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  • A Multi-Wavelength View of Radio Galaxy Hercules A

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  • First-ever Hyperspectral Images of Earth's Auroras

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  • Astronomy 101 Kepler's laws Astronomy Magazine

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  • Cassini sees abrupt turn in Titan's atmosphere Astronomy Magazine

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  • Open cluster NGC 1342, spiral galaxy NGC 1313, and barred spiral galaxy NGC 1398 Astronomy Magazine

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  • New Evidence for Water Ice at Mercury's North Pole

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  • Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center

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  • Growing Uncertainty About Bolden's Tenure at NASA

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  • Radar Images of Asteroid 2007 PA8

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  • Calls for Congressional Inquiry into Laptop Data Theft

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  • They're Clueless at NASA CIO

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  • Do missing Jupiters mean massive comet belts Astronomy Magazine

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  • Do missing Jupiters mean massive comet belts Astronomy Magazine

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  • JPL Employees Want Congressional investigation Over PII Laptop Theft

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  • NASA Study Could Improve Hurricane Strength Forecasts

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  • (Update) NASA Formally Announces Meeting that Media/Public Cannot Attend

    Updated: 2012-11-28 16:53:35
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  • Astronomy 101 Kepler's laws Astronomy Magazine

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  • Partnering With China in Space?

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  • "Another Government Agency" Gave NASA Spy Satellite Hardware

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  • Do Missing Jupiters Mean Massive Comet Belts?

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  • NASA Remains Silent on MSL News

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  • Questions Remain About Information on Stolen NASA Laptop

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  • Year-Long Space Station Mission Approved

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  • DOE and NASA Demonstrate Fission Reactor Prototype

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  • Astronomy tests the Canon 60Da Astronomy Magazine

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  • And Today's Dumb UK Tabloid Headline Is ...

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  • Looking More Closely at Asteroid Mining Economics

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  • Putting NASA's Budget Into Context

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    The Paradox of NASA Budget Cuts, IVN "The estimated $1 trillion cost of the JSF program dwarfs that of NASA's $25 billion Apollo program. Yet, despite NASA's historical successes and technological breakthroughs, its budget will face another round of crippling cuts next year that is estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. These cuts are now becoming a trend for the White House based on recent fiscal budget proposals sent to Congress."

  • Sky Guide 2013 Astronomy Magazine

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  • The past year†s other huge space stories Astronomy Magazine

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  • More great Voyager images Astronomy Magazine

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  • DIY gravitational lensing Astronomy Magazine

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  • lrsp-2012-6

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    The Sun’s Global Photospheric and Coronal Magnetic Fields: Observations and Models by: Anthony Yeates and Duncan Mackay In this review, our present day understanding of the Sun’s global photospheric and coronal magnetic fields is discussed from both observational and theoretical viewpoints. Firstly, the large-scale properties of photospheric magnetic fields are described, along with recent advances in photospheric [...]

  • Monitoring A Martian Dust Storm

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    Home About SpaceRef SpaceRef Business SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia SpaceRef Canada NASA Watch Get Our Daily Newsletter Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Monitoring A Martian Dust Storm By Keith Cowing Posted November 25, 2012 4:13 PM View Comments NASA JPL MSSS Mars Weather Map A Martian dust storm that NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been tracking since last week has also produced atmospheric changes detectable by rovers on . Mars Using the orbiter's Mars Color Imager , Bruce Cantor of Malin Space Science Systems , San Diego , began observing the storm on Nov . 10, and subsequently reported it to the team operating NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity

  • This Week at NASA Recap: ISS Science Research and More

    Updated: 2012-11-23 18:10:47
    Onboard the International Space Station NASA's Kevin Ford continues to settle into his role as Commander of the orbiting laboratory. Ford and Expedition 34 crewmates Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency are continuing work with the multitude of research being conducted on the station -- including investigations on human research, biological and physical sciences, technology development and Earth observation. Also, Joe Acaba visits Marshall's Payload Operations Center, Johnson Space Center's new Director, some milestones for the SLS program, an award for some NASA Technology and more!

  • Find all you need to know about our stellar neighborhood in Explore the Solar System Astronomy Magaz

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  • ESO hits 50 Local Group Astronomy Astronomy Community

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  • ESO hits 50 Local Group Astronomy Astronomy Community

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  • Astronomy Magazine

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  • Astronomy Magazine

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