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  Asteroid Fragments Could Hint at the Origin of the Solar System

  October 4, 2012 — Scientists are analyzing minute asteroid fragments which could shed light on the origin and evolution of the solar ... > full story
• NASA
  Space Policy
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  NASA's Curiosity Rover Checks in on Mars Using Foursquare

  October 4, 2012 — NASA's Curiosity Mars rover checked in on Mars Wednesday using the mobile application Foursquare. This marks the first check-in on another planet. Users on Foursquare can keep up with Curiosity as ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
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  Asteroid's Troughs Suggest Stunted Planet

  September 26, 2012 — Enormous troughs that reach across the asteroid Vesta may actually be stretch marks that hint of a complexity beyond most asteroids. Scientists have been trying to determine the origin of these ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
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  Ancient Buddhist Statue Made of Meteorite, New Study Reveals

  September 26, 2012 — An ancient Buddhist statue which was first recovered by a Nazi expedition in 1938 has been analyzed by a team of scientists. The probably 1,000-year-old statue, called the “Iron Man”, ... > full story
• Moon
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  Dawn Suggests Special Delivery of Hydrated Material to Vesta

  September 26, 2012 — The mechanism by which water is incorporated into the terrestrial planets is a matter of extensive debate for planetary scientists. Now, observations of Vesta by NASA's Dawn mission suggest that ... > full story
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  Dawn Sees Hydrated Minerals on Giant Asteroid

  September 20, 2012 — NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed that the giant asteroid Vesta has its own version of ring around the collar. Two new papers based on observations from the low-altitude mapping orbit of the Dawn ... > full story
• Tsunamis
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  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
   
  

  Did a 'Forgotten' Meteor Have a Deadly, Icy Double-Punch?

  September 19, 2012 — When a huge meteor collided with Earth about 2.5 million years ago and fell into the southern Pacific Ocean it not only could have generated a massive tsunami but also may have plunged the world into ... > full story
• Mars
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  Hadley Crater Provides Deep Insight Into Martian Geology

  September 6, 2012 — Recently engaged in providing support to the successful landing of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover, ESA's Mars Express has now returned to its primary mission of studying the diverse ... > full story
• Extinction
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  Dinosaur Die out Might Have Been Second of Two Closely Timed Extinctions

  September 5, 2012 — New research indicates that shortly before an asteroid impact spelled doom for the dinosaurs, a separate extinction triggered by volcanic eruptions killed life on the ocean ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
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  Japanese Spacecraft to Search for Clues of Earth's First Life

  August 29, 2012 — The Japanese space agency JAXA plans to land a spacecraft onto an asteroid in 2018 to search for clues of how life began on ... > full story

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