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Mars Lander May Have Detected, Then Destroyed Organics
The Viking mission on Mars may have destroyed compounds that make biology possible while trying to detect them.
Satellites Spot Imminent Natural Disasters
A pair of robotic eyes in the sky could help forecasters predict volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and landslides.
Mega-Volcanoes Might Be Detectable on Alien Earths
If a volcano with the explosive power of 600,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs blew up on a planet 30 light-years away, would we notice?
Asteroids Zipping by Earth at Less Than Moon's Distance
A couple of uncomfortably close brushes with asteroids today underscores the need for a plan to avoid asteroid strikes.
Top 5 Space Spirals
As Hubble spies a ghostly spiral expanding from a binary star, what other cosmic spirals have excited astronomers and the media in recent history?
Hubble Spots Ghostly Space Spiral
The space telescope has imaged a dying star's pre-planetary nebula pinwheel spiral. Although a rare and beautiful sight, there are others out there.
Spacecraft to Fly Into the Sun
NASA is planning a mission to fly directly into the sun's atmosphere to find out how it's heated.
Are Aliens Eavesdropping On Us? Not Likely
Any nearby extraterrestrials would have to get extremely lucky to be able to find us.
Stephen Hawking is Such a Troublemaker
The renowned physicist has just published a book stating that God is not required to create the Universe, just physics.
Refitted Radio Telescope Observes Distant Supernova
It seems you can teach an old telescope new tricks. The Expanded Very Large Array (or EVLA) has spotted a distant supernova during commissioning.

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