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Sky Show Tonight: Jupiter, Venus, Moon to Make "Frown" view story
54 votes- Submitted by kat136
- 3 days ago
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The planetary bodies will shine just a few degrees apart in an unusual cosmic conjunction on Monday night.
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Photo: Venus, Jupiter, Moon Smile On Earth view story
40 votes- Submitted by aus
- 2 days ago
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- Became popular 2 days ago
Skywatchers across the world witnessed a rare celestial trifecta Monday night as Venus and Jupiter joined a thin crescent moon to form a giant grin.
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NASA delays space shuttle Endeavour's landing - Yahoo! News view story
36 votes- Submitted by loup.dargent
- 5 days ago
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- Became popular 5 days ago
Dangerously high wind forced NASA to delay space shuttle Endeavour's landing Sunday, and the astronauts were ordered to take an extra swing around the world in hopes the weather would improve...
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First Space Ticket sold view story
29 votes- Submitted by jasmine
- about 13 hours ago
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- Became popular about 13 hours ago
CALIFORNIA: The space tourism race heated up recently when a second company began offering tickets for suborbital rides at less than half the price of
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Will Radiation Zap Astronaut’s Brains in Deep Space? view story
20 votes- Submitted by jasmine
- about 7 hours ago
- (http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_web...)
- Became popular about 7 hours ago
“The exceptional sensitivity of these neural stem cells suggests that we are going to have to rethink our understanding of stem cell susceptibility to radiation, including cosmic radiation encountered during space travel, as well as radiation doses tha
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Big bang's afterglow may reveal birthplace of comets view story
20 votes- Submitted by DiffeeOnline
- 3 days ago
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- Became popular 3 days ago
A vast reservoir of comets that is too far away to see might be detectable in maps of radiation left over from the big bang, a new study suggests.
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Monday Night: Planets Align in a Frown view story
15 votes- Submitted by Kerry
- 3 days ago
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- Became popular 3 days ago
Look up at the sky Monday night to see a bright cosmic frown. The planets Jupiter and Venus will briefly align to form (nearly upside down) two eyes and a
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Remember that meteorite over Canada? They found it. [PICS] view story
15 votes- Submitted by mpind007
- 4 days ago
- (http://www.universetoday.com/2008...)
- Became popular 4 days ago
On Nov. 27, planetary scientist Dr. Alan Hildebrand from the University of Calgary and graduate student Ellen Milley brought reporters to a site where they
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Plumes from Saturn's Moon May Contain Water-- SPACE.com view story
12 votes- Submitted by FerrisWheel
- 6 days ago
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- Became popular 6 days ago
Astronomers looking at the spectacular supersonic plumes of gas and dust shooting off one of Saturn's moons say there are strong hints of liquid water, a key building block of life.
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Meteorite pieces found in Saskatchewan view story
11 votes- Submitted by pffffffth
- 6 days ago
- (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatch...)
- Became popular 5 days ago
Fragments of a huge meteorite that lit up the skies across Alberta and Saskatchewan last week have been found near the border city of Lloydminster, scientists say.


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