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  As Voyager 1 Nears Edge of Solar System, Scientists Look Back

  December 13, 2011 — In 1977, Jimmy Carter was sworn in as president, Elvis died, Virginia park ranger Roy Sullivan was hit by lightning a record seventh time and two NASA space probes destined to turn planetary science ... > full story
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  Cassini to Make a Double Play

  December 12, 2011 — In an action-packed day and a half, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be making its closest swoop over the surface of Saturn's moon Dione and scrutinizing the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's largest ... > full story
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  New Tool for Touring Mars Using Detailed Images

  December 7, 2011 — An improved tool debuts Dec. 7 for viewing channels, dunes, boulders and other features revealed in the huge image files from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's ... > full story
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  NASA Mars Rover Finds Mineral Vein Deposited by Water

  December 7, 2011 — NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found bright veins of a mineral, apparently gypsum, deposited by water. Analysis of the vein will help improve understanding of the history of wet ... > full story
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  Solar Storms Could Sandblast the Moon

  December 7, 2011 — Solar storms and associated Coronal Mass Ejections can significantly erode the lunar surface according to a new set of computer simulations by NASA scientists. In addition to removing a surprisingly ... > full story
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  New NASA Dawn Visuals Show Vesta's 'Color Palette'

  December 6, 2011 — Vesta appears in a splendid rainbow-colored palette in new images obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The colors, assigned by scientists to show different rock or mineral types, reveal Vesta to be a ... > full story
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  NASA's Voyager Hits New Region at Solar System Edge

  December 5, 2011 — NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region between our solar system and interstellar space. Data obtained from Voyager over the last year reveal this new region to be a kind of cosmic ... > full story
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  NASA's Kepler Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone Outside Our Solar System

  December 5, 2011 — NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the "habitable zone," the region around a star where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface. Kepler also has discovered more than 1,000 ... > full story

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  • First Habitable-Zone Super-Earth Discovered in Orbit Around a Sun-Like Star
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  Astronomers Find 18 New Planets: Discovery Is the Largest Collection of Confirmed Planets Around Stars More Massive Than the Sun

  December 2, 2011 — Discoveries of new planets just keep coming and coming. A team of astronomers has found 18 Jupiter-like planets in orbit around massive stars. The discoveries further constrain theories of planet ... > full story
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  Dawn Soars Over Asteroid Vesta in 3-D

  December 1, 2011 — Glide over the giant asteroid Vesta with NASA's Dawn spacecraft in a new 3-D video. Dawn has been orbiting Vesta since July 15, obtaining high-resolution images of its bumpy, cratered surface and ... > full story

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