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Biggest Full Moon of the Year: Take 2

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jan 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

When last month's full Moon rose over Florida, onlooker Raquel Stanton of Cocoa Beach realized that something was up.

The 2009 Geminid Meteor Shower (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

8 hours ago | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Make hot cocoa. Bundle up. Tell your friends. The best meteor shower of 2009 is about to fall over North America on a long, cold December night.

Keeping Mars Contained

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1

When robotic spacecraft bring a sample of Mars back to Earth, scientists will need specially-designed facilities to study the samples and prevent them from escaping to the outside world.

Steering the Ares Rockets on a Straight Path

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Ares I-X rocket stood more than 325 feet tall on the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Spectators watched in awe as its massive solid rocket motor blazed to life with a thunderous ...

NASA puzzled why parachutes failed in rocket test

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 03, 2009 | 3.4 / 5 (5) | 3

(AP) -- NASA still isn't sure why two parachutes failed during a test flight of its prototype moon rocket just over a month ago.

STAR TRAK for December: Geminid meteors flash in December skies

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 03, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The annual Geminid meteor shower, which will reach its maximum on the night of Dec. 13-14, usually offers the best show of the year, outperforming even the Perseid shower of August. This year ...

Geminid meteor shower to peak on 14th December 2009

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The annual Geminid meteor shower is predicted to peak at 0510 GMT on 14th December. Meteors (or ‘shooting stars’) are the result of small particles entering the Earth’s atmosphere at high speed, heating up ...

Partial lunar eclipse will take place on 31st December

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a lunar eclipse, the Earth, Sun and Moon are almost exactly in line and the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun.

Chang'E-1 has blazed a new trail in China's deep space exploration

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

A huge amount of scientific data have been accumulated by the CE-1 lunar orbiter. Using laser altimeter data, Jinsong Ping and Qian Huang et al obtained improved 3D lunar topography, and based on this, they ...

Michael Jackson tops Web's search charts in 2009

Technology / Internet

Dec 01, 2009 | 1 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Michael Jackson's stunning death made him the Internet's biggest star this year.

Superior Super Earths

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 30, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (54) | 15

Super Earths are named for their size, but these planets - which range from about 2 to 10 Earth masses - could be superior to the Earth when it comes to sustaining life. They could also provide an answer to ...

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