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Jupiter-Bound NASA Probe Adjusts Course Toward Giant Planet

a shared story    3 days 15 hours 42 minutes ago
NASA's Juno probe is the first solar-powered spacecraft to the outer solar system.  




Roger Boisjoly, 73, Dies; Warned of Shuttle Danger

a shared story    3 days 20 hours 42 minutes ago
Mr. Boisjoly wrote a portentous memo six months before the Space Shuttle Challenger’s explosion, warning that if it was too cold, seals connecting sections of the shuttle’s rocket boosters could fail.  



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Evidence from eruption 3,500 years ago hints volcanoes may give us a century's warning that they're going to blow

a shared story    4 days 42 minutes ago
Stones from an eruption 3,500 years ago in Greece hint that magma had been running for 100 years before the volcano went off - and we could use seismic monitors to detect similar movement beneath volcanoes now. 



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Bright lights of Broadway: The astonishing picture of a nighttime New York and surrounding cities as seen from 200 miles above Earth

a shared story    4 days 21 hours 42 minutes ago
This breathtaking picture of America's east coast at night shows the thin veil of atmosphere which protects all life on earth from the harsh and inhospitable environment of outer space. 



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Mega pixels not mega bucks: Asda offers 10pm digital camera at record low price of £25

a shared story    5 days 13 hours 42 minutes ago
Retailer slashes the price of a 10 megapixel EasyShare Mini compact to a record low of just £25, following the bankruptcy of Kodak's U.S. arm. 



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Hubble Hit: Spiral Galaxy and the Quasars

a shared story    5 days 15 hours 42 minutes ago
The space telescope captured an amazing view of spiral galaxy NGC 1073 and three quasars that are right outside its galactic neighborhood. Located in the constellation of Cetus, the galaxy has a bar structure in the center similar to the Milky Way.  



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Natural tilts in earth's axis alter temperature enough to cause ice ages, says Harvard scientist

a shared story    5 days 18 hours 42 minutes ago
A Harvard professor used computer models to work out what causes the cycles of ice ages and melting - and found that a century-old idea about earth's axis is the only idea that fits. 



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Gains in DNA Are Speeding Research Into Human Origins

a shared story    5 days 20 hours 42 minutes ago
Remains from a Siberian cave and faster, cheaper technology are helping scientists draw a complex new picture of human origins.  



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Scientists Examine Hope Diamond for Clues to Its Blue

a shared story    5 days 21 hours 42 minutes ago
The diamond holds a different allure for those studying the history of the Earth.  



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Lake Vostok: Russian scientists on verge of drilling into Antarctic lake hidden under ice for 20MILLION years

a shared story    6 days 6 hours 42 minutes ago
The team face a race to drill into Lake Vostok in Antarctica before the summer comes to an end in days. They hope to discover life forms which are unrecognisable in the modern world. 



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Launch escape rocket roars into life

a shared story    6 days 13 hours 42 minutes ago
Watch a new rocket fire up during tests in preparation for the next generation of spaceflight 



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Habitable Zones Around Alien Suns May Depend on Chemistry

a shared story    6 days 14 hours 42 minutes ago
Trace elements in such stars may influence their habitable zones, where planets with life could dwell.  



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