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Stunning Nebula Photo Shows Head of 'Cosmic Seagull'The new picture was snapped by a telescope in Chile.
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Why 'Super-Earth' Alien Worlds May Be Unlikely to Support LifeThe rocky worlds may not bear much resemblance to Earth.
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Skydiver to Attempt Record-Breaking Supersonic 'Space Jump' Oct. 8If all goes according to plan, Felix Baumgartner will jump from nearly 23 miles above the Earth.
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Key US East Coast Weather Satellite GOES-13 FailsThe GOES-13 satellite launched in 2006 and is one of a newer generation of weather satellites.
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Earth's Most Mars-Like Places Could Hold Clues to Extraterrestrial LifeScientists are visiting places on Earth that resemble Mars to learn about the conditions necessary for life.
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Amazing 3D Moon Photos Created from NASA Lunar Orbiter ImageryScientists combined photos from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to create the 3D lunar views.
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Ocean on Jupiter's Moon Europa Likely Deep UndergroundFuture missions hoping to explore Europa's ocean may have to dig very deep.
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Giant Gas Cloud Surrounds Our Milky Way GalaxyCloud could solve longstanding mystery of "missing baryons."
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Private Spacecraft to Launch Space Station Cargo On Oct. 7SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft will make its first contracted supply run for NASA.
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Roots of Huge Solar Explosions May Lie in 'Coronal Cavities'Researchers are zeroing in on these mysterious, croissant-shaped solar structures.
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NASA Cooks Up Icy Organics to Mimic Life's OriginsCarbon-containing molecules can undergo complex reactions in the cold depths of space.
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New Dark Energy Telescope Snaps First Cosmic PhotosThe camera will observe distant galaxies to puzzle out the nature of dark energy.
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Stunning Hubble Telescope Photo Captures Star-Forming GalaxyThe image depicts the galaxy NGC 7090, which is 30 million light-years away.
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NASA Funds 8 Robotics Projects to Aid Space ExplorationThe space agency will dole out a total of $2.7 million in awards.
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Farewell, Neil Armstrong: 1st Moonwalker Buried at SeaNeil Armstrong, the first moonwalker, was laid to rest Sept. 14 in a burial at sea in the Atlantic.
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1st Alien Planets Found Around Sun-Like Stars in ClusterThe two newfound gas giants are almost certainly too hot to support life.
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Secret US Spy Satellite Launches Into Space After 6-Week DelayThe classified NROL-36 spacecraft launched into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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Wide Range of Alien Planets May Support LifeMany alien planets likely dip in and out of their stars' "habitable zones."
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Elusive Dark Energy Is Real, Study SaysBut scientists still don't know what the mysterious stuff is.
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'Witch's Broom' Nebula Shines in Spectacular PhotoIt's actually called the Pencil nebula, but scientists agree it is overwhelmingly broom-like.
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Intergalactic A to Z: Volunteers Find Galaxies Shaped Like the AlphabetThe result is a fun offshoot of the online Galaxy Zoo project.
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Crowdfunding Push by Space Science Funding Start-Up Uwingu Enters Final DaysThe start-up Uwingu aims to provide private funding for spaceflight, space research, and education.
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Wow! Spectacular Sun Photos Catch Colossal Solar Storm in ActionA string-like line of plasma was ejected from the sun Aug. 31.
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Mars Rover Takes Longest Martian Drive YetThe Mars rover Curiosity is going strong on the Red Planet.
