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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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Mars One will look for — and hide from — life on Mars
Mars One plans to put four astronaut-explorers on Mars by 2023, but they will take steps to avoid contaminating any lifeforms already on Mars.
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Comet of the century? ISON has 'potential' to be visible all day.
As sun-grazing comet ISON approaches the sun, it's getting progressively brighter – and might even flare into a dazzling object bright enough to be visible in broad daylight.
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Spaceflight conference: No NASA reps, but Sigourney Weaver is there
NASA banned employees from attending the annual National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. But 'Alien' star Sigourney Weaver will be there.
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Curiosity Mars rover suffers another glitch, remains in safe mode
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has put its scientific exploration on hold while it deals with a minor software problem.
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How a humongous alien planet could explain how our solar system was born
The discovery of a colossal gas giant some 130 light-years from Earth could help explain the origins of our own solar system, say scientists.
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Mars flooding: Ancient mega-flood on Red Planet revealed in 3D
Mars flooding: The discovery shows that a major underground channel generated by an ancient mega-flood is twice as deep as thought, and sheds light on how water shaped the surface of Mars, scientists added.
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Rover Curiosity may resume operation on Mars soon
NASA said that its Mars rover Curiosity, which halted its exploration on the Red Planet last Thursday due to a memory malfunction, might get back to work this weekend.
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Scientists discover new belt of radiation around Earth
NASA's twin Van Allen space probes detected a previously unknown temporary ring of high energy particles around our planet.
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Telescope spots formation of alien planet
In the first discovery of its kind, a telescope in Chile has detected a baby gas giant forming in the dust cloud around a nearby star.
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2018 Mars mission: Who should go?
Billionaire Dennis Tito announced plans Wednesday for a two-person private mission to Mars, in 2018. The project seeks a married couple with technical backgrounds and a healthy dose of courage.
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Astronomers clock supermassive black hole's spin for first time
How fast does a supermassive black hole spin? For the first time, scientists have made a reliable measurement of these behemoths, thought to be at the center of most, if not all, galaxies.
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Dennis Tito to announce private mission to Mars
Space tourist millionaire Dennis Tito, who in 2001 paid $20 million to visit the International Space Station, is planning a privately funded trip to the Red Planet.
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US scientists seek to prevent another meteor explosion
NASA and the Air Force are working together to develop plans to prepare for future meteor strikes like the one in Russia earlier this month.
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'Vulcan' and 'Cerberus' are favorite names for Pluto's moons
The online poll for naming Pluto's moons – P4 and P5 – is now over and the winning names are 'Vulcan' and 'Cerberus.' This result, however, doesn't guarantee that P4 and P5 will actually get these names.
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Mars might still harbor life, say scientists
Liquid water might flow seasonally at some places on Mars, potentially supporting microbial life, say some researchers.
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Unsuspecting target chosen for asteroid-smashing mission
A joint European/US mission to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid now has a target: the asteroid Didymos, which poses no threat to Earth and has no idea what's coming.
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Small Canadian satellite to hunt big space rocks
A suitcase-sized Canadian spacecraft launched Monday aboard an Indian rocket is designed to spot large asteroids that cross paths with our planet.
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Naming Pluto's moon 'Vulcan' only logical, says William Shatner
William Shatner proposed 'Vulcan' as the name of one of Pluto's recently discovered moons, and more than 100,000 'Star Trek' fans seem to concur.
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India launches asteroid-hunting spacecraft, tiny telescopes
India launched seven satellites on Monday, including the first spacecraft designed to hunt large space rocks.
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People worldwide hang out with astronauts on Google+
Via Twitter, Google+ and YouTube, people from over the world joined the first-ever live online video conference with three astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
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Painting asteroids could nudge them away from Earth
To protect Earth from space rock threat, a scientist recommended spray painting an asteroid to alter the amount of sunlight reflected by it, thereby changing its trajectory.
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Russia meteor triggered nuclear warning system
The infrasonic waves from the detonation of a meteor over the Ural Mountains earlier this month was detected by 17 nuclear monitoring stations around the globe.
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Spectacular NASA video shows plasma 'rain' on sun
NASA released an amazing video of an enormous solar flare erupting on the sun in July 2012
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In historic first, Mars Curiosity rover drills into Martian rock
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has sent home photos of samples that it gathered from deep inside a rock on Mars. It is the first time a robot has ever drilled into a rock on any planet other than Earth.
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Sunspots: Huge and growing fast, says NASA
Sunspots of this size could produce major solar flares, which could disrupt communications on Earth. The latest sunspot is six Earth diameters across.
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