Spitzer and Deep Impact Build Recipe for Comet Soup

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When Deep Impact smashed into comet Tempel 1 on July 4, 2005, it released the ingredients of our solar system's primordial "soup." Now, astronomers using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and Deep Impact have analyzed that soup and begun to come up with a recipe for what makes planets, comets and other bodies in our solar system.

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First evidence that a common pollutant may reduce iodine levels in breast milk

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Researchers in Texas are reporting the first evidence from human studies that perchlorate, a common pollutant increasingly found in food and water, may interfere with an infant's availability of iodine in breast milk. Iodine ...

US game designer blasts into space with DNA cargo

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(AP) -- An American computer game designer reached space Sunday, fulfilling a long-deferred childhood dream that began with the flight of his astronaut father.

Economic woes chill effort to stop global warming

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(AP) -- Attempts to tackle global warming are being made more difficult by the spreading economic crisis even as Democratic congressional leaders say it's still a top goal for next year.

India's unmanned lunar mission ready for launch

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India is making final preparations for its first mission to the moon, officials said over the weekend.

US space tourist hopes to recoup 30 million-dollar ticket

Oct 11, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet

Richard Garriott, who is set to become the first American to follow his astronaut father into space on Sunday, hopes to be able to recoup the 30 million dollars he paid for the experience.

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