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

  • Wanted: Software coders to help NASA's robot astronaut see

    Wed, Apr 03, 2013 9:26 AM by Miriam Kramer, SPACE.com

    The Robonaut Challenge is the latest in a series of space station contests by NASA and TopCoder to foster innovation in space technology and spaceflight.

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  • Has NASA's Curiosity rover found clues to life on Mars?

    Tue, Apr 02, 2013 10:53 AM by Leonard David, SPACE.com

    Curiosity may have discovered compound salt deposits in a Martian sand patch that many microbes can use to sustain their lives.

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  • Russia to launch new wave of lunar robots

    Tue, Apr 02, 2013 7:50 AM by Leonard David, Space.com

    Russia's rekindling of an aggressive moon exploration plan was unveiled by Igor Mitrofanov of the Institute for Space Research in Moscow.

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  • Astronaut Chris Hadfield celebrates Easter in space with zero-g eggs

    Mon, Apr 01, 2013 12:32 PM by Tariq Malik, SPACE.com

    Famous astronaut Chris Hadfield brought the Easter cheer into the International Space Station by giving his crew surprise Easter eggs.

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  • Vesta's meteorites tell tale of Saturn's movement in early solar system

    Mon, Apr 01, 2013 12:05 PM by Elizabeth Howell, SPACE.com

    Changes in Saturn's movement caused the meteorites that created the Moon's craters to also slam into a giant asteroid named Vesta.

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  • All-sky camera captures wild aurora [Video]

    Fri, Mar 29, 2013 12:57 PM by Russell McLendon

    A solar eruption slammed into Earth earlier this month, sparking a vivid aurora display that photographer Göran Strand caught in this all-sky time-lapse video.

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  • Street artist Shepard Fairey to design space mission emblem

    Fri, Mar 29, 2013 12:15 PM by Robert Z. Pearlman, SPACE.com

    Fairey based his design on the logo of CASIS, a non-profit that oversees NASA's science experiments on the International Space Station.

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  • Space photographer brings amazing sky views to Brooklyn gallery

    Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:54 AM by Miriam Kramer, SPACE.com

    Robert Gendler takes photos of celestial bodies using cameras and also creates mosaics using photos taken by telescopes.

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  • Next SpaceX capsule looks like 'alien spaceship,' says Elon Musk

    Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:52 AM by Miriam Kramer, SPACE.com

    Musk is designing the capsule in the hopes that it will make its landings back on Earth, not at sea.

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  • Returning astronauts report a huge shift in thinking

    Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:00 AM by Starre Vartan

    Someday soon, we may all be able to see what they have experienced. Will that change how we treat the Earth?

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  • UFO memo is FBI's most viewed record

    Thu, Mar 28, 2013 12:52 PM by Megan Gannon, LiveScience

    The document has been viewed nearly a million times since 2011, when the FBI launched an online database of public records called the Vault.

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  • New space station pilots to launch and dock today in cosmic first

    Thu, Mar 28, 2013 11:47 AM by Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com

    For the first time in history, the changing of the Space Station guard will take only one day to occur.

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  • New type of tiny supernovas discovered

    Wed, Mar 27, 2013 12:37 PM by Charles Q. Choi, SPACE.com

    Type Iax supernovas seem to occur in binary star systems as a companion star siphons off another star's helium.

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  • SpaceX capsule splashes down to Earth

    Wed, Mar 27, 2013 9:47 AM by Miriam Kramer, SPACE.com

    Dragon capsule is returning to Earth with about 2,670 pounds of cargo, including a set of LEGO toys that have been on the station for the last two years.

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  • Space shuttle Enterprise added to historic places registry

    Tue, Mar 26, 2013 4:40 PM by Robert Z. Pearlman

    The test orbiter is the first of NASA's retired space shuttles to receive the distinction.

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