednesday evening, February 20th, the full Moon over the Americas will turn a delightful shade of red and possibly turquoise, too. It's a total lunar eclipse - the last one until Dec. 2010.
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2.8.2008 - Name that Space Telescope!
Gamma-Ray Astronomy: NASA is inviting members of the general public from around the world to suggest a new name for the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, otherwise known as GLAST, before it launches in mid-2008.
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2.7.2008 - Extremophile Hunt Begins
Astrobiology: A team of scientists has just set off to explore a strange lake in Antarctica, which may be home to exotic forms of microscopic life.
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1.30.2008 - Surprises from Mercury
Planetary Exploration: NASA's Messenger spacecraft has beamed back some surprising new data from the planet Mercury. Highlights include a weird crater nicknamed "the Spider," a planetary tail of hydrogen atoms, and measurements that show giant Caloris basin is even bigger than researchers thought.
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1.29.2008 - Venus and Jupiter Converge
Looking Up: The two brightest planets are converging for a beautiful close encounter on Friday morning, February 1st.
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1.24.2008 - A Violent History of Time
Gamma-ray Bursts: NASA is preparing to launch a new space telescope named GLAST to study the most violent explosions in the history of our Universe.
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1.21.2008 - Mercury Flyby Sets Stage for New Discoveries
Planetary Exploration: Last week's historic flyby of Mercury by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft gathered 500 megabytes of data and more than a thousand high-resolution photos covering nearly six million square miles of previously unseen terrain.
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1.16.2008 - Radical New Lab Fights Disease Using Satellites
Earth Science: A cutting-edge laboratory has opened in Alabama. Its mission: to combat diseases ranging from asthma to malaria to stroke using data from NASA satellites. Space scientists and public health officials are working together to train the doctors of tomorrow in this far-out approach to medicine.
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1.15.2008 - Exploring the Cosmos in Braille
Astronomy: Images from NASA telescopes are jewels of the space program, marvelous to behold. But how do you behold them when you can't see? The answer lies between the covers of a new NASA-funded book written in Braille, Touch the Invisible Sky.
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1.14.2008 - Ulysses Flyby of the Sun's North Pole
Space Weather: At a pivotal moment of the solar cycle, the NASA/ESA Ulysses spacecraft is flying over the sun's mysterious North Pole.
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1.10.2008 - Solar Cycle 24 Begins
Space Weather: Hang on to your cell phones, a new solar cycle is underway. Solar Cycle 24 began last week with the appearance of a magnetically "backward" high-latitude sunspot.
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