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• Climate
  Global Warming
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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
• Moon
  Space Missions
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Astronomy
  Space Probes
   
  

  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
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Robotics
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  Artificial Intelligence
  Astronomy
   
  

  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
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Organic
  Origin of Life
  Space Missions
  NASA
  Space Exploration
   
  

  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
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Astronomy
  Sun
  Solar Flare
  Nebulae
  Extrasolar Planets
   
  

  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
• Uranus
  Solar System
  Jupiter
  Northern Lights
  Sun
  Solar Flare
   
  

  Uranus Auroras Glimpsed from Earth

  April 13, 2012 — For the first time, scientists have captured images of auroras above the giant ice planet Uranus, finding further evidence of just how peculiar a world that distant planet is. Detected by means of ... > full story
• NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
  Space Probes
  Space Station
  Astronomy
   
  

  NASA to Fly Atomic Clock to Improve Space Navigation

  April 12, 2012 — When people think of space technologies, many think of high-tech solar panels, complex and powerful propulsion systems or sophisticated, electronic guidance systems. Another critical piece of ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Stars
  Extrasolar Planets
  Astronomy
  Space Telescopes
  Satellites
   
  

  Dusty Disc of Crushed Comets Around a Nearby Star Caused by Collisions With Thousands of Comets a Day

  April 12, 2012 — Astronomers have studied a ring of dust around the nearby star Fomalhaut and have deduced that it is created by the collision of thousands of comets every ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
  Stars
  Astronomy
  Kuiper Belt
  Solar System
  Pluto
   
  

  Astronomer Finds Evidence for Record-Breaking Nine Planet System

  April 12, 2012 — The planetary system around the star named HD 10180 may have more planets in its orbits than our own solar system. Located 130 light years away, the star is not within reach of foreseeable human ... > full story
• Galaxies
  Astrophysics
  Astronomy
  Stars
  Space Telescopes
  Extrasolar Planets
   
  

  'Time Machine' Will Study the Early Universe

  April 11, 2012 — A new scientific instrument, a "time machine" of sorts, built by astronomers, will study the earliest galaxies in the universe, which could never be studied ... > full story

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