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Violent Origin of Saturn's Oddball Moons ExplainedThe six icy satellites may have been spawned by a merger of bigger bodies that created Saturn's huge moon Titan.
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Curiosity Rover Digs Up Shiny Particles on MarsNASA's Mars rover Curiosity has excavated odd shiny particles on Mars, but they appear natural, NASA says.
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Jupiter Photos Reveal Big Changes on Giant PlanetImages of the largest planet suggest it has undergone some big changes in recent years.
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Saturn Moon Titan Has a 'Hot Cross Bun' in NASA PhotoA NASA spacecraft has spied a cracked mound that resembles a hot cross bun on Saturn's moon Titan.
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Giant Strand of Elusive Dark Matter Seen in 3DAstronomers have probed a dark matter filament that extends from a massive galaxy cluster 5.4 billion light-years away.
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NASA's Cassini Probe at Saturn Celebrates 15 Years in SpaceCassini will keep studying Saturn and its many moons until 2017.
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Most Alien Solar Systems Are 'Flatter Than Pancakes'New research suggests the majority of exoplanets have relatively flat orbits.
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Saturn's Moon Titan Has Soft and Crusty Surface, Probe Landing RevealsThe findings are based on a new analysis of a nearly eight-year-old spacecraft landing.
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Curiosity Rover Resumes Eyeing 1st Scoop of Mars DirtThe rover had taken a few days to study a strange bright scrap on the ground nearby.
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Spectacular Nebula Photos Captured By Space Telescope's X-Ray VisionThese four planetary nebulas are part of a new survey of nearby dying stars.
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SpaceX Rocket Launch Glitch Left Piggyback Satellite in Wrong OrbitA glitch with the Falcon 9 rocket caused Orbcomm's prototype OG2 satellite to be placed too low.
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'Bright Object' On Mars Actually Plastic from Curiosity RoverThe bright object Curiosity spotted while scooping soil over the weekend is a piece of itself, scientists say.
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Private Rocket Suffered Slight Glitch During Sunday Cargo LaunchThe anomaly did not significantly affect the flight of SpaceX's Dragon capsule.
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One Year In Space: US-Russian Crew Launching Audacious Spaceflight in 2015The announcement confirms speculation that has been bubbling for months.
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Record-Breaking Supersonic Skydive Attempt Delayed to TuesdayWeather concerns have pushed back Felix Baumgartner's stratospheric leap by a day.
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NASA Aims to Trim Giant Deep-Space Rocket's CostNewly efficient assembly methods should lower the price of NASA's Space Launch System rocket, officials say.
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Giant Eye In Space Seen by NASA TelescopesA glowing planetary nebula looks like a giant cosmic eye.
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Mars Rover Curiosity 'Checks In' on Foursquare from Red PlanetCuriosity has the Mayor of Mars title pretty much sewn up.
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'World Space Week' Launches Today on Sputnik AnniversaryHundreds of events will be held around the world.
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Early Galaxies and Black Holes Grew Up TogetherThe find could help explain why bigger galaxies have bigger central black holes.
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Strange Layer of Venus Surprisingly ColdPart of Venus' atmosphere may be cold enough to form carbon dioxide snow.
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Proposed Space Boat Could Explore Lakes On Saturn's Moon TitanA boat mission called TALISE would explore the lakes of Saturn's moon Titan.
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Weather On Mars Surprisingly Warm, Curiosity Rover FindsDaytime temperatures have climbed above freezing during more than half of Curiosity's days on Mars.
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Saturn's Glorious Rings Dazzle in NASA PhotoThe Cassini probe snapped the shot this past June.
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