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Early Christmas treat: 2010's total lunar eclipse on Monday

Mon, Dec 20, 2010 7:52 AM by Alicia Chang, AP

Sky gazers in North and Central America and a tiny sliver of South America will boast the best seats to this year's only total eclipse of the moon.
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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft nearing edge of the solar system
Fri, Dec 17, 2010 3:23 PM by Space.com
NASA's Voyager 1 probe is nearing the edge of our solar system after 33 years and nearly 11 billion miles of spaceflight. The spacecraft may make the final crossing into interstellar space in just four more years.
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Amazing spectacle: Total lunar eclipse Monday night
Fri, Dec 17, 2010 1:52 PM by Space.com
Prepare for the last lunar eclipse visible in North America until 2014 with this handy guide.
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Virgin Galactic joins fray to fly NASA astronauts

Thu, Dec 16, 2010 7:00 PM by Irene Klotz, Reuters

Company has already secured $54 million in deposits from those waiting to take a flight into space.
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NASA's arsenic life-form scientist answers her critics

Thu, Dec 16, 2010 4:56 PM by Agence France-Presse

Felisa Wolfe-Simon also reflected about her experience as a young scientist thrust into the heart of a web-fueled controversy.
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Soyuz crew blasts off on space station mission

Wed, Dec 15, 2010 4:59 PM by Peter Leonard, AP

Russian rocket soon to be only way to reach International Space Station once NASA shuts down its shuttle program in 2011.
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Star explosion shines like Christmas ornament in Hubble photo
Tue, Dec 14, 2010 12:02 PM by Space.com
Astronomers think the stellar explosion was a Type Ia supernova, which is an especially energetic and bright variety.
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New alien planet discovered by Qatar-led team
Tue, Dec 14, 2010 11:39 AM by Space.com
The find represents a significant success for Qatar's science research program, and demonstrates the power of science to cross political boundaries and increase ties between nations.
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NASA: Voyager 1 nearing edge of solar system

Mon, Dec 13, 2010 5:25 PM by Alicia Chang, AP

Scientists estimate Voyager 1 completely exits the solar system and enters interstellar space in 2014.
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Venus visible in the daytime sky
Mon, Dec 13, 2010 3:27 PM by Space.com
Spotting Venus during in the daytime is a little bit easier than you may have thought.
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U.S. military in talks to share fireball data from secret satellites
Mon, Dec 13, 2010 11:19 AM by Space.com
Satellites have spotted the high-altitude explosions of natural fireballs that routinely dive into the Earth's atmosphere, and talks are under way to offer scientists access to that data.
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Russia's Soyuz soon to be only lifeline to space

Mon, Dec 13, 2010 7:10 AM by Peter Leonard, AP

Shuttle is 'one trick pony' that will be the only way to reach the International Space Station by next year.
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Saturn's rings: Leftovers from a cosmic murder?

Sun, Dec 12, 2010 1:05 PM by Seth Borenstein, AP

An unnamed moon may have plunged into Saturn 4.5 billion years ago, forming the rings around the planet.
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House passes U.S. spending bill with more money for NASA
Fri, Dec 10, 2010 12:05 PM by Space.com
Space agency could receive $18.91 billion for 2011, $186 million more than it received for 2010.
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Wheel of cheese launched into space on private spacecraft
Thu, Dec 09, 2010 3:58 PM by Space.com
Capsule carrying the cheese was the world's first commercial spacecraft to launch into orbit and return to Earth safely.
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