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Longest lunar eclipse occurs on June 15
Mon, Jun 13, 2011 9:33 AM by Space.com
The eclipse will last for nearly six hours, but won't be viewable from North America.
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First iPhones to be sent to space in July
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 4:09 PM by technewsdaily
Phone will launch with a SpaceLab app to aid astronauts with experiments. Earth-bound iPhone users can download the app for 99 cents.
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NASA space camera snaps 3 billionth photo
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 12:15 PM by Space.com
The CALIPSO satellite observes how clouds and particles affect Earth's climate.
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NASA spacecraft gathering data on protoplanet
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 11:50 AM by Noel Kirkpatrick
The Dawn spacecraft launched in 1997 and is just now reaching Vesta, a small protoplanet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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Asteroid that crashed into Earth may have planted the seeds of life
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 10:16 AM by LiveScience
Asteroid samples from a frozen lake showed variable types of amino acids and other chemicals that may have influenced the formation of life on Earth.
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NASA's ocean-studying satellite set to launch
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 2:02 PM by OurAmazingPlanet.com
Its precise measurements should allow insights into global patterns of precipitation, evaporation and ocean circulation — key drivers of our planet's changing climate.
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Solar flare aurora may appear in northern skies
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 10:06 AM by Space.com
Skywatchers should look for a greenish-white arc or band of light.
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Next Mars Rover faces budget, timing and tech hurdles
Wed, Jun 08, 2011 3:33 PM by Space.com
New rover designed to look for signs that Mars is capable of, or was previously capable of, supporting life.
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Cosmic blasts point to new class of supernova

Wed, Jun 08, 2011 1:26 PM by Agence France-Presse

Supernovae were incredibly bright and had a different chemical make-up than previously seen supernovae.
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Historic space photo, 13 years in the making
Wed, Jun 08, 2011 12:09 PM by Space.com
See the first-ever photos of a NASA shuttle and the International Space Station linked together as seen from another spacecraft.
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Solar flare could disrupt Earth's satellite communications

Tue, Jun 07, 2011 5:38 PM by Kerry Sheridan, AFP

The potent blast from the Sun has unleashed a firestorm of radiation and will likely lead to moderate geomagnetic storm activity this week.
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Astronaut to grow cucumbers in space
Tue, Jun 07, 2011 3:18 PM by Space.com
Cucumber experiment will build on previous research about plant growth in space.
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8 magnificent images of Mercury
Fri, Jun 03, 2011 1:20 PM by Katherine Butler
Check out eight amazing photos of our solar system's tiniest planet, Mercury.
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Newfound stretch of Milky Way is shaped liked sombrero
Fri, Jun 03, 2011 12:36 PM by Space.com
New stretch of gas is slightly outside the plane of the rest of the galaxy which explains why astronomers didn't see it before.
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Scientists score $500,000 for chasing dark matter
Thu, Jun 02, 2011 9:36 PM by Space.com
Four astronomers who discovered evidence for dark matter have won the Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize for their numerical models.
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