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  • The Geminid meteor shower, on the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 14, is the best for 2010. This view shows the radiant at its highest point, at 1 a.m. ET on Dec. 14. Bright stars and constellations are shown as landmarks.

    December's Geminid meteor shower mystifies scientists

    Thu, Dec 09, 2010 3:23 PM by Space.com

    On Dec. 14, be sure to watch what is said to be the best show in the sky all year.

  • Scorching hot alien planet abounds with carbon

    Thu, Dec 09, 2010 10:54 AM by Space.com

    Carbon-rich world indicates that our solar system may be far more diverse than scientists had imagined.

  • Alien planet discovered, but it should not exist

    Thu, Dec 09, 2010 10:33 AM by Space.com

    Newfound world is at least seven times the mass of Jupiter.

  • SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket takes off

    Falcon 9 rocket mission a success

    Thu, Dec 09, 2010 10:22 AM by Marcia Dunn, AP

    SpaceX's capsule splashed into the Pacific Ocean, following a mission that should pave the way for a flight to the International Space Station.

  • South Africa unveils space agency

    Thu, Dec 09, 2010 8:59 AM by Agence France-Presse

    New agency aims to produce timely data imagery to help detect natural disasters and monitor water resources around South Africa and Africa as a whole.

  • SpaceX shuttle

    SpaceX: Millionaire's private space capsule launches on maiden voyage

    Wed, Dec 08, 2010 11:05 AM by Space.com

    After an earlier attempt was aborted, Elon Musk's historic shuttle finally takes off at 10:43 a.m.

  • A Dragon test unit launch from June 2010.

    SpaceX aborts private space capsule's first launch attempt

    Wed, Dec 08, 2010 9:58 AM by Space.com

    Historic launch of private spacecraft canceled less than three minutes before takeoff.

  • SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

    SpaceX launching test spacecraft for NASA

    Wed, Dec 08, 2010 9:31 AM by Marcia Dunn, AP

    The private company is trying to launch the Falcon 9 rocket today in a demonstration test for NASA.

  • Mono Lake

    Evidence of aliens is mounting daily, but still not proven

    Wed, Dec 08, 2010 6:13 AM by Seth Borenstein, AP

    While many promising discoveries have been made, much of this research is new and scientists are still debating how solid the conclusions are.

  • Akatsuki spacecraft near Venus

    Japan's Akatsuki space probe hits snag on way to Venus

    Tue, Dec 07, 2010 10:42 AM by Space.com

    Communication black-out lasted longer than expected, and spacecraft may be slightly out of orbit.

  • NASA to outsource space station's science projects

    Mon, Dec 06, 2010 3:51 PM by Space.com

    Over the last decade, more than 400 scientific experiments have been conducted on the space station.

  • A Perseid meteor

    Best meteor shower of 2010 arrives in December

    Mon, Dec 06, 2010 9:50 AM by Space.com

    The Geminid meteor shower will be visible night of Dec. 13 and into the morning.

  • Satellite in space

    'Programming error' caused Russian rocket failure

    Mon, Dec 06, 2010 5:58 AM by Agence France-Presse

    Rocket was to deliver Russian GPS satellites into space.

  • SpaceX tests rocket ahead of Tuesday launch

    Sat, Dec 04, 2010 2:10 PM by Irene Klotz, Reuters

    NASA planning to contract SpaceX for cargo transport into space by the end of 2011.

  • Workers remove the vent line attached to the ground umbilical carrier plate on shuttle Discovery's bright-orange external fuel tank

    NASA delays shuttle Discovery's final launch to February

    Fri, Dec 03, 2010 1:08 PM by Space.com

    Delay allows engineers more time to complete work to analyze why small cracks developed in the shuttle's huge external fuel tank.

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