Mars Approaching Earth

August 22, 2007
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By the time you finish reading this sentence, you’ll be 25 miles closer to the planet Mars.

Earth and Mars are converging, and right now the distance between the two planets is shrinking at a rate of 22,000 mph–or about 25 miles per sentence. Ultimately, this will lead to a close approach in late December 2007 when Mars will outshine …

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Dark Matter Ring

May 16, 2007
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This Hubble Space Telescope composite image shows a ghostly ‘ring’ of dark matter in the galaxy cluster Cl 0024+17. The ring-like structure is evident in the blue map of the cluster’s dark matter distribution. The map is superimposed on a Hubble image of the cluster. The ring is one of the strongest pieces of evidence to date for the existence

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NASA

June 21, 2006
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Videos on this page come from a number of sources, but primarily Google and YouTube. This page provides recent videos about NASA and its various programs and missions.…

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Moon Missions

June 17, 2006
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Videos on this page come from a number of sources, but primarily Google and YouTube. This page provides recent videos about Moon Missions.…

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