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  NASA Launching Experiment to Examine the Beginnings of the Universe

  May 21, 2013 — When did the first stars and galaxies form in the universe? How brightly did they burn their nuclear fuel? Scientists will seek to gain answers to these questions with the launch of the Cosmic ... > full story
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  Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record

  May 17, 2013 — While Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited Earth's moon for three days in December 1972, they drove their mission's Lunar Roving Vehicle 19.3 nautical miles (22.210 statute ... > full story
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  NASA's Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves Into Development

  May 16, 2013 — NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in ... > full story
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  Galaxy's 'Burning Ring of Fire' Is Frenetic Region of Star Formation

  May 16, 2013 — Johnny Cash may have preferred this galaxy's burning ring of fire to the one he sang about falling into in his popular song. The "starburst ring" seen at center of a new image in red and yellow hues ... > full story
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  Weather on the Outer Planets Only Goes So Deep

  May 16, 2013 — What is the long-range weather forecast for the giant planets Uranus and Neptune? These planets are home to extreme winds blowing at speeds of over 1000 km/hour, hurricane-like storms as large around ... > full story
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  South Africa's New Radio Telescope Reveals Giant Outbursts from Binary Star System

  May 16, 2013 — An international team of astronomers have reported the first scientific results from the Karoo Array Telescope (KAT-7) in South ... > full story
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  Asteroid 1998 QE2 to Sail Past Earth Is Nine Times Larger Than Cruise Ship

  May 16, 2013 — On May 31, 2013, asteroid 1998 QE2 will sail serenely past Earth, getting no closer than about 3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers), or about 15 times the distance between Earth and the moon. ... > full story
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  NASA Completes First Part of Webb Telescope's 'Eye Surgery' Operation

  May 15, 2013 — Much like the inside of an operating room, in the clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., engineers worked meticulously to implant part of the eyes of the James Webb Space ... > full story
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  New Craters Abound: Mars Camera Reveals Hundreds of Impacts Each Year

  May 15, 2013 — Taking before and after pictures of the Martian terrain, researchers have identified nearly 250 fresh impact craters on the Red Planet. The results provide scientists with a better yardstick to ... > full story
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  Scientists Shape First Global Topographic Map of Saturn's Moon Titan

  May 15, 2013 — Scientists have created the first global topographic map of Saturn's moon Titan, giving researchers a valuable tool for learning more about one of the most Earthlike and interesting worlds in the ... > full story

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