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  In the Zone: How Scientists Search for Habitable Planets

  July 17, 2013 — There is only one planet we know of, so far, that is drenched with life. That planet is Earth, and it has all the right conditions for critters to thrive on its surface. Do other planets beyond our ... > full story
• NASA
  Mars
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  Curiosity Mars Rover Passes Kilometer of Driving

  July 17, 2013 — The latest drive by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover brought the total distance that the rover has driven on Mars to more than 1 kilometer. One kilometer is about 0.62 ... > full story
• Air Quality
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  NASA Technology May Breathe Life, Safety Into Mines

  July 16, 2013 — A technology used by NASA to protect crews working around hazardous gases soon could be called on for a number of life-saving applications as well as the agency's new human spaceflight ... > full story
• Sun
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  Heart of Space Weather Observed in Action

  July 15, 2013 — Two NASA spacecraft have provided the most comprehensive movie ever of a mysterious process at the heart of all explosions on the sun: magnetic reconnection. Magnetic reconnection happens when ... > full story
• Solar System
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  Hubble Finds New Neptune Moon: Smallest Known Moon in the Neptunian System

  July 15, 2013 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting the distant blue-green planet Neptune, the 14th known to be circling the giant ... > full story
• Space Station
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  NASA's OPALS to Beam Data from Space Via Laser

  July 11, 2013 — NASA will use the International Space Station to test a new communications technology that could dramatically improve spacecraft communications, enhance commercial missions and strengthen ... > full story
• Sun
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  Solar Tsunami Used to Measure Sun's Magnetic Field

  July 11, 2013 — A solar tsunami observed by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Japanese Hinode spacecraft has been used to provide the first accurate estimates of the Sun's magnetic ... > full story
• Astronomy
  Extrasolar Planets
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  Hubble Finds a True Blue Planet: Giant Jupiter-Sized Planet Located 63 Light-Years Away

  July 11, 2013 — Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have deduced the actual visible-light color of a planet orbiting another star 63 light-years away. If seen directly the planet, known as HD 189733b, ... > full story
• Space Station
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  Engineers Test Microelectronic Cooling System in Zero Gravity on Board the Novespace Airbus

  July 10, 2013 — Three years of preparation supported by NASA paid off this June for researchers who conducted experiments while floating weightless on a Novespace & European Space Agency (ESA) ... > full story
• Sun
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  IBEX Spacecraft Images the Heliotail, Revealing an Unexpected Structure

  July 10, 2013 — NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer spacecraft recently provided the first complete pictures of the solar system's downwind region, revealing a unique and unexpected ... > full story

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