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  Earth-Bound Asteroids Come from Stony Asteroids, New Studies Confirm

  August 25, 2011 — Researchers got their first up-close look at dust from the surface of a small, stony asteroid after the Hayabusa spacecraft scooped some up and brought it back to Earth. Analysis of these dust ... > full story
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  NASA's GRAIL Moon Twins Are Joined to Their Booster

  August 24, 2011 — NASA's lunar-bound GRAIL twins were mated to their Delta II launch vehicle at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 17 on Aug. 18, 2011. The 15-mile (25-kilometer) trip from Astrotech ... > full story
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  Moon Younger Than Previously Thought, Analysis of Lunar Rock Reveals

  August 17, 2011 — Analysis of a piece of lunar rock brought back to Earth by the Apollo 16 mission in 1972 has shown that the Moon may be much younger than previously believed. This is concluded in new research ... > full story

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  GRAIL Twin Lunar Probes Launch Less Than One Month Away

  August 12, 2011 — NASA's twin lunar probes -- GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B -- completed their final inspections and were weighed one final time at the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., on Tuesday. The ... > full story
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  'Big Splat' May Explain the Moon's Mountainous Far Side

  August 3, 2011 — The mountainous region on the far side of the moon, known as the lunar farside highlands, may be the solid remains of a collision with a smaller companion moon, according to a new ... > full story
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  Unique Volcanic Complex Discovered on Moon's Far Side

  July 25, 2011 — Analysis of new images of a curious "hot spot" on the far side of the Moon reveal it to be a small volcanic province created by the upwelling of silicic magma. The unusual location of the province ... > full story
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  NASA's Hubble Discovers Another Moon Around Pluto

  July 20, 2011 — Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope discovered a fourth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The tiny, new satellite -- temporarily designated P4 -- was uncovered in a Hubble survey ... > full story
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  Twin ARTEMIS Probes to Study Moon in 3-D

  July 13, 2011 — Almost 2 years ago, two of five THEMIS satellites were boosted from their orbits around Earth toward the moon. The first transitioned into a lunar orbit on June 27, while the second is destined to ... > full story
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  First ARTEMIS Spacecraft Successfully Enters Lunar Orbit

  June 29, 2011 — The first of two ARTEMIS ("Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the Moon's Interaction with the Sun") spacecraft is now in its lunar ... > full story
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  Cassini Captures Saturn's Icy Moon Helene

  June 22, 2011 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft has successfully completed its second-closest encounter with Saturn's icy moon Helene, beaming down raw images of the small moon. At closest approach, on June 18, Cassini ... > full story

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