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- December 31
- December 30
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- Holy GRAIL! Photos From NASA's Moon Gravity Mission
- 12-Year-Old Iceberg's Death Caught on Camera
- January 2012 Skywatching Events
- Hackers Plan Satellites To Block Internet Censorship
- Astronauts to Ring in New Year From Space
- Photos: Rare Last Look Inside Shuttle Atlantis
- Skywatcher Captures Image of Troubled Russian Mars Probe
- Apocalypse Not Now: 2012 Doomsday Predictions Debunked by NASA
- Astronaut to Ride 2012 Rose Parade Float with 'Garden Boy' Brother
- Martian Life Might Thrive in Lava Tubes, Study Suggests
- Twin NASA Probes Have New Year's Date with the Moon
- Scientists Test Tech for Mission to Saturn Moon Titan
- December 29
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- Stephen Hawking is Hiring: Seeks Assistant to Help Him Speak
- Security Breaches at Rocket Plant Trouble Russian Space Officials
- China Unveils Space Mission Plans Through 2016
- Latest News About NASA's Grail Moon Gravity Mission
- Retired Space Shuttle Simulator to 'Fly' Again at Texas A&M
- Construction of World's Largest Telescope Begins in 2012
- Photos: World's Largest Telescope Being Built in Chile
- Scientists Hunt for Meteor Crash Clues in 200-Million-Year-Old Murder Mystery
- Satellite Photo Shows New Island Rising from Earth's Red Sea
- December 28
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- First Meteor Shower of 2012 Arrives Next Week
- 2012 Meteor Shower Skywatching Calendar
- NASA's Twin Moon Probes Set for Lunar Arrival This Weekend
- Russian Rocket Launches 6 Satellites Into Space Days After Soyuz Crash
- China Activates Homegrown GPS System
- Russian Soyuz Rocket to Launch 6 Satellites Today
- 2011 Was the Year of the Restless Sun
- NASA Probe Snaps Amazing Photos of Saturn Moons
- December 27
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- Skywatcher Photos: Dazzling Views of Venus & the Moon
- Parts of Doomed Russian Mars Probe to Hit Earth in January
- Sun Storms May Super-Charge Northern Lights Wednesday
- Rare Slow-Spinning Star Reveals Space Oddity
- 2011: A Year of Transition for Human Spaceflight
- Christmas Eve Fireball Sparked by Falling Rocket Debris
- Famous Star Explosion May Help Solve Cosmic Mystery
- December 26
- December 25
- December 24
- December 23
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- Russian Satellite Crashes in Latest Failed Rocket Launch
- 3 Astronauts Arrive at Space Station for the Holidays
- Flying Telescope Peers Into Orion Nebula's Heart
- Earth Has Two 'Moons' Right Now, Theorists Say
- Space-Flying Dutchman's Must-Haves: Time, Space Stamps & Cheese
- Was the Star of Bethlehem a Star, Comet ... or Miracle?
- December 22
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- NASA Spacecraft Beam Space Christmas Photos to Earth
- Spectacular Photos: Astronaut Sees Dazzling Comet From Space Station
- New Space Station Crew Set for Holiday Arrival Friday
- Mysterious 'Space Ball' Crashes in Namibia
- How to See 2 Spaceships in the Night Sky Tonight
- Solar Wind May Explain Planet Mercury's Puny Magnetic Field
- Our Strange Universe: Q&A With Nobel Prize Winner Brian Schmidt
- Rare Galaxy from 'Dawn of Time' Photographed
- NASA's Next Commercial Crew Solicitation Expected in February
- Death-Defying Comet: Photos of Comet Lovejoy's Dive Through Sun
- December's Ursid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
- NASA Probe Snaps Close-Up Photos of Giant Asteroid
- December 21
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- Satellite Images Create Real Snow Globe
- Rare Sight! See All 7 Planets in the Night Sky This Week
- Blastoff! Most Amazing Rocket Launch Photos of 2011
- Hard-to-Kill Alien Planets Survive Dying Star's Last Gasp
- Vatican Uses NASA Technology to Preserve Ancient Tomes
- Flying Saucer Towed Down Kansas Main Street?
- Winter Solstice Brings Shortest Day of 2011 This Week
- Do Newfound Alien Planets Need Better Names?
- Russian Rocket Launches Astronauts on Holiday Space Station Trip
- The Most Memorable Spaceflight Stories of 2011
- Surface of Pluto May Contain Organic Molecules
- December 20
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- Gallery: First Earth-Size Alien Planets Discovered
- New Space Crew to Launch From Winter Wonderland on Wednesday
- Could There Be Life on the New Earth-Size Planets?
- First True 'Alien Earth' May Be Found in 2012
- Found! 2 Earth-Size Alien Planets, the Smallest Exoplanets Yet
- Entrepreneurs Play Big Role in Future of Space Exploration
- 11 Most Amazing Astronomy Stories of 2011
- December 19
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- Forgotten Star Patterns of the Winter Night Sky
- NASA Satellites Spied Deadly Philippines Storm Washi
- NASA to Announce Discovery of New Alien Planets Today
- Hubble Repairman Grunsfeld to Lead NASA Science Mission Division
- Spectacular Skywatcher Photo Catches Deep Purple Northern Lights Show
- Saturn Forms Sky Triangle with Moon & Star Early Tuesday
- Chinese Rocket Launches Powerful Nigerian Satellite Into Orbit
- Reusable Rockets to Take Giant Leap From Spaceport America
- Astronauts 'Deck the Halls' of Space Station
- December 16
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- Mars and the Moon Dance in Tonight's Night Sky
- NASA Faces More Budget Cuts in Last-Minute Spending Package
- NASA Shuts Doors, Pulls Plug on Shuttle Discovery
- Meteorites Trigger Avalanches on Mars
- New Satellite Takes First Global Image of Earth
- Sun Rips Tail From Comet During Solar Close Encounter
- Failed Mars Probe's Fall From Space May Help Re-Entry Predictions
- A Star is Born: Skywatcher Photo Captures Dark-Hued Nebula
- X-Ray Heartbeat May Reveal Smallest Black Hole Ever Found
- New NASA Rover Studying Space Radiation En Route to Mars
- Can Billionaire Paul Allen's Mega-Plane Really Launch Private Rockets Into Space?
- Comet Lovejoy Survives Fiery Plunge Through Sun, NASA Says
- December 15
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- Ode to a Comet: Q & A With Discoverer of Sungrazing Comet Lovejoy
- NASA Revises Plan to Buy Private Space Taxis
- Comet Lovejoy Has Encounter With Sun Today: How to See It
- Alien Planets With No Spin May Be Too Harsh for Life
- NASA Scientists Build Harpoon to Shoot Comets
- Celestial 'Snow Angel' Dazzles in Hubble Telescope Photo
- 'Silver Dollar' Galaxy Glistens in New Photo
- Satellites to Watch Comet's Death Plunge Through Sun Today
- December 14
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- Geminid Meteor Shower Wows Skywatchers Despite Bright Moon
- NASA Spacecraft Cozies Up to Gigantic Asteroid
- Photos: Geminid Meteor Shower of December 2011
- 'Dream' Space Telescope for Military Could Spy Anywhere on Earth
- Russian Official Calls Troubled Mars Probe 'Mission Impossible'
- Cosmic Autopsy Reveals Youngest Supernova's Origins
- Milky Way's Monster Black Hole Gets Colossal Meal
- String Theorists Simulate the Big Bang
- Comet to Make Death Dive Through Sun Thursday
- Hunting Orion: Tips to Spot a Famous Constellation
- Are There Higgs Bosons In Space?
- December 13
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- Billionaire Paul Allen's New Space Project Has Deep Roots
- Newt Gingrich Reaffirms Support for Moon Mining in Presidential Debate
- Stratolaunch Images: Paul Allen's Giant Rocket-Launching Plane
- Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Unveils Giant Plane for Private Space Launches
- Long-Sought 'God Particle' Cornered, Scientists Say
- December's Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
- Mars Life Hunt Could Look for Magnetic Clues
- December 12
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- Photos: Total Lunar Eclipse of December 2011 - Part 2
- Meet Antares: Private Rocket Project Gets New Name
- NYC's Intrepid Museum Celebrates Ownership of Space Shuttle Enterprise
- Mysterious, Massive Black Holes Grew Fast by Gas-Guzzling
- Launch Costs Could Put Damper on NASA Earth Science Missions
- NASA Launches New Space Station ... on Internet Radio
- Japan Launches Radar Reconnaissance Satellite
- Mock Space Shuttle Moves to Make Way for Real Thing
- Full Moon May Spoil Geminid Meteor Shower's Peak Tomorrow
- December 11
- December 10
- December 9
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- Space Tourists' Spacecraft to Join Shuttle Exhibits on Both Coasts
- Russian Scientist Apologizes for Failed Mars Moon Mission
- 2012 Apocalypse Fears Unfounded, NASA Says
- $5,000 Kit to Send Your Own Rocket to the Moon
- Jupiter's Moon Europa Is Target for Possible NASA Lander
- First Private Spaceship Flight to Space Station Announced
- Antarctica Shines as Icy Bastion of Space Science
- Gallery: Dragon, SpaceX's Private Spacecraft
- NASA Has Lost Hundreds of Its Moon Rocks, New Report Says
- Moonlight Will Dampen Geminid Meteor Shower Next Week
- Lunar Eclipse Will Supersize Blood-Red Moon Saturday
- December 8
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- Alien Planet Warps Its Solar System
- Colorado Wants a Commercial Spaceport, Gov. Says
- Scientist: Russia's Failed Mars' Moon Probe Worth a Second Try
- Physicists to Make Major 'God Particle' Announcement Next Week
- Meteor Crater Helps Unlock Planetary History
- Nobel Winners Keep Eyes on the Real Prize: Solving Dark Energy Riddle
- Solar Storms Can 'Sandblast' Away Moon's Surface
- Astronomers Find Cosmic 'Dragonfish' Packed with Supermassive Stars
- NASA Rover Finds Convincing Evidence of Water on Ancient Mars
- December 7
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- NASA Chief Downplays Threat of 'Sequestration' Budget Cuts
- NASA Looks to 3D Printing for Spare Space-Station Parts
- Hubble Space Telescope Passes Major Science Milestone
- Planet-Hunting Telescope Needs Four More Years to Complete Mission, Scientists Say
- Saturday's Lunar Eclipse Will Include 'Impossible' Sight
- Mystery of Mars Gullies Solved
- Names of China's Secret Astronauts Revealed by Autographed Envelope
- 'Starquakes' Reveal Hidden Secrets Inside Stars
- Asian Space Race Is Heating Up, US Policy Expert Warns
- Solar Weather Forecasting Becomes Vital as Sun Gears Up for Wild Ride
- Vampire Star's 'Gentle' Bite Captured in New Images
- NASA Telescope Likely to Find Many More Alien Planets
- December 6
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- Russia's Mars Probe Appears 'Dead in the Water'
- Total Lunar Eclipse Visible to North America Saturday
- Robot Surgeon Tech Aims to Fix NASA Satellites
- NASA's Top 10 Gamma-Ray Sources in the Universe
- Newborn Massive Stars Dwarf Full-Grown Stellar Giants
- Lightning at Edge of Space Caught in 3D Video
- How NASA's Curiosity Rover Will Study Building Blocks of Life
- Asteroid Vesta's 'Rainbow' Ingredients Shine in New Image
- Mysterious Planet-Size Object Spotted Near Mercury
- SETI's Search for Intelligent Alien Life Resumes
- Newfound Comet to Dive Through Sun Next Week
- NASA's 1st Orion Spacecraft Test Flight in Photos
- December 5
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- Nearly All Kepler Potential Planets May Be the Real Deal
- Final Space Shuttle Commander Leaving NASA
- Jupiter and the Moon to Show Off in Tuesday's Night Sky
- Some Alien Planets Could Be Made of Diamonds, Study Finds
- NASA Probe Enters Unexplored 'Cosmic Purgatory' at Solar System's Edge
- Fastest Ever Spinning Star Found in Nearby Galaxy
- NASA Telescope Confirms Alien Planet in Habitable Zone
- Monster Black Holes Are Most Massive Ever Discovered
- Milky Way's Galactic Gobbling Leaves Star 'Crumbs'
- December 2
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- Image of the Day: November 2011
- NASA Fires Up Engine for Giant New Rocket
- 3D Video Offers Wild Ride Over Asteroid Vesta
- Is Phobos-Grunt Dead? Troubled Russian Probe Still Unresponsive
- Astronomers Discover 18 Huge New Alien Planets
- Saturn Moon's Icy Secrets Shine Bright in New NASA Images
- Spaceport America Showcases Private Space Industry's Half-Built Dream
- Photos: Take a Tour of Spaceport America
- Smoky Sun: Skywatcher Captures Partial Solar Eclipse Through Chimney Smoke
- Mysterious Ultra-Red Galaxies May Be Cosmic 'Missing Link'
- Mysterious Metal Object Crashes Through Roof of Mass. Warehouse
- December 1
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- Space Washing Machine Could Blast Laundry with Microwaves
- Could Natural Nuclear Reactors Have Boosted Life on This and Other Planets?
- Space 'Never Got Old,' NASA Astronaut Says
- December 2011 Skywatching Events
- Milky Way Radiation Reveals Itself to Distant NASA Probes
- Astronomers Closing in on Stars About to Explode
- Space Artifacts at Auctions Draw High Bids and Higher Scrutiny
- Newfound Alien Planet Hot Enough to Melt Iron
- Russian President Threatens Punishment for Recent Space Blunders
- How NASA Could Get Its Spaceflight Groove Back
- Top Sources of Powerful Space Radiation Are Shockers
