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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 11th, 2011
NASA Swift Satellite Sees 2005 YU55 Asteroid Flyby

NASA Swift Satellite Sees 2005 YU55 Asteroid Flyby

The spacecraft was purposefully pointed towards the asteroid

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 10th, 2011
Phobos-Grunt Still Unresponsive in Earth's Orbit

Phobos-Grunt Still Unresponsive in Earth's Orbit

Russian engineers are scrambling to figure out what happened

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 10th, 2011
Building a Laser Microscope at Home

Building a Laser Microscope at Home

Such a device can be built for only a few dollars

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 10th, 2011
How Hummingbirds Keep Flying Even in Storms

How Hummingbirds Keep Flying Even in Storms

They employ a special technique to remove water from feathers

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 10th, 2011
NASA Images the Kizimen Volcano

NASA Images the Kizimen Volcano

The mountain is located in Russia, and is actively growing

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 10th, 2011
STSS Satellites Complete Mission Ahead of Schedule

STSS Satellites Complete Mission Ahead of Schedule

They already spent more than two years in Earth's orbit

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 10th, 2011
NASA Captures Amazing Orion Drop Test Image

NASA Captures Amazing Orion Drop Test Image

The spacecraft is scheduled to start flying in 2013

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 9th, 2011
Why Stellar Nursery L1157 Has So Much Water

Why Stellar Nursery L1157 Has So Much Water

The region also reveals important amounts of ammonia

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 9th, 2011
Facial Disfigurements Do Represent Grounds for Discrimination

Facial Disfigurements Do Represent Grounds for Discrimination

Even if our supposedly modern society cannot admit this to itself

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 9th, 2011
Short Clip of Asteroid 2005 YU55 Created

Short Clip of Asteroid 2005 YU55 Created

Experts at JPL release the video to the general public

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 8th, 2011
Ancient Martian Volcano Revealed by Mars Express

Ancient Martian Volcano Revealed by Mars Express

ESA now introduces the landscape feature to the world

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 8th, 2011
Iconic Lunar Rover Image of Apollo Module

Iconic Lunar Rover Image of Apollo Module

The photograph was snapped from a distance, for maximum effect

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 8th, 2011
Satellite Images Ongoing Submarine Volcano Eruption

Satellite Images Ongoing Submarine Volcano Eruption

NASA is very interested in this type of natural phenomena

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 8th, 2011
Kepler Telescope Barely in Contact with Ground Controllers

Kepler Telescope Barely in Contact with Ground Controllers

The observatory is breaking new grounds regardless of difficulties

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 8th, 2011
Hadal Zones Used as Proxies for Alien Oceans

Hadal Zones Used as Proxies for Alien Oceans

Experts hope that such studies will help space exploration efforts

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 8th, 2011
White House Denies Establishing Contact with E.T.

White House Denies Establishing Contact with E.T.

The statement was released in response to two public petitions

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 7th, 2011
See Bruce McCandless Flying Free in Space

See Bruce McCandless Flying Free in Space

This iconic image symbolizes human daring to explore space

 
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