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  Newly discovered Moon-sized planet is the smallest ever found around a Sun-like star

  By Adi Robertson on February 20, 2013 03:14 pm + 24 comments

  NASA's Kepler space telescope has discovered a planet roughly the size of our Moon, the smallest one Continue reading…

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  NASA loses communication with International Space Station during software update (update: restored)

  By T.C. Sottek on February 19, 2013 11:53 am + 34 comments

  NASA says it lost communication with the International Space Station at 9:45AM ET this morning while Continue reading…

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  Watch live as a record-breaking asteroid passes the Earth

  By Amar Toor on February 15, 2013 05:37 am + 102 comments

  Later today, a large asteroid known as 2012 DA14 will pass within about 17,200 miles of the Earth, Continue reading…

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  NASA may have discovered youngest black hole in our galaxy

  By Carl Franzen on February 13, 2013 08:44 pm + 20 comments

  Scientists using NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope have discovered the remnants of a supernova Continue reading…

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  Mars 'door handle' is likely just eroded rock, scientist says

  By Carl Franzen on February 11, 2013 09:55 pm + 48 comments

  A shiny-looking blob spotted on Mars sent the internet speculating that it could be metal or Continue reading…

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  Erosion on Mars and Earth

  on February 11, 2013 09:31 pm

  A soil scientist collaborator on NASA's Mars Curiosity rover mission analyzed a metallic-looking Continue reading…

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  Watch NASA launch Landsat 8, its latest Earth-imaging satellite, this afternoon

  By Adi Robertson on February 11, 2013 11:02 am + 6 comments

  Landsat 8, the latest of NASA's Earth-imaging satellites, is set to launch this afternoon. NASA and Continue reading…

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  SETI astronomers invite public to help name Pluto's new moons

  By T.C. Sottek on February 11, 2013 10:48 am + 23 comments

  The SETI Institute has announced that it will seek public input to name new moons orbiting Pluto. Continue reading…

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  Curiosity successfully drills Martian surface in search for evidence of water

  By Aaron Souppouris on February 9, 2013 03:54 pm + 32 comments

  After six months on the surface of Mars, the Curiosity rover has finally commenced the drilling and Continue reading…

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  Curiosity rover spots strange hunk of metal on Mars

  By Sean Hollister on February 9, 2013 12:34 am + 124 comments

  See that mysterious silver object in the picture above? That photograph was taken on the surface of Continue reading…