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  'Mount Sharp' on Mars Links Geology's Past and Future

  March 28, 2012 — One particular mountain on Mars, bigger than Colorado's grandest, has been beckoning would-be explorers since it was first sighted from orbit in the 1970s. Scientists have ideas about how it took ... > full story
• Moon
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  Titanium Paternity Test Fingers Earth as Moon's Sole Parent

  March 29, 2012 — A new chemical analysis of lunar material collected by Apollo astronauts in the 1970s conflicts with the widely held theory that a giant collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object gave birth to ... > full story
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  New Evidence That Comets Deposited Building Blocks of Life on Primordial Earth

  March 27, 2012 — New research provides further support for the idea that comets bombarding Earth billions of years ago carried and deposited the key ingredients for life to spring up on the ... > full story
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  Engineers Set Their Sights on Asteroid Deflection

  March 27, 2012 — Engineers are developing an innovative technique based on lasers that could radically change asteroid deflection ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
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  Jupiter Helps Halley’s Comet Give Us More Spectacular Meteor Displays

  March 27, 2012 — The dramatic appearance of Halley's comet in the night sky has been observed and recorded by astronomers since 240 BC. Now a study shows that the orbital influences of Jupiter on the comet and the ... > full story
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  Dawn Sees New Surface Features on Giant Asteroid Vesta

  March 21, 2012 — NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed unexpected details on the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta. New images and data highlight the diversity of Vesta's surface and reveal unusual geologic features, ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
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  Super-Earth Unlikely Able to Transfer Life to Other Planets

  March 20, 2012 — While scientists believe conditions suitable for life might exist on the so-called "super-Earth" in the Gliese 581 system, it's unlikely to be transferred to other planets within that solar ... > full story
• Space Exploration
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  Cosmic Rays Alter Chemistry of Lunar Ice, May Create Building Blocks of Life

  March 19, 2012 — Space scientists report they have quantified levels of radiation on the moon's surface from galactic cosmic ray (GCR) bombardment that over time causes chemical changes in water ice and can create ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
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  Near-Miss Asteroid Will Return Next Year, Even Closer

  March 15, 2012 — When it whizzes past Earth in 2013, a newly discovered asteroid is going to miss our planet -- but not by much. The 50-meter space rock is expected to come closer than many satellites, highlighting ... > full story
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  Meteorites Reveal Another Way to Make Life's Components

  March 9, 2012 — Creating some of life's building blocks in space may be a bit like making a sandwich -- you can make them cold or hot, according to new NASA research. This evidence that there is more than one way to ... > full story

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