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Spirit Gets High On Mars |
| Nothing is more satisfying after a climb than a hard-earned view from the top — Spirit has finally reached the summit of Husband Hill - Sky and Telescope |
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Earth Spins Faster Inside Than Out |
| Scientists have shown Earth's core spins faster than its surface, proving a long-suspected notion that our planet's interior rotates more like a fluid than a solid - Astronomy |
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Space Radiation May Select Amino Acids For Life |
| Space radiation preferentially destroys specific forms of amino acids, the most realistic laboratory simulation to date has found - New Scientist |
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Supernova's Colliding Winds |
| Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory report the predicted brightening of SN 1987A's ring has begun. They observed a ring of hot gas glowing in X rays at the same location as the ultraviolet ring and optical hotspots imaged previously by the Hubble Space Telescope - Astronomy |
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Earth's Final Destiny |
| In the constellation of Pisces, some 100 million light-years from Earth, two galaxies are seen to collide - providing an eerie insight into the ultimate fate of our own planet when
the Milky Way fatally merges with our neighbouring galaxy of Andromeda
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Hubble Scans For Moon Base Locations |
| Planetary scientists are using the Hubble Space Telescope to scout out sites for potential human bases on the Moon - New Scientist |
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Amateurs Help Astronomers Unravel A Propeller Star |
| Amateur astronomers are being asked to help a constellation of observatories unravel the mysteries of a puzzling binary star system - American Association of Variable Star Observers |
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Cost Cuts Likely To Dim Space Telescope’s Vision |
| The vision of the James Webb Space Telescope, the future successor to Hubble, should be dimmed to cut cost overruns, say the astronomers forming the telescope's Science
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Russian Clipper Ship Draws European Interest |
| Europe is eying Russia’s proposed crew-carrying Clipper spaceship, not only for use in International Space Station operations, but also to carve out their role in future Moon,
Mars and beyond exploration - Space.com |
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Japanese Satellites Launched Atop Converted Missile |
| A Russian rocket formerly tipped with nuclear warheads blasted out of its missile silo shrouded in smoke and fire overnight Tuesday [Aug. 23] bound for space with a pair of Japanese technology demonstration satellites - Spaceflight Now, JAXA |
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