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  Giant Asteroid Vesta Likely Cold and Dark Enough for Ice

  January 25, 2012 — Though generally thought to be quite dry, roughly half of the giant asteroid Vesta is expected to be so cold and to receive so little sunlight that water ice could have survived there for billions of ... > full story
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  NASA's NuSTAR Ships to Vandenberg for March 14 Launch

  January 25, 2012 — NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, shipped to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Jan. 24, 2012, to be mated to its Pegasus launch vehicle. The observatory will detect X-rays ... > full story
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  NASA Renames Earth-Observing Mission in Honor of Satellite Pioneer

  January 25, 2012 — NASA has renamed its newest Earth-observing satellite in honor of the late Verner E. Suomi, a meteorologist at the University of Wisconsin who is recognized widely as "the father of satellite ... > full story
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  Cassini Sees the Two Faces of Titan's Dunes

  January 25, 2012 — A new analysis of radar data from NASA's Cassini mission, in partnership with the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, has revealed regional variations among sand dunes on Saturn's ... > full story
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  Strongest Solar Radiation Storm Since 2005

  January 23, 2012 — NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center -- the nation's official source of warnings and alerts about space weather and its impacts on Earth -- has issued a watch for a geomagnetic storm associated ... > full story
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  Mars Science Laboratory Spacecraft Completes Biggest Maneuver

  January 11, 2012 — NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft successfully refined its flight path Wednesday with the biggest maneuver planned for the mission's journey between Earth and ... > full story
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  Planck Space Telescope Warms Up as Planned

  January 18, 2012 — The High Frequency Instrument aboard the Planck space telescope has completed its survey of the remnant light from the Big Bang explosion that created our universe. The sensor ran out of coolant on ... > full story
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  Montana Students Pick Winning Names for Moon Craft

  January 18, 2012 — Twin NASA spacecraft that achieved orbit around the moon New Year's Eve and New Year's Day have new names, thanks to elementary students in Bozeman, Mont. Their winning entry, "Ebb and Flow," was ... > full story
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  Voyager Instrument Cooling After Heater Turned Off

  January 18, 2012 — In order to reduce power consumption, mission managers have turned off a heater on part of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, dropping the temperature of its ultraviolet spectrometer instrument more than ... > full story
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  Revisiting the 'Pillars of Creation'

  January 18, 2012 — In 1995, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took an iconic image of the Eagle nebula, dubbed the "Pillars of Creation," highlighting its finger-like pillars where new stars are thought to be forming. Now, ... > full story

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