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  Splatters of Molten Rock Signal Period of Intense Asteroid Impacts on Earth

  April 25, 2012 — New research reveals that the Archean era -- a formative time for early life from 3.8 billion years ago to 2.5 billion years ago -- experienced far more major asteroid impacts than had been ... > 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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  Flying Formation -- Around the Moon at 3,600 Mph

  March 27, 2012 — The act of two or more aircraft flying together in a disciplined, synchronized manner is one of the cornerstones of military aviation, as well as just about any organized air show. But as amazing as ... > full story
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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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  NASA GRAIL Returns First Student-Selected Moon Images

  March 22, 2012 — One of two NASA spacecraft orbiting the moon has beamed back the first student-requested pictures of the lunar surface from its onboard camera. Fourth grade students from the Emily Dickinson ... > full story
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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
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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
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  NASA's Twin GRAIL Spacecraft Begin Collecting Lunar Data

  March 7, 2012 — NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft orbiting the moon officially have begun their science collection phase. During the next 84 days, scientists will obtain a ... > full story
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  Magnetic Moon: Magnetic Anomalies on Moon Are Result of Asteroid Collision

  March 8, 2012 — Astronomers have proposed a surprisingly simple explanation for magnetic anomalies that have baffled scientists since the mid-1960s -- they are remnants of a massive asteroid. The researchers believe ... > full story
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  Looking at the Man in the Moon: Astronomers Explain Why the Man in the Moon Faces Earth

  March 6, 2012 — Many of us see a man in the moon -- a human face smiling down at us from the lunar surface. The "face," of course, is just an illusion, shaped by the dark splotches of lunar maria (smooth plains ... > full story

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