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Mars shares many similarities with Earth
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07/03/2009 05:20 AM
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Parts of Mars resemble places on Earth, including its landscape, history of water, soil and even its weather, says a study.
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'Cosmic fireworks display' seen inside Helix Nebula
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07/03/2009 04:30 AM
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Washington, July 3 : A new image, taken with an infrared camera on the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, has revealed a cosmic fireworks display, in the form of tens of thousands of previously unseen comet-shaped knots inside the Helix Nebula.
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NASA's Fermi Telescope discovers 16 pulsars in deep space
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07/03/2009 04:30 AM
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Washington, July 3 : Astronomers have used NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope to discover 16 pulsars.
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Mars had a wetter and warmer climate in the recent past
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07/03/2009 03:40 AM
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Washington, July 3 : Findings by NASA's Phoenix Mars mission indicates that the Red Planet had a wetter and warmer climate in the recent past, and could again in the future.
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Brain scanner for astronauts passes 'vomit comet' test
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07/03/2009 03:40 AM
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London, July 3 : A gadget that could sneak a glimpse inside an astronaut's brain has passed the 'vomit comet' test, which means the device can be calibrated to measure blood flow in zero gravity.
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"Diamond dust" snow falls every night on Mars in winter
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07/03/2009 03:40 AM
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Washington, July 3 : New data from NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander has revealed that every night during the Martian winter, water-ice crystals fall from high, thin clouds over the north pole, just like "diamond dust" that falls through the air in the Arctic.
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Mars quite similar to planet Earth
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07/03/2009 02:40 AM
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Washington, July 3 : A new research has determined that many characteristics of Mars are quite similar to planet Earth, including its landscape, history of water, soil and even its weather.
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NASA spacecraft sends first lunar images to Earth
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07/03/2009 02:40 AM
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Washington, July 3 : NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has transmitted its first images from the Moon, since reaching lunar orbit on June 23.
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Venus faces lil' sis Serena in 4th Wimbledon final
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07/04/2009 02:06 AM
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Serena, left and Venus, right Williams return speak while playing Cara Black of Zimbabwe and Liezel Huber of the U.S. during their doubles match at Wimbledon, Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Anja Nied...
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Donovan blasts Galaxy teammate Beckham
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07/04/2009 01:17 AM
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Landon Donovan, pictured in June 2009, has issued the Los Angeles Galaxy an ultimatum - have English superstar David Beckham clean up his act or risk the departure of Donovan, the club´s all-time top...
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Coolest Spacecraft Ever In Orbit
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07/04/2009 01:16 AM
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On July 2 the detectors of Planck's High Frequency Instrument reached their amazingly low operational temperature of -273°C, making them the coldest known objects in space. The spacecraft h...
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Greedy Bankers To Be 'Brought Back To Earth'
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07/04/2009 12:52 AM
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Alistair Darling has warned bankers they will be "brought back to Earth" if they engage in excessively risky trading. Speaking before unveiling next week's banking reform White Paper, the Chancellor...
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Venus and Serena put family to one side
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07/03/2009 08:46 PM
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As the most dominant women players of the last decade sat side by side yesterday afternoon, smiling in the wake of their semi-final victory in the doubles, it was hard to picture them today putting si...
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Tories fear 'scorched earth' policy by Government
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07/03/2009 08:34 PM
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On the face of it, another grim week for Gordon Brown. A U-turn on the part-privatisation of Royal Mail and a messy Commons defeat on his bill to "clean up" politics followed his climbdown on the Iraq...
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Children of Earth | Jo Brand's Getting On | Taking The Flak
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07/03/2009 08:28 PM
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ll-action, all-week on BBC1 after the watershed Torchwood would seem to be continuing its parent show Doctor Who's mission of providing spooky scenarios that can be easily imitated in play – like th...
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NASA picks Md. native for astronaut training
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07/03/2009 05:28 PM
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Navy Lt. Commander Gregory Reid Wiseman was selected from among 3,500 applicants for the 2009 astronaut class. Wiseman is a test pilot serving aboard the
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Nasa chimps earn Florida comforts after taking a punishing step for Mankind
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07/03/2009 04:08 PM
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Save the Chimps sanctuary in Fort Pierce, Florida. One of dozens of infant chimpanzees seized in Africa for the US Air Force in the 1950s, he was recruited into the military’s air and spa...
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Military Seeks Common Ground with Scientists on Fireball Data Flap
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07/03/2009 04:04 PM
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wrote about scientists who were unhappy that a purported clamp down was afoot on their use of data snagged by U.S. military spacecraft – hush hush satellites that from time to time catch natural...
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Wild Fireworks Spotted in Space
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07/03/2009 04:04 PM
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The new near-infrared image of the Helix Nebula, showing comet-shaped knots within, was released July 2, 2009. Scientists noted that these features look like a fireworks display in space. Credit: NAOJ...
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UK-born astronauts are to receive a commemorative pin
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07/03/2009 03:39 PM
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The five UK-born individuals who have flown in space are being honoured with a commemorative pin.The British Interplanetary Society is making the award to recognise the astronauts' achievements but al...
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