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  2012: Killer Solar Flares Are a Physical Impossibility, Experts Say

  November 11, 2011 — Given a legitimate need to protect Earth from the most intense forms of space weather – great bursts of electromagnetic energy and particles that can sometimes stream from the sun – some ... > full story
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  Lutetia: A Rare Survivor from the Birth of Earth

  November 11, 2011 — New observations indicate that the asteroid Lutetia is a leftover fragment of the same original material that formed the Earth, Venus and Mercury. Astronomers found that the properties of the ... > full story
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  Giant Planet Ejected from the Solar System?

  November 10, 2011 — Just as an expert chess player sacrifices a piece to protect the queen, the solar system may have given up a giant planet and spared the Earth, according to a new ... > full story
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  NASA Releases Radar Movie of Asteroid 2005 YU55

  November 9, 2011 — Scientists working with the 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have generated a short movie clip of asteroid 2005 YU55. The images were generated from data ... > full story
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  NASA Proposes Orion Spacecraft Test Flight In 2014; Agency Moves to Implement Deep Space Exploration Plan

  November 8, 2011 — NASA plans to add an unmanned flight test of the Orion spacecraft in early 2014 to its contract with Lockheed Martin Space Systems for the multi-purpose crew vehicle's design, development, test and ... > full story
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  Battered Tharsis Tholus Volcano on Mars

  November 8, 2011 — The latest image released from Mars Express reveals a large extinct volcano that has been battered and deformed over the eons. By Earthly standards, Tharsis Tholus is a giant, towering 8 kilometers ... > full story
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  NASA Captures New Images of Large Asteroid Passing Earth

  November 8, 2011 — NASA's Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif. has captured new radar images of Asteroid 2005 YU55 passing close to Earth. The asteroid safely will safely fly past our planet slightly closer ... > full story
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  Volunteers End Simulated Mission to Mars

  November 6, 2011 — The record-breaking simulated mission to Mars has ended with smiling faces after 17 months. Mars500's six brave volunteers stepped out of their 'spacecraft' Nov. 4, 2011 to be welcomed by the waiting ... > full story
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  City Lights Could Reveal E.T. Civilization

  November 3, 2011 — In the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, astronomers have hunted for radio signals and ultra-short laser pulses. Astronomers suggest a new technique for finding aliens: Look for their city ... > full story
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  Did Life Once Exist Below Red Planet's Surface? NASA Study of Clays Suggests Watery Mars Underground

  November 2, 2011 — A new NASA study suggests if life ever existed on Mars, the longest lasting habitats were most likely below the Red Planet's surface. A new interpretation of years of mineral-mapping data, from more ... > full story

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