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Posted December 2, 2011:

• Astronomers Find 18 New Planets: Discovery Is the Largest Collection of Confirmed Planets Around Stars More Massive Than the Sun

Posted November 30, 2011:

• Astronomers Discover New Exoplanet Similar in Size to Earth; Planet Kepler-21b Found Using Space and Ground-Based Observations

Posted November 29, 2011:

• NASA's Nanosail-D 'Sails' Home -- Mission Complete

Posted November 28, 2011:

• In the Heart of Cygnus, NASA's Fermi Reveals a Cosmic-Ray Cocoon

Posted November 16, 2011:

• NASA Extends MESSENGER Mission Orbiting Mercury

Posted November 15, 2011:

• Why Solar Wind Is Rhombic-Shaped: Temperature and Energy Equipartition in Cosmic Plasmas Explained

Posted November 14, 2011:

• Voyager 2 Completes Switch to Backup Thruster Set

Posted November 11, 2011:

• 2012: Killer Solar Flares Are a Physical Impossibility, Experts Say
• Lutetia: A Rare Survivor from the Birth of Earth

Posted November 10, 2011:

• Giant Planet Ejected from the Solar System?
• Astronomers Find Clouds of Primordial Gas from the Early Universe, Just Moments After Big Bang

Posted November 6, 2011:

• Voyager 2 to Switch to Backup Thruster Set

Posted November 2, 2011:

• Astrobiologists Discover 'Sweet Spots' for the Formation of Complex Organic Molecules in the Galaxy

Posted October 27, 2011:

• Three New Planets and a Mystery Object Discovered Outside Our Solar System

Posted October 26, 2011:

• Faraway Eris Is Pluto's Twin
• Astronomers Discover Complex Organic Matter Exists Throughout the Universe
• Comet Elenin Gone and Should Be Forgotten, NASA Says

Posted October 20, 2011:

• Space Weather Prediction Model Improves Forecasting

Posted October 19, 2011:

• Planet-Sized Object as Cool as Earth Revealed in Record-Breaking Photo
• NASA's Spitzer Detects Comet Storm in Nearby Solar System

Posted October 7, 2011:

• Measuring Elusive Solar Neutrinos Flowing Through the Earth, Physicists Learn More About the Sun
• Subtly Shaded Map of Moon Reveals Titanium Treasure Troves
• Astronomers Hone in on the Cause of Asteroid Scheila’s Outburst

Posted October 6, 2011:

• Supersaturated Water Vapor in Martian Atmosphere
• Astronomy and Geophysics Bring Women Into Science, UK Study Shows

Posted October 5, 2011:

• Dark and Bright: European Space Agency Chooses Next Two Science Missions

Posted October 4, 2011:

• Hyperactive Hartley 2 Has a Split History, Comet-Exploring Spacecraft Finds

Posted October 3, 2011:

• NASA Selects Science Investigations for Concept Studies

Posted September 29, 2011:

• Orbital Observations of Mercury Reveal Flood Lavas, Hollows, and Unprecedented Surface Details
• Stardust Discovered in Far-Off Planetary Systems

Posted September 28, 2011:

• Feast Your Eyes on the Fried Egg Nebula

Posted September 27, 2011:

• Venus Weather Not Boring After All, Scientists Discover

Posted September 26, 2011:

• Strong Solar Storm Reaching Earth
• Sunspot 1302 Continues to Turn Toward Earth

Posted September 23, 2011:

• Solar Activity Can Affect Re-Entry of UARS Satellite

Posted September 19, 2011:

• Black Hole, Star Collisions May Illuminate Universe's Dark Side

Posted September 15, 2011:

• NASA's Kepler Discovery Confirms First Planet Orbiting Two Stars
• Turbulent Lives of Stars

Posted September 13, 2011:

• Star Blasts Planet With X-Rays

Posted September 12, 2011:

• Astronomers Find 50 New Exoplanets: Richest Haul of Planets So Far Includes 16 New Super-Earths
• Astronomers Find Extreme Weather on an Alien World: Cosmic Oddball May Harbor a Gigantic Storm

Posted September 7, 2011:

• Space Instrument Observes New Characteristics of Solar Flares; Findings May Lead to Improved Space Weather Forecasting
• Hubble to Target 'Hot Jupiters'

Posted August 28, 2011:

• First Nuclear Power Plants for Settlements on the Moon and Mars

Posted August 26, 2011:

• Astrophysicists Solve 40-Year-Old Mariner 5 Solar Wind Problem: Turbulence Doesn’t Go With the Flow

Posted August 25, 2011:

• Earth-Bound Asteroids Come from Stony Asteroids, New Studies Confirm

Posted August 24, 2011:

• How a Distant Black Hole Devoured a Star
• NASA Picks Three Proposals for Flight Demonstration

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