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  Fireball Over California/Nevada: How Big Was It?

  April 24, 2012 — A bright ball of light traveling east to west was seen over the skies of central/northern California Sunday morning, April 22. The former space rock-turned-flaming-meteor entered Earth's atmosphere ... > full story
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  Extreme Gardening on Mars? European Research Project Focuses on Development of Life Support Units

  April 24, 2012 — A new project is being conducted by European researchers to plant the seeds for possible gardening on Mars on day. The plan for the future will be to grow first vegetables on Earth in a closed ... > full story
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  Climate Change May Create Price Volatility in the Corn Market

  April 22, 2012 — Corn, America's No. 1 crop, could see its prime growing region shift to the Canadian border or its price volatility increase sharply within 30 years. A new study points to climate change as the ... > full story
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  Dawn Gets Extra Time to Explore Vesta

  April 20, 2012 — NASA's Dawn mission has received official confirmation that 40 extra days have been added to its exploration of the giant asteroid Vesta, the second most massive object in the main asteroid belt. The ... > full story
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  Cassini Finds Titan Lake Is Like a Namibia Mudflat

  April 20, 2012 — A new study analyzing data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft suggests that the lake, known as Ontario Lacus, behaves most similarly to what we call a salt pan on ... > full story
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  NASA Image Gallery Highlights Earth's Changing Face

  April 20, 2012 — In celebration of this year's Earth Day on April 22, NASA's Global Climate Change website has unveiled a new version of its popular image gallery, "State of Flux." The gallery presents stunning ... > full story
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  NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Brings 'Earthrise' to Everyone

  April 19, 2012 — The moonscape was created using high-resolution topography data from LRO's Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter, which has provided the most precise and complete maps to date of the moon's complex, heavily ... > full story
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  Finding ET May Require Giant Robotic Leap

  April 18, 2012 — Autonomous, self-replicating robots -- exobots -- are the way to explore the universe, find and identify extraterrestrial life and perhaps clean up space debris in the process, according to an ... > full story
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  Asteroid Craters on Earth Give Clues in Search for Life on Mars

  April 17, 2012 — Craters made by asteroid impacts may be the best place to look for signs of life on other planets, a study ... > full story
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  Comet Garradd Departs

  April 13, 2012 — An outbound comet that provided a nice show for skywatchers late last year is the target of an ongoing investigation by NASA's Swift satellite. Formally designated C/2009 P1 (Garradd), the unusually ... > full story

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