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Explore astronomy, from the latest trip to the International Space Station to alien planets outside our solar system.

  • Spectacular comet wows stargazers

    Thu, Mar 14, 2013 12:41 PM by Tariq Malik, SPACE.com

    A crescent moon on March 12, 2013 made it easy for many stargazers to view the bright comet Pan-STARRS and snap it on film.

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  • Hadfield becomes first Canadian space station commander

    Thu, Mar 14, 2013 10:05 AM by Robert Z. Pearlman, SPACE.com

    Canada is one of 15 nations that comprise the International Space Station program.

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  • Quasars still mystify 50 years later

    Wed, Mar 13, 2013 4:14 PM by Mike Wall, SPACE.com

    A better understanding of quasars is achievable through advanced computational models of black-hole system and more sensitive X-ray telescopes.

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  • Chile brings astronomy to subway to celebrate new ALMA observatory

    Wed, Mar 13, 2013 10:50 AM by Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com

    Thanks to the ALMA observatory opening, Chileans can get a taste of radio astronomy while waiting for trains at the Santiago Metro.

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  • Ancient Mars could have supported primitive life, says NASA

    Wed, Mar 13, 2013 10:16 AM by Mike Wall, SPACE.com

    The rock powder sample contained sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon along with some clay minerals, suggesting water of some sort.

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  • Largest infrared telescope in space running out of time

    Tue, Mar 12, 2013 3:11 PM by SPACE.com Staff

    The ESA's Herschel telescope is rapidly depleting its coolant levels, which will soon render it unusable.

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  • Japan's Tohoku earthquake 'heard' from space

    Tue, Mar 12, 2013 12:15 PM by Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet

    The quake was also powerful enough to slightly alter Earth's gravity field under Japan.

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  • Russian satellite hit by debris from Chinese space junk

    Tue, Mar 12, 2013 11:52 AM by Mike Wall, SPACE.com

    NASA estimates that a low-Earth orbit cloud contains 500,000 objects bigger than a marble and 22,000 larger than a softball.

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  • NASA to unveil new Mars discoveries today

    Tue, Mar 12, 2013 10:36 AM by Tariq Malik, SPACE.com

    NASA will present the results of the analysis of the Martian 'rock powder' collected by the Curiosity rover.

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  • How to see the moon and Comet Pan-STARRS tonight

    Tue, Mar 12, 2013 10:00 AM by Joe Rao, SPACE.com

    Comet Pan-STARRS and the moon should be visible for about half an hour before they disappear into the haze located near the horizon.

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  • 6 surprising facts about world's most powerful radio telescope

    Mon, Mar 11, 2013 11:18 AM by Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com

    The $1.3 billion telescope array promises to reveal many new secrets of the cosmos.

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  • How to watch another asteroid flyby this weekend

    Fri, Mar 08, 2013 1:57 PM by Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com

    The recent flurry of asteroid activity comes as discussion grows about a deflection system for near-Earth objects.

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  • Black hole in Milky Way prepares to gobble up space cloud

    Fri, Mar 08, 2013 11:52 AM by Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com

    The cosmic spectacle should offer scientists a chance to test some of their theories about how black holes pull in mass.

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  • Milky Way's 'Methuselah' star looks older than the universe

    Thu, Mar 07, 2013 4:50 PM by Mike Wall, Space.com

    Research had estimated that the star is up to 16 billion years old, but that's a problem since the Big Bang occurred about 13.8 billion years ago.

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  • Scientists tweak distance to nearest galaxy

    Thu, Mar 07, 2013 12:13 PM by Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com

    The finding was nearly a decade in the making, and required repeated precise measurements of rare pairs of binary stars.

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