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NASA's Mars Science Laboratory travels near a canyon on Mars in this artist's concept. The mission is under development for launch in 2009 and a precision landing on Mars in 2010.
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Fatwa forbids Muslims from traveling to Mars
The Mars One project plans to send a crew of colonists to the Red Planet in about 10 years, but Muslims may have to defy a religious edict to make the trip. by | Mars One hopes to send colonists to Ma... (photo: Public Domain / Yaohua2000)
This image from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows before and after images of the Pinnacle Island that has been likened to a jelly doughnut.
Mars   Nasa   Opportunity Rover   Photos   Wikipedia: Opportunity (rover)  
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Mars 'jelly doughnut' mystery finally solved
Where did the infamous rock that seemed to appear out of nowhere on Mars come from? The explanation, it turns out, is more simple than sci-fi. by | This before-and-after pair of images of the same pat... (photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ.)
Blue whales on the surface (Sanctuary Collection Photo) KLeo  Space 
High-Res Satellites Help Track Whale Populations
Examples of satellite imagery used to identify southern right whales compared with an aerial photo at the same scale. | Credit: DigitalGlobe/BAS View full size image | New high-resolution satellite im... (photo: Sanctuary Collection Photo)
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NASA Mars Rover  China Daily 
NASA finds clues to possible water flows on Mars
WASHINGTON - US space agency NASA said Monday its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Odyssey orbiter have sent back clues that liquid water may still exist today on the Red Planet. | The spacecraft spott... (photo: Creative Commons / Acdx)
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India to launch 5 satellites in 2014-15
NEW DELHI, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- India is to launch into space at least five foreign satellites this year and next year, sources said Saturday. | "All these satellites will ... (photo: PIB / Aruna Mirasdar)
Indian Satellite   Photos   Space   Sriharikota   Wikipedia: Indian Space Research Organisation  
Is global warming hiding underwater? European Space Agency
Is global warming hiding underwater?
Satellite observations of global sea-surface temperature show that a 30-year upward trend has slowed down within the last 15 years. Climate scientists say this is not the... (photo: WN / Marzena J.)
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Solar System Galaxies
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- >Destination Solar System Opens May 16 at Chicago's Adle
- BA9 Solar Battery and System Tester Review
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- Samsung announces the Galaxy S5; details, specs, release dat
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- Galaxy S5 finally here
- Samsung unveils Galaxy S5 with fingerprint, heart rate senso
Samsung unveils Galaxy S5
Samsung unveils Galaxy S5 with fingerprint, heart rate sensors at Mobile World Congress
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Eclipse SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
- Un-eclipsed! NASA acts on blood-moons site
- Watch today's solar eclipse live on the SLOOH Space Cam
- Sacramento job growth eclipses state, national average
- Near-century old snowfall record eclipsed
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- NASA Will Unveil New Discoveries from Planet-Hunting Kepler
- Jon Ronson is ready for blast-off. Is Richard Branson?
- TV ratings: Monday Olympics up slightly, 'Castle' do
- Vote Now! Best Space Stories of the Week – Feb. 16, 2014
Predator from the film Alien Vs. Predator
Scientists Think We Will Find Intelligent Aliens By 2040
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Universe Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids
- Circular Stoas Vilentum University Embraces Energy-Efficient
- Lehigh University's Multicultural Greek Council holds it
- Stanford's StartX among region's key university incu
- Monday Evening Cardinal News And Notes
The SkyMapper telescope at Siding Spring Observatory and the 2.3 m telescope in the background.
Ancient star helps scientists understand universe's origins
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- Fridge-sized asteroid smashes in to moon in largest lunar co
- Astronomer spots asteroid smashing into the moon
- Astronomer spots asteroid smashing into the moon
- Asteroid did not nearly hit Earth, actually
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