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'The Aurora': Photographer films amazing northern lights show
Wed, Apr 13, 2011 3:51 PM by Space.com
Terje Sorgjerd spent a week above the Arctic Circle to video the super-charged aurora borealis.
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Big Bang simulation shows time travel is impossible
Wed, Apr 13, 2011 7:20 AM by Bryan Nelson
Scientists have replicated the physics of the Big Bang by observing the way light moves through a special 'metamaterial,' with surprising results.
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NASA gives space shuttles to Smithsonian and museums in Calif., Florida and NYC
Tue, Apr 12, 2011 2:26 PM by Space.com
NASA hopes to ship the shuttles to their respective museums next year.
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Why there's no replacement for the space shuttle
Tue, Apr 12, 2011 11:56 AM by Space.com
New shuttles need to be safer, more economical and have the latest technologies to be worthwhile.
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Why haven't we colonized Mars yet?
Tue, Apr 12, 2011 11:31 AM by Space.com
Challenges of safety, funding and leadership all hold back manned Mars exploration.
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FBI opens online vault, revealing UFO, Roswell files
Tue, Apr 12, 2011 10:21 AM by John Platt
Real-life 'X-Files' reveal policy of destroying documents related to UFO investigations because they would have taken up too much filing space.
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Uncertainty plagues NASA at 50th anniversary of human spaceflight
Tue, Apr 12, 2011 9:51 AM by Space.com
A look back at NASA's ups and downs, and what the future holds for the space agency.
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NASA to announce museums for retiring space shuttles

Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:25 PM by Agence France-Presse

The question of where the shuttles will be displayed has prompted a flurry of speculation, as the locations are expected to see a surge in visitor traffic.
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White House marks Yuri Gagarin's spaceflight anniversary

Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:10 PM by Agence France-Presse

The White House congratulated Russia on the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's spaceflight, but noted tongue-in-cheek that America got to the Moon first.
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6 surprising facts about the first human spaceflight
Mon, Apr 11, 2011 1:32 PM by Space.com
Yuri Gagarin's legacy as the first man in space lives on in traditions and as statues.
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8 outstanding images of the planet Uranus
Mon, Apr 11, 2011 1:25 PM by Katherine Butler
Learn more about the blue-green planet that is four times as large as Earth and is covered by methane gas clouds.
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NASA to reveal new museum homes for retired shuttles Tuesday
Mon, Apr 11, 2011 12:32 PM by Space.com
Museums will have to make special accommodations for the shuttles, and will have to pay the nearly $30 million bill to transport the shuttles.
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50 years ago, this man beat the U.S. to be the first human in space

Mon, Apr 11, 2011 12:24 PM

Video: Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's first orbital flight made history in 1961 and set the pace for the U.S.-Soviet space race.
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Yuri Gagarin's blast-off conversation topics revealed

Sun, Apr 10, 2011 11:07 AM by Dmitry Zaks, AFP

Before making his pioneering voyage into space 50 years ago, Gagarin made sure he had enough sausage to last him for the trip home to Moscow.
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Huge asteroid to pass near Earth in November
Fri, Apr 08, 2011 5:11 PM by Space.com
Mark your calendars for an impressive and upcoming flyby of an asteroid that’s one of the larger potentially perilous space rocks in the heavens – in terms of smacking the Earth in the future.
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