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  110 "Tweeps" Tweet Shuttle Launch

  By Darragh Worland | Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:34 PM ET

  to reach more than 150,000 people with the combined tweets. You can see what they said (and are still saying) by going to Twitter and searching for #NASAtweetup. The six-member Atlantis crew are headed to the International Space Station on a 10-day mission to perform various maintenance an Read More

  More like this in: Twitter, Space, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, Kennedy Space Center, US, Technology
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  It's H2O-ficial: Proof of Water on Moon

  By David Bois | Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:59 PM ET

  It turns out the moon harbors many secrets, and LCROSS has added a new layer to our understanding,' said Michael Wargo, chief lunar scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington."NASA's update goes on to explain that the project team has been burning the midnight oil poring over the volumes o Read More

  More like this in: Water, Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), Science, Space, Innovation & Discovery, Physical Sciences
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  The End of the Road for 2012 Hype

  By David Bois | Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  start of a new one). Also discussed as implausible are continental scale upheavals and a yet-unknown planet that will appear and collide with Earth.NASA as well has stepped up to the debunking plate, providing measured consideration of the planetary and cosmic forces and entities that are caugh Read More

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  Japan's Solar Scheme Both Out of the Box and Out of This World

  By David Bois | Mon Nov 9, 2009 7:28 PM ET

  all sounds so very far-flung and fanciful, but the idea has been kicked around for decades. In fact, the accompanying illustration is actually a NASA conceptualization of the same principle dating from 1976.The Japanese, however, have continued to work diligently beyond the drawing board Read More

  More like this in: Energy, Space, Japan, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Power, Physorg.com
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  Remembering Carl Sagan

  By David Bois | Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:38 AM ET

  images that have been sent back from the Hubble Telescope. We have found evidence of water on Mars and the moon alike. And very recently NASA scientists have determined that amino acids, proteins precursors and the building blocks of life, have been detected on the surface of a comet Read More

  More like this in: Space, PBS, Hulu, SETI Institute, Science, Space, Innovation & Discovery, Physical Sciences, Books, TV
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  Exploding Star for the Ages

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  were beginning to form. The star that exploded in this event was a member of one of these earliest generations of stars." Photo courtesy of NASA/Swift/Stefa Read More

  More like this in: The Telegraph, Astronomy, Milky Way, Science, Space
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  The Amazing Green Race

  By Courtney Rubin | Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:08 PM ET

  Michigan's Infinium (one of the favorites to win) and Cambridge University's The Endeavour. The 650-lb Infinium's solar panels are "the same ones NASA puts in satellites," project manager Steve Durbin told the New York Times. On day one, Belgium's Umicar Inspire crashed after losing contro Read More

  More like this in: Technology, The New York Times, Travel, Australia, Emissions, Japan, Planet, Solar Energy, Solar Power, Michigan, University of Michigan
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  Mars Looks a Lot Like Las Vegas

  By John Casey | Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:34 PM ET

  badlands outside Las Vegas. Isn't that a casino and a 7-11 in the background?This image was taken on Spirit's "2,052nd Martian day," according to NASA, not that they're counting or anything."Spirit used its front hazard-avoidance camera to take this image," NASA said. "The turret of tools a Read More

  More like this in: Las Vegas, Robots, Mars, Technology, Science, Tech Does Good, Cutting-edge, Space, Physical Sciences
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  What's Up With Your Acre of the Amazon?

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:23 PM ET

  your donation in Indiana, there's no good way to monitor the state of the trees in central Indonesia. At least, there wasn't until now. This week, NASA, along with the European Space Agency and national space agencies of Japan, Germany, Italy, India and Brazil, agreed to work together on Read More

  More like this in: Google, Global Warming, Reuters, Amazon, Brazil, Trees, Deforestation, Rainforest, NewsDaily
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  Stargazing in the (Rose) Garden

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:54 AM ET

  gazing. There were about 150 middle schoolers at the star party. There were 20 good-sized telescopes. There were also a few celebrities. There were NASA dignitaries. And there were astronauts (think Sally Ride and Buzz Aldrin). Oh -- and the backyard in question was attached to the White House Read More

  More like this in: Celebrities, Space, White House, Astronaut, Astronomy, Buzz Aldrin, International Year of Astronomy