Space
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NASA's Cassini orbiter snaps unbelievable picture of Saturn (Mike Wehner)
Sometimes reality is just as stunning as science fiction Sept. 8, 2011 (tecca.com)-- Science fiction movies have spoiled us on high definition views of our planetary neighbors, but real-life ...
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Sun Unleashes X6.9 Class Flare (NASA)
An x-class flare began at 3:48 AM EDT on August 9, 2011 and peaked at 4:05 AM. The flare burst from sun spot region AR11263, before it rotated out of view. The image here was captured by NASA's ...
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Summer Solstice Starts with Solar Storm (Tariq Malik)
This image taken by the sun-watching SOHO observatory. CREDIT: SOHO/NASA/ESA June 21, 2011 (SPACE.com) -- The sun unleashed a powerful solar flare and eruption Tuesday (June 21) just in time for ...
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Powerful cosmic blast as black hole shreds star (Jennifer Carpenter)
Infalling star shown in an artist's conception; 10% of its mass is turned into energy and radiated as X-rays June 16, 2011 (BBC) -- Astronomers have spied a star's swan song as it is shredded by a ...
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Sun's Fading Spots Signal Big Drop in Solar Activity (Denise Chow)
A photo of a sunspot taken in May 2010, with Earth shown to scale. The image has been colorized for aesthetic reasons. This image with 0.1 arcsecond resolution from the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope ...
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Giant asteroid heading close to Earth (Martin Evans)
Asteroid YU55 will pass close to earth later this year Photo: ALAMY May 5, 2011 (Telegraph) -- A giant asteroid weighing 55 million tonnes will just miss the Earth later this year, Nasa experts have ...
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Some of Universe's First Stars May Still Be Visible (Nola Taylor Redd)
Birth of a primordial star, as seen through a supercomputer simulation which found that the first stars in the universe likely formed in groups instead of alone. Clark, Glover, Smith, Greif, ...
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Atmosphere of Alien Super-Earth Revealed for First Time (Clara Moskowitz)
This artist’s impression shows the super-Earth exoplanet GJ 1214b passing in front of its faint red parent star. The exoplanet, orbiting a small star only 40 light-years away from us, has a mass ...
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Martian Meteorite Not Evidence of Extraterrestrials, Scientists Say (Charles Q. Choi)
Infamous Mars rock purported to carry signs of Martian biology. Years later, debate continues to swirl around meteorite ALH84001 and whether or not biological processes in the rock of ages are truly ...
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The Really Strange Story Behind Sunday's Blue Moon (Joe Rao)
A "blue moon" isn't really blue, as this artist rendering suggests. The moon can appear somewhat blue if there's been a major volcanic eruption that put tons of particles in the air, but otherwise ...
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