Space

  1. Space

    Spacecraft goes from crash landing to mission accomplished

    The wreckage of the Genesis probe yields a bonanza of discoveries about conditions in the early solar system.

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  2. Space

    NASA spacecraft puts moon in new focus

    Images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show fine details of the lunar surface.

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  3. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Moons may be common, plus transforming neutrinos, new comet images and more in this week’s news.

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  4. Planetary Science

    Messages from Mercury

    The latest data from a NASA spacecraft give compositional clues and reveal craters that could hold frozen water

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  5. Space

    Next solar cycle could be a no-show

    Three lines of evidence suggest that the sun’s next activity cycle will be delayed for years and may not happen at all, an outcome that could have major implications for Earth’s climate.

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  6. Space

    No new particle from second detector

    The chances that the Tevatron is producing a previously unknown particle drop substantially after the collider's DZERO experiment finds nothing extraordinary.

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  7. Space

    Superdupernovas

    A new class of stellar explosion is very bright — and somewhat hard to explain.

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  8. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    NASA’s plans to sample an asteroid, good-bye to Spirit rover, Neptune’s spin and more in this week’s news.

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  9. Space

    Black hole jets in HD

    Images of unprecedented resolution offer insight into how black holes swallow up matter.

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  10. Space

    Good-bye Shuttle

    Looking back at the space plane’s scientific legacy

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  11. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    NASA’s new old design for a shuttle replacement, plus Mars’ growth spurt, the most remote object and more in this week’s news.

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  12. Space

    Survey captures local universe in 3-D

    The most complete view to date of the nearby cosmos takes in 45,000 galaxies.

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