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Martian Weather Satellite's First Report view story
3 votes- Submitted by cosmikdebris
- about 3 hours ago
- (http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_st...)
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Studying the Martian climate is important as it helps us understand how a planet that was originally similar to Earth turned out so very different.
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Giant Cycones at Saturn's Poles Create a Swirl of Mystery view story
3 votes- Submitted by cosmikdebris
- about 3 hours ago
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New images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal a giant cyclone at Saturn's north pole, and show that a similarly monstrous cyclone churning at Saturn's south pole is powered by Earth-like storm patterns.
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Giant Cyclones Seen on Saturn view story
3 votes- Submitted by cosmikdebris
- about 4 hours ago
- (http://www.space.com/scienceastro...)
- Became popular about 3 hours ago
Scientists have discovered a giant cyclone swirling on Saturn's north pole, and observed a similar storm on the planet's south pole in detail 10 times greater than before, thanks to new images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
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Dark energy: the quest for galaxies : Nature News view story
3 votes- Submitted by kat136
- about 5 hours ago
- (http://www.nature.com/news/2008/0...)
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South Pole telescope offers fresh views of Universe's expansion.
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NASA Center Reaches Out Across the Miles to Area Firms view story
3 votes- Submitted by perkonis
- about 9 hours ago
- (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-...)
- Became popular about 4 hours ago
From the outside, the model lunar habitat at NASA's Langley Research Center looks like a futuristic igloo. The inside looks more like a space-age dorm room equipped with a laptop, magazines and a tiny shower -- everything an astronaut would need
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Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | Giant cyclones at Saturn's poles create swirl of mystery view story
3 votes- Submitted by perkonis
- about 9 hours ago
- (http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0...)
- Became popular about 4 hours ago
New images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal a giant cyclone at Saturn's north pole, and show that a similarly monstrous cyclone churning at Saturn's south pole is powered by Earth-like storm patterns.
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A Strategy For Detecting Earth-Like Planets view story
3 votes- Submitted by perkonis
- about 9 hours ago
- (http://www.spacedaily.com/reports...)
- Became popular about 4 hours ago
The Exoplanet Task Force of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee has released its report detailing a strategy for obtaining the first detection and characterization of Earth-like planets around other stars within 15 years
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Japan Maps Lunar Far Side Gravity Field view story
3 votes- Submitted by perkonis
- about 9 hours ago
- (http://www.moondaily.com/reports/...)
- Became popular about 4 hours ago
Astronomers are announcing that the precise gravity field of the lunar far side and the global lunar topography map were obtained by KAGUYA spacecraft.
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Cassini's closest encounter view story
3 votes- Submitted by perkonis
- about 9 hours ago
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- Became popular about 5 hours ago
The Cassini orbiter took this picture of the Saturnian moon Enceladus taken during Thursday's flyby. The Cassini orbiter came through its closest-ever encounter with a Saturnian moon with flying colors - and with
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Where have all the little Plutos gone? view story
3 votes- Submitted by perkonis
- about 10 hours ago
- (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27118...)
- Became popular about 8 hours ago
An ambitious project to track down small, icy bodies circling in the far reaches of the solar system has gone cold. Apparently, Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) between two and 17 miles in diameter don't exist.

