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R2 - July 2009.(R2 - 20097)
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Nasa's Robonaut 2 scrubs up for space surgery
It won't panic in an emergency, its hands don't shake after too little sleep, it won't miss a family after months away from base - in fact it doesn't even need to breathe. | Nasa&#... (photo: Creative Commons / Justass)
Ocean Inside Saturn's Moon Enceladus
Cassini-Huygens   Enceladus   Photos   Saturn   Wikipedia: CassiniHuygens  
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Saturn's Enceladus moon hides 'great lake' of water
3 April 2014 Last updated at 22:58 BST | The evidence for an ocean of water under the surface of one of Saturn's moons is overwhelming, according to scientists at NASA and the European Space Agency. |... (photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech)
Soyuz spacecraft docked to the Poisk Module is seen near to the center of the image. The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on April 6 at 23:09 UTC.  The Hindu 
Russian spacecraft brings three-man crew to ISS after 2-day delay
A Russian spacecraft carrying a three-man Russian and US crew today docked successfully at the International Space Station after an unprecedented two-day delay caused by a technical hitch. | The Soyuz... (photo: NASA / Ras67)
NASA   Photos   Soyuz TMA-12M   Space Programme   Wikipedia: Soyuz TMA-12M  
2004/06/28 Morphology of Our Galaxy´s ´Twin´ - NASA´s Spitzer Space Telescope has captured these infrared images of a  nearby spiral galaxy that resembles our own Milky Way. The targeted  galaxy, known as NGC 7331 and sometimes ref  Space 
See the Milky Way Galaxy Like Never Before in Stunning 360-Degree View (Video)
A new 360-degree view of the Milky Way allows astronomy buffs to explore the galaxy in a comprehensive new way. | Scientists with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have created a zoomable mosaic craf... (photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI)
Astronomy   Nasa   Photos   Spitzer Space Telescope   Wikipedia: Milky Way  
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View of Tropical Cyclone Nargis From Space Station National Journal
Here’s What a Cyclone Looks Like From Space—In 3D
By Alex Brown | Follow on Twitter | March 25, 2014 | NASA's mission to measure every raindrop and snowflake on Earth is intended to save lives from killer storms and allo... (photo: NASA)
Earth   Nasa   Photos   Space 3D   Wikipedia: Cyclone  
The (almost full) Moon (29 degrees elevation, 91% Waxing Gibbous / First quarter to Full moon.) BBC News
Doubt cast on evidence for wet Moon
Scientists have cast doubt on a major part of the case for the Moon having once held abundant water. | A US team studied a mineral called apatite, which is found in a var... (photo: Creative Commons / mikebaird)
Lunar Water   Photos   Solar System   Space   Wikipedia: Lunar water  
Ancient Earth hammered by double space impact BBC News
Ancient Earth hammered by double space impact
We've all seen the films where an asteroid hurtles towards our planet, threatening civilisation. | What's less well known is that menacing space rocks sometimes... (photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech)
Asteroid   Impact of Asteroid on Earth   Photos   Space   Wikipedia: Near-Earth object  
2001/10/13 Scientists Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars - Two dramatically different faces of our Red Planet neighbor appear in these comparison images showing how a global dust storm engulfed Mars with the onset of Martian spring in the Southern He The Australian
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SPACE tourism is being touted as the next big thing in travel, ­although commercially viable lift-off is long overdue. | It’s been 13 years since US entre­... (photo: NASA, James Bell (Cornell Univ.), Michael Wolff (Space Science Inst.), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) file)
Luxury   Photos   Space   Tourism   Travel   Wikipedia: Space tourism  
 Time Line of the Universe -- The expansion of the universe over most of it´s history has been relatively gradual. The notion that a rapid period "inflation" preceded the Big Bang expansion was first put forth 25 years ago. The new WMAP ob Inhabitat
NASA-Funded Study Predicts Impending Collapse of Industrial Civilization
For years, scientists and social activists have warned that income inequality, resource depletion, and unchecked population growth could lead to the collapse of civilizat... (photo: NASA)
Human And Nature Dynamical   NASA   Photos   Scientists   Wikipedia: Big Bang  
This is a computer generated image provided by the European Space Agency which shows an artist impression of catalogued objects in low-Earth orbit viewed over the Equator. Scientists are keeping a close eye on orbital debris created when two communications satellites one American, the other Russian _ smashed into each other hundreds of miles above Siberia Tuesday Feb. 10, 2009. Think of it as a galactic garbage dump. The Hindu
Space debris can make future space missions impossible
There may soon be so much debris in orbit around the Earth that future space missions could become impossible, scientists have warned. | Researchers at the European Space... (photo: AP / ESA)
Earth   Photos   Scientists   Space   Wikipedia: Space debris  
Solar System Galaxies
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The (almost full) Moon (29 degrees elevation, 91% Waxing Gibbous / First quarter to Full moon.)
Doubt cast on evidence for wet Moon
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- Officials praise Samsung's Galaxy S5 antitheft features
Samsung CEO J.K. Shin presents the new Samsung Galaxy S5 at the Mobile World Congress,
Samsung GALAXY S5 Available For Pre-Order
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Eclipse SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
- Blood moon eclipse on April 15 first in rare lunar phenomeno
- Blood moon eclipse on April 15 is a special event
- Big into blood: Merger of Bloomington firm will eclipse Red
- Total Lunar Eclipse and Solar 'Ring of Fire' Top Apr
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- Former US president Bill Clinton says we are not alone in th
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Universe Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids
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Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. McCarthy Hall.
Student alleged to have ricin had been reported to Georgetown
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- Hubble spots comet heading towards Mars, spewing space dust
- Hubble spots comet heading towards Mars, spewing space dust
- Norwegian Skydiver Almost Gets Hit by Falling Meteor — and
- Manotick meteor photobombs videographer's shoot
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