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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • April 14th, 2006
First Images from Venus Express

First Images from Venus Express

The first images of the Venus' South Pole ever

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • April 11th, 2006
Venus Express Successfully Entered Orbit

Venus Express Successfully Entered Orbit

The mission can now begin

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • April 11th, 2006
NASA's Spirit Finds An Unexpected Safe Place for the Winter

NASA's Spirit Finds An Unexpected Safe Place for the Winter

A northern-tilted hill closer than the planned winter destination

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • April 10th, 2006
Two Super-massive Black Holes on Collision Course

Two Super-massive Black Holes on Collision Course

Astronomers have obtained evidence about two black holes spiraling toward a merger

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • April 3rd, 2006
The ESA Probe Has Almost Reached Venus

The ESA Probe Has Almost Reached Venus

...and is ready to slow down

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 30th, 2006
Saturn's Rings Are Surprisingly Recent

Saturn's Rings Are Surprisingly Recent

The rings have had a violent birth

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  • By Tudor Raiciu
  • March 29th, 2006
First Total Eclipse in Years

First Total Eclipse in Years

Libya was the best observation point

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 27th, 2006
The First Pictures from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

The First Pictures from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

The craft works perfectly

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 20th, 2006
Bad News for NASA's Spirit

Bad News for NASA's Spirit

The rover's wheel is stuck

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 17th, 2006
A New Giant Storm Is Emerging on Jupiter

A New Giant Storm Is Emerging on Jupiter

From the collision of three smaller storms

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 17th, 2006
Big Bang Afterglow and the First Stars in the Universe

Big Bang Afterglow and the First Stars in the Universe

Plus some clues about the first trillionth of second after the Big Bang

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 17th, 2006
Strange Double Helix Nebula Spotted Near the Center of the Milky Way

Strange Double Helix Nebula Spotted Near the Center of the Milky Way

Probably created by the magnetic field at the center of the galaxy

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 15th, 2006
Stardust Creates Cosmic Mystery

Stardust Creates Cosmic Mystery

The comets have minerals that could have formed only at very high temperatures

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 13th, 2006
Pluto's Moons are Indeed Related to Each Other

Pluto's Moons are Indeed Related to Each Other

New Hubble images show

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 13th, 2006
UPDATE: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has Successfully Entered Orbit

UPDATE: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has Successfully Entered Orbit

"Oh I am very relieved. It was picture perfect." - project manager Jim Graf

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 10th, 2006
Cassini Finds Liquid Water on Saturn's Moon Enceladus

Cassini Finds Liquid Water on Saturn's Moon Enceladus

Geysers erupting from pressurized subsurface reservoirs of liquid water

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 3rd, 2006
UPDATE: Bad News from the Incoming Asteroid

UPDATE: Bad News from the Incoming Asteroid

Instead of being downgraded, 2004 VD17 has become the most dangerous known asteroid

 
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