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by William Atkins
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More of the famous red dust that has resulted in Mars being called the Red Planet may be the cause of why NASA scientists have seen increased warming of the planet over three decades.
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by William Atkins
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The NASA Hubble Space Telescope used its Advanced Camera for Surveys in August 2005 to take the following picture of a nearby barred spiral galaxy called NGC 1672, complete with star-forming clouds and dark bands of interstellar dust.
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by William Atkins
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Pets need good nutrition to have a healthy life. The following are hints to look for when you are buying cat and dog food.
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by William Atkins
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Evidence from bone fragments in a cave near Beijing, China adds evidence that modern humans interbred with earlier human species such as Neanderthals.
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by William Atkins
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The theory of Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND), if successfully tested, could help end the question about whether dark matter exists or not. Will it work?
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by William Atkins
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The proton-proton Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator is being built at Geneva, Switzerland’s CERN—the world’s largest particle physics laboratory. However, a support assembly structure for critical magnets failed while being tested on March 27, 2007.
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by William Atkins
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The European Space Agency and the Russian Federal Space Agency announced that they will simulate a 500-day trip to the planet Mars at a special isolated facility in the northern part of Moscow, Russia.
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by William Atkins
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A group of Shanghai scientists have developed a prototype lunar rover that they hope will be selected for China’s first unmanned trip to the Moon in 2012.
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by Stephen Withers
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US astronaut Sunita Williams will be an official entrant in the Boston Marathon on 16 April, despite being in orbit onboard the International Space Station.
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by William Atkins
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International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 14 crew members continue to prepare for their Expedition 15 replacements.
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by William Atkins
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Reports have been coming in about a Lan Chile Airbus 340 with hundreds of people onboard having a near miss with a Russian space object. However, new information has been announced that disputes this story.
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by William Atkins
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With only about 550 days to complete its mission, the Akari infrared astronomy satellite has already provided astronomers with fantastic views of star births and deaths, galaxy evolution, supernova remnants, black holes, and other mysterious wonders of the universe.
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by William Atkins
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Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy discovered a green comet on March 15, 2007 with a digital camera. For his efforts, the comet has been named Comet Lovejoy, with an official designation of C/2007 E2.
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by William Atkins
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U.S. politicians have recently shown concern that the NASA Space Shuttle fleet will retire in 2010 and the next-generation Orion spacecraft won’t be ready until 2015. What happens for those four or five years (or longer) when the United States can’t launch a manned mission to the space station or anywhere else for that matter?
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