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Scientists say NASA will cut missions to Mars

9 Feb 2012 at 8:16pm 

An artist's conception shows the ExoMars rover in operation on the Red Planet.Scientists say NASA is about to propose major cuts in its exploration of other planets, especially Mars. And NASA's former science chief is calling it irrational.




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NASA stretches a penny?all the way to Mars 

9 Feb 2012 at 8:35am 

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity with an inset showing calibration targets to be used by a camera at the end of the robotic arm.A penny in today's economy does not go very far, but that has not stopped NASA from making a 1-cent piece stretch all the way to another planet: Mars.




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Colbert provides laughs in NASA fan video

9 Feb 2012 at 10:57am 

Stephen Colbert makes the Vulcan hand sign from "Star Trek."Faux political pundit and TV funnyman Stephen Colbert recently expressed his love for space via a PSA video extolling the virtues of NASA.




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Higher ed? MIT acceptance letter launched

9 Feb 2012 at 11:49am 

Georgia student Erin King, 17, sent her MIT acceptance letter on a trip to near-space. "I decided to do this project because I just thought it would be fun. (And it was!)" she said.How do you celebrate getting accepted to MIT?17-year-old Erin King of Georgia aimed high ? really high, sending a tube containing her MIT acceptance letter on a high-flying balloon ride to near-space.




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3-D visors tested for use in space surgery

9 Feb 2012 at 2:48pm 

Astronauts stuck on a space station or mission to Mars must treat illnesses or do surgery with their own hands, but not necessarily without some virtual help. A 3D visor display being tested on Earth could guide astronauts with virtual reality graphics overlaid on top of the real world.




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Mars orbiter spies on probes of the past

8 Feb 2012 at 5:14pm 

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Color pictures taken from Martian orbit feature the landing spots for two of NASA's dearly departed probes on the Red Planet. Can you spot them?Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Color pictures taken from Martian orbit feature the landing spots for two of NASA's dearly departed probes on the Red Planet. Can you spot them?




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Close encounters for moon, planets and stars

8 Feb 2012 at 1:58pm 

On Sunday, watch for Saturn, Spica and the moon to meet in the morning sky.There are two interesting meet-ups in space for skywatchers this week: close encounters between the moon, several planets and stars.




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Is our galaxy's black hole gobbling asteroids?

8 Feb 2012 at 6:37pm 

An image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory provides an X-ray view of our galaxy's center, with a supermassive black hole in the spotlight. The images at right suggest how asteroids and comets feed the black hole.The giant black hole at the center of our galaxy may be snacking on asteroids.




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Photo reveals majestic nebula's hidden secrets

8 Feb 2012 at 9:13am 

This panorama of the Carina Nebula, a region of massive star formation in the southern skies, was taken in infrared light using the HAWK-I camera on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile and released Wednesday. Many previously hidden features, scattered across a spectacular celestial landscape of gas, dust and young stars, have emerged.The most detailed image yet of the well-known Carina nebula has been caught by a European telescope, unveiling previously hidden features of an exquisite star nursery.




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Scientists say NASA will cut missions to Mars
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WASHINGTON — Scientists say NASA is about to propose major cuts in its exploration of other planets, especially Mars. And NASA's former science chief is calling it irrational. With limited money for science and an over-budget new space telescope, ...

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