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Can the national debt be cut? How Republican candidates' plans compare.
Here's a comparative look at the candidates based on the group's numbers.
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David Foster Wallace's 10 favorite books
The late great novelist David Foster Wallace's 10 favorite books.
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In Pictures: Timeline of American rockets
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Massive craters
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Europa or bust? Maybe not. Top 9 priorities for planetary research missions
The National Research Council has just unveiled planetary scientists' space-mission wish-list for the next 10 years. Tight federal budgets will provide the reality check. Here's a sampler of missions the panel recommends NASA undertake this decade.
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SpaceX Dragon cargo ship splashes down in Pacific Ocean (+video)
The SpaceX Dragon capsule, a privately owned spacecraft, returned to Earth Thursday from the International Space Station
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SpaceX: Historic space station rendezvous at over 17,000 mph (+video)
The gleaming white Dragon was snared after a few hours of extra checks and maneuvers. The two vessels came together while sailing above Australia at 17,500 mph.
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Report: Russian intelligence suspects US hand in SuperJet crash
Although aviation experts dismissed Russian intelligence's suspicions of a US hand in the May 9 plane crash in Indonesia, the many unanswered questions about the crash fuel conspiracy theories.
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SpaceX launch to space station: humanity finds new wings
If all goes well, the first private capsule will dock at the space station Thursday, marking a historic turning point in the use of private space companies. This will help free up NASA for riskier space exploration.
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SpaceX launch: private industry inspires new generation of rocketeers (+video)
SpaceX launch a reminder that NASA isn't the only game in town anymore. Aspiring engineers, rocket designers, space geeks look to 'New Space' companies to boldly go where only governments used to go.
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4,700 asteroids capable of catastrophic damage lurk near Earth
The survey found there are likely 4,700 potentially hazardous asteroids in orbits that occasionally bring them close enough to Earth to pose a concern.
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NASA mission confirms: Ex-asteroid Vesta is a planet that almost was
Data from the orbiter DAWN confirm theories about the history of Vesta, which dates to the early days of planet formation. The protoplanet is also home to the solar system's second largest mountain.
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Asteroid Vesta: Is it really an asteroid?
The humongous asteroid Vesta is actually a protoplanet left over from the early days of our solar system, new observations from a NASA space probe suggest.
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Surprise: Martian sand dunes are speedy
Rare winds jump-start sand movement on Mars, according to scientists.
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Death Valley used as stand-in for Martian landscape (+video)
A project scientist for NASA's huge Curiosity rover is leading a handful of journalists on a trip to Death Valley, whose geology and vistas resemble Mars in some places. The goal is to help reporters get a better idea of the science Curiosity will be doing when it touches down on the Red Planet on the night of Aug. 5.
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Mars lava unlocks the red planet's secrets (+video)
The first lava ever seen in an extraterrestrial environment was spotted recently by scientists. It indicates that Mars was shaped by volcanic activity.
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Google billionaires announce scheme to mine asteroids (+video)
A new company backed by some of the world's most prominent billionaires, including three Google executives, plans to mine near-Earth asteroids for precious metals.
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Why James Cameron and Larry Page want to mine asteroids (+video)
Google execs and filmmaker Cameron are investing in a space mining venture. The goal: create space-based refueling stations on asteroids
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Will visitors be allowed on board the Space Shuttle Discovery?
On Thursday, NASA handed the world's most traveled space shuttle over to the Smithsonian. Visitors won't be able to walk its decks, but they will be able to experience the shuttle's interior through interactive images.
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NASA photo captures 12-mile-high dust devil on Mars (+video)
A humongous dust devil churned on Mars last month, as seen in a photo taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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Mars, moon, and star form brilliant sky triangle tonight
The moon, Mars and the star Regulus will combine to form a very bright triple play Tuesday night.
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Bright Venus to show in daytime sky
Effulgent Venus will show just beside the moon today. Also, some cues on how to observe this rare and beautiful event.
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Photos of asteroid Vesta reveal bright, ancient rock and dark, melted stone
The new photos of Vesta from NASA's Dawn spacecraft highlight odd, shiny spots that are nearly twice as bright as other parts of the asteroid — suggesting it is original material left over from the space rock's birth 4 billion years ago, NASA officials said today.
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Mercury: Unusual insides and active history
New information collected by NASA's Messenger shows that Mercury was more geologically active than scientists previously thought.
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Life on Mars: Could fossil record be trapped in ancient lake mud?
A team of scientists from Brown University found that only 79 lake beds contained deposits of minerals that hint at clays on the surface.
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'John Carter' trumped by $39.1M weekend for 'The Lorax'
Studio estimates Sunday put Universal Pictures' "The Lorax" at No. 1 for the second-straight weekend as the animated adventure based on the children's book took in $39.1 million.
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Solar flares: Be glad you're on Earth, not Mars (+video)
The recent solar flares provide a dramatic backdrop for a study that shows Mars gets far more of its atmosphere stripped away by solar storms than does Earth. Thank you, magnetosphere.
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Oxygen atmosphere found on distant Saturn moon Dione (+video)
Dione's atmosphere was detected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which spotted an ultra-thin layer of oxygen ions so sparse that it is equivalent to conditions 300 miles above Earth.
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Is Mars sucking water from its own atmosphere?
Salty soils on Mars act to collect moisture from the Red Planet's atmosphere, according to new research. The salt and the moisture combine to create a brine that may encourage nutrients.
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Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, and moon to put on rare spectacle in sky
This past weekend, three planets joined the moon in a rare alignment. On Monday, these celestial bodies will be joined by Mercury.
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