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  Pebbly Rocks Testify to Old Streambed on Mars

  May 30, 2013 — Detailed analysis and review have borne out researchers' initial interpretation of pebble-containing slabs that NASA's Mars rover Curiosity investigated last year: They are part of an ancient ... > full story

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  Radiation Measured by NASA's Curiosity on Voyage to Mars Has Implications for Future Human Missions

  May 30, 2013 — Measurements taken by NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission as it delivered the Curiosity rover to Mars in 2012 are providing NASA the information it needs to design systems to protect human ... > full story
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  Asteroid Has Its Own Moon, NASA Radar Reveals

  May 30, 2013 — A sequence of radar images of asteroid 1998 QE2 -- obtained by NASA scientists using the 230-foot (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif. -- reveals that it is a binary asteroid. ... > full story
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  Asteroids Provide Sustainable Resource, Study Finds

  May 30, 2013 — The prospects of a robotic manufacturing base operating off Earth is not as far-fetched as it used to be according to a study published by a team of NASA researchers. Because asteroids are loaded ... > full story
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  One of the Moon's Mysteries Solved: Origin of Mascon Basins

  May 30, 2013 — A mystery of the moon that imperiled astronauts and spacecraft on lunar missions has been solved. Large concentrations of mass lurk on the lunar surface that can change the gravity field and either ... > full story
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  Water-Rock Reaction May Provide Enough Hydrogen 'Food' to Sustain Life in Ocean's Crust or on Mars

  May 30, 2013 — A chemical reaction between iron-containing minerals and water may produce enough hydrogen "food" to sustain microbial communities living in pores and cracks within the enormous volume of rock below ... > full story
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  Comet ISON Is Hurtling Toward Uncertain Destiny With Sun

  May 30, 2013 — A new series of images from Gemini Observatory shows Comet C/2012 S1 racing toward an uncomfortably close rendezvous with the Sun. In late November the comet could present a stunning sight in the ... > full story
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  New Mathematical Model Links Space-Time Theories

  May 30, 2013 — Researchers have taken a significant step in a project to unravel the secrets of the structure of our ... > full story
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  Cassini Finds Hints of Activity at Saturn Moon Dione

  May 29, 2013 — From a distance, most of the Saturnian moon Dione resembles a bland cueball. Thanks to close-up images of a 500-mile-long (800-kilometer-long) mountain on the moon from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, ... > full story
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  NASA's WISE Mission Finds 'Lost' Asteroid Family Members

  May 29, 2013 — Data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to a new and improved family tree for asteroids in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. Astronomers used millions of infrared ... > full story

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