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Five reasons the world won't end in 2012
Pointing to the end of the Mayan Long Count calendar on Dec. 21, 2012, many doomsday believers think that life as we know it on Earth has entered it's final year. NASA begs to differ.
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Quadrantid meteors and 11 other big skywatching events of 2012
What lies ahead sky-wise for 2012? Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist, selected what he considers to be the top 12 "skylights" for this coming year,
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The 9 weirdest things ever flown on the Space Shuttle
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US missile defense satellites pass big test
Two experimental US missile defense satellites have passed a series of vital tests in space, successfully spotting three missile launches and relaying their data back to Earth.
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Nemesis hypothesis: Is there a small hidden star orbiting the sun?
Every 27 million years, there is a much higher likelihood of a mass extinction. Some astronomers have proposed that these extinctions are caused by a small comet-disturbing star orbiting our sun, the so-called Nemesis hypothesis.
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Virgin Galactic spaceship test glide could happen this fall
Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo spacecraft, the VSS Enterprise, could make its first drop flights over California's Mojave Desert for glide and landing tests this fall, says the company.
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Asteroid threat: Don't worry, Congress is looking into it
Astronomers have long warned of a nasty encounter with a large space rock, but don't worry: There's a proposal in Congress to establish a commission to look into it.
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NASA should use private spaceships, say astronauts
An open letter to Congress signed by 24 former NASA astronauts told Congress that privately owned spacecraft could carry people safely to the International Space Station.
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NASA chief says agency's goal is Muslim outreach, forgets to mention space
In an interview last month on Al-Jazeera, NASA chief Charlie Bolden said that one of NASA's foremost tasks is to engage with Muslim nations. The White House disagreed, suggesting that the agency should perhaps focus on space exploration.
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Skydiver plans supersonic jump from edge of space
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner wants to plummet toward the earth faster than the speed of sound in a record-breaking high-altitude jump.
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Total solar eclipse blots out sun, amazes skywatchers
Total solar eclipse provided the most dazzling views on Easter Island, where astronomers and thousands of tourists watched.
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Zombie satellite still careening through space
Zombie satellite, frustrating scientists, continues drifting through space, but could possibly collide with other satellites.
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Moonbase Alpha: New NASA game lets you run a virtual lunar station
Moonbase Alpha has players working together to restore oxygen flow and critical systems on a virtual lunar base after a meteor strike.
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Black hole caught blowing massive gas bubble
Astronomers have observed a black hole releasing a pair of powerful jets that are creating a massive bubble of hot gas some 1,000 light-years across.
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Soyuz spacecraft moves to new docking port
Soyuz spacecraft took a short flight outside the International Space Station Monday to move to a new docking port, after delay.
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China not invited to party at International Space Station, says NASA
China has not been invited to join the International Space Station project, despite a news report from Russia suggesting otherwise.
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Space shuttle successor to be built by Boeing?
Space shuttle: As NASA's vaunted shuttle program comes to a close, Boeing is working on a space capsule that will ferry astronauts to the International Space Station.
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Lunar eclipse wows skywatchers
Lunar eclipse: Early Saturday morning, skywatchers in parts of North America saw a shadow pass across part of the nearly full moon as it hung low on the horizon.
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Lunar eclipse coming early Saturday morning
Lunar eclipse: Observers in the western and central North America get a view of a full moon with the earth's shadow passing over it in a partial lunar eclipse.
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Scientists discover that Jupiter moon smells terrible
A new study of some of the chemical compounds present on the Jupiter's moon, Io, finds that it really stinks.
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Space shuttle: NASA wants to delay final two missions
Space shuttle missions STS-133 and STS-134 could be pushed back a few months, if NASA's request to delay the program's final two missions is approved.
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'Monster' black holes light up when galaxies collide
Monster black holes at the centers of galaxies tend to 'light up' – throwing out massive amounts of radiation – when galaxies merge.
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Alien planet? NASA spacecraft spots hundreds of candidates.
Alien planet hunt: Scanning for habitable worlds outside our solar system, NASA's Kepler mission has already spotted hundreds of candidates.
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Saturn lightning: Superbolts recorded by Cassini spacecraft
Saturn lightning: Lightning is rarely spotted on the ringed planet. NASA's Cassini spacecraft recorded powerful lightning as it passed by.
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US Air Force scramjet test sees Spaceships in future
A recent US Air Force scramjet test has hinted at a future where Hypersonic weapons and Spaceships streak through the sky at many times the speed of sound around the world.
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This month, a rare view of dwarf planets Ceres and Pluto
Ceres and Pluto will come into opposition with the sun, offering a rare view of these two dwarf planets.
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Draconid meteor shower: NASA prepares for potentially damaging 2011 meteor shower
Draconid meteor shower: NASA is assessing the risk to spacecraft posed by the upcoming 2011 Draconid meteor shower, a seven-hour storm of tiny space rocks.
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New International Space Station crew blasts off on Soyuz rocket
New International Space Station crew departed from a Russian Soyuz rocket on Tuesday. Two Americans and one Russian cosmonaut are onboard.
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