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Venus Express Unearths New Clues to the Planet's Geological History
Science & Tech  (tags: space exploration, Venus )

Freya
- 2 days ago - spacedaily.com
ESA's Venus Express has been used to study the geology in a region near Venus' equator. Using near-infrared observations collected by the Venus Monitoring Camera, scientists have found evidence that the planet's rugged highlands are scattered with...
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'Monolith' Object on Mars? You Could Call It That
Science & Tech  (tags: Mars, space exploration )

Tomoko
- 39 days ago - space.com
Amateur stargazers have discovered an intriguing object jutting out from the surface of Mars. The seemingly perfectly rectangular, upright structure, found in NASA images of the Red Planet, bears a striking resemblance to the monoliths of "2001"
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NASA Telescope Discovers 26 Alien Planets Around 11 Different Stars
Science & Tech  (tags: space, planets, space exploration )

Freya
- 110 days ago - space.com
NASA's prolific planet-hunting spacecraft has hit the jackpot again, discovering 11 new planetary systems with 26 confirmed alien planets among them.
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Astronomers Discover 18 Huge New Alien Planets
Science & Tech  (tags: space exploration, planets, astronomy )

Freya
- 174 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Astronomers have found 18 new alien planets, all of them Jupiter-size gas giants that circle stars bigger than our sun, a new study reports.
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10 Things You Never Knew About the Space Shuttle Program
Science & Tech  (tags: Space Shuttle, Shuttle Program, Facts, NASA, space exploration )

Katie
- 323 days ago - onlinedegree.net
According to Pew, 58% want the nation to remain a world leader in space exploration, and 55% say space exploration has been a good investment.
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Mission to Mars Simulation Astronauts Ready to 'Land' on the Red Planet After 233 Days
Science & Tech  (tags: Mars, astronauts, Mission, space exploration )

Anna
- 488 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
After 233 days in a locked steel capsule, six researchers on a 520-day mock flight to Mars are all feeling strong and ready to 'land' on the Red Planet, the mission director said today.
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NASA Is Developing Revolutionary Horizontal Space Launcher for Orbital Use
Science & Tech  (tags: NASA, news, new technology, orbital spacecraft, space exploration )

Dan
- 620 days ago - physorg.com
A wedge-shaped super-aircraft will be launched horizontally on an electrified track or gas-powered sled, fly up to Mach 10, and use scramjets to reach the stratosphere and launch a capsule into orbit. Predicted by Sunstroke author David Kagan.
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Solar System With Seven Planets and a 'Sun' Found
Science & Tech  (tags: space exploration, planets, sun, solar system )

Anna
- 640 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
A solar system containing up to seven planets orbiting a sun-like star has been detected 127 light years from Earth.The planetary system is believed to be the largest ever discovered beyond the sun.Astronomers have confirmed the presence of five planets..
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'Much More Water' Found in Lunar Rocks
Science & Tech  (tags: moon, satellite, moisture, lunar water, space travel, space exploration )

Rooibos
- 710 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The scientists found that there was at least 100 times more water in the Moon's minerals than they had previously believed.
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8 Wonders of the Solar System, Made Interactive
Science & Tech  (tags: Art, interactive show, solar system, space exploration, BEAUTIFUL, exciting, interactive slide show )

Maria
- 783 days ago - scientificamerican.com
What might future explorers of the solar system see? Find out by taking an interactive tour
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The U.K. Finally Gets Its Own Space Agency
Science & Tech  (tags: space, UK, space agency, space exploration )

Maria
- 790 days ago - scientificamerican.com
The United Kingdom has firmed up its position within the ranks of the space-faring, announcing on March 23 the creation of a new space center and an impending consolidated national space agency.
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Galileo Worlds: The Moons of Jupiter
Science & Tech  (tags: American Explorer, Astronomy, Europa, Galileo World, I/O, Jupiter, Nasa, Navigation, Planets, space exploration, The Moons of Jupitertechnology, world, tech, study, space, society, scientists, performance, research, science, NewTechnology, news, nasa, med )

Ghazali
- 807 days ago - scienceray.com
In March 1979 the Voyager 1 unmanned spacecraft was approaching the great system of satellites surrounding Jupiter, the largest planet of the solar system.
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New Facility Aims to Improve NASA Moon Rocket Engine
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, technology, scientists, Astrophysics, space probes, space exploration, space missions, rocket engine, solid-fuel rocket, performance, Moon, Mars, NASA, news )

J.
- 1537 days ago - news.uns.purdue.edu
Purdue University engineers are conducting experiments using a new hydrogen facility to help NASA create designs to improve the cooling efficiency and performance of the J-2X rocket engine, critical for future missions to Mars and the moon.
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Telescope Project Receives $30 Million From Charles Simonyi, Bill Gates
Science & Tech  (tags: research, science, technology, future, space telescopes, space exploration, astronomy, astrophysics, news )

J.
- 1602 days ago - uanews.org
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Project,8.4-metre telescope proposed for 2014,will cover the sky every three nights,opening a window on objects that change or move on rapid timescales:exploding supernovae,potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroids ...
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Exploding Star Sets Brightness Longevity Record
Science & Tech  (tags: NASA', Space Exploration, space )

Jacquelin
- 1902 days ago - foxnews.com
The explosive death of a massive star has broken the record for longest-lived light show. Observations from NASA's Swift satellite have revealed a so-called gamma-ray burst for which the afterglow remained visible for more than 125 days. When a star
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