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The Orionid Meteor Shower
Oct. 12, 2012
Science@NASA Headline News — 2012
Earth is about to pass through a stream of debris from Halley's Comet, source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Forecasters expect 25 meteors per hour when the shower peaks on Oct. 21st.
NASA Spacecraft Records 'Earthsong'
Sept. 28, 2012
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A NASA spacecraft has recorded eerie-sounding radio emissions coming from our own planet. These beautiful "songs of Earth" could, ironically, be responsible for the proliferation of deadly electrons in the Van Allen Belts.
Curiosity Finds Old Streambed on Mars
Sept. 27, 2012
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Mars rover Curiosity has found evidence that a stream once ran vigorously across the area where the rover is now driving.
Why Curiosity Matters
Sept. 21, 2012
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A former rock-n-roller turned NASA engineer explains why he thinks Curiosity--both the Mars rover and the human desire to learn new things--matters to ordinary people on Earth.
Mystery Spheres on Mars
Sept. 14, 2012
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NASA's Mars rover Opportunity, still active after all these years, has just discovered a dense accumulation of puzzling little spheroids in a rock outcrop on the Red Planet.
Weird Planets
Sept. 12, 2012
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Once, astronomers thought planets couldn't form around binary stars. Now Kepler has found a whole system of planets orbiting a double star. This finding shows that planetary systems are weirder and more abundant than previously thought.
The Radiation Belt Storm Probes
Aug. 30, 2012
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Most spacecraft try to avoid the Van Allen Belts, two doughnut-shaped regions around Earth filled with "killer electrons." This morning NASA launched two heavily-shielded spacecraft directly into the belts. The Radiation Belt Storm Probes are on a two-year mission to study the Van Allen Belts and to unravel the mystery of their unpredictability.
Watch Out for the Blue Moon
Aug. 29, 2012
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This week's full Moon is a Blue Moon--that is, the second full Moon in a calendar month. But will the Moon really turn blue? Strange but true: Scientists say it can happen.
Curiosity Begins Driving at Bradbury Landing
Aug. 22, 2012
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Curiosity has made its first tire tracks on Mars. On August 22nd, the massive rover began driving from its landing site, which scientists have named for the late author Ray Bradbury.
Curiosity Zaps First Martian Rock
Aug. 20, 2012
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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has fired its laser for the first time on Mars, using the beam to study a fist-size rock called "Coronation."