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Everything about the image is just so amazing: The poof-y shapes of the clouds in the background... The electric blue line that marks the boundary of read more »
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A 14-year-old Norwegian girl has won a trip to Europe's space base in French Guiana after winning a competition to name the most suitable choice of read more »
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SPACE Close-up images of one of Saturn’s moons have revealed an extraordinary landscape that looks like a giant sponge. Hyperion, Saturn’s eighth-lar read more »
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The last thing most people wonder about is space food when viewing a spaceship or shuttle taking off from a launching pad. read more »
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA moved space shuttle Endeavour a step closer to liftoff without an essential part: the "u."

The spacecraft arriv read more »
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Debris spots found on stars reveal planets that went splat like bugs on a windshield.

The result: metal smears on the surface of parent stars, sai read more »
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Two crewmen aboard the International Space Station are preparing for a spacewalk during which more than 726 kilograms of obsolete gear will be tossed read more »
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The question of whether humans or robots should explore space has been decided by NASA: it'll be both. In the future, NASA anticipates that humans w read more »
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A spacewalking astronaut did some massive housecleaning at the international space station Monday, tossing out a camera mounti read more »
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Is a second black hole lurking in the heart of the Milky Way? The evidence to date is inconclusive, but astronomers say a relatively simple test coul read more »
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Alien World

A gas-giant exoplanet transiting across the face of its star

Scientists have made the first conclusive discovery of water vapor in read more »
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They all knew it would happen someday, but they probably didn't think it would happen so soon: For many of those who count themselves in the vanguar read more »
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These spectacular images are the most detailed true colour pictures of the Earth that we have ever seen.

The clear images, released by NASA, were read more »
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In the new sci-fi film Sunshine, an astronaut named Mace must leave his spacecraft without a protective suit. He makes it through his exposure with o read more »
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Kids, even in space you have to brush your teeth.

That's what teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan was doing yesterday morning, 225 miles from Earth, read more »
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Space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station on Sunday morning, wrapping up a nine-day mission to upgrade the orbiting labor read more »
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The space shuttle Endeavour has re-entered the earth's atmosphere and landed at Cape Canaveral in Florida after completing a 13-day mission to the s read more »
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Some spacecraft achieve greatness,
And some have greatness thrust from them.

If you drive a car - and you know who you are - you have invariably read more »
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Astronomers are puzzling over the discovery of an extremely powerful burst of radio waves lasting for five thousandths of a second that signalled a c read more »
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