NASA's Star Shines Bright
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By Kurt Loft, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Dec. 10--CAPE CANAVERAL -- When the shuttle Discovery roared and rumbled into the Florida sky Saturday night, tens of thousands who came to watch stood in silent awe of the fire rising before their eyes.
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How could NASA improve on a week that saw a successful space shuttle launch against bad-weather odds, the unveiling of an exciting new mission to the moon and a tantalizing discovery on Mars?
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US space agency Nasa celebrates the first year on Mars of its Spirit robot rover vehicle.
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Results from experiments at CERN and the Jyvaskyla Accelerator Laboratory in Finland, reported in Nature today, cast new light on the primary reaction that creates carbon in stars.
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NASA&#39;s Dawn spacecraft in fine health after rocketing into space just after sunrise today, ending a long wait for mission scientists even as the probe&#39;s own eight-year journey to two large asteroids is just beginning.
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Cambridge, MA - Scientists using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered and directly imaged a small brown dwarf star, 50 times the mass of Jupiter, orbiting with a planet around a Sun-like star.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 10--CAPE CANAVERAL -- Illuminated by 40 pure-white Xenon spotlights and the golden glare of five powerful rocket engines, shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts thundered from the launch pad and into space Saturday night.
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A well-researched study by the National Academy of Sciences makes a persuasive case for refurbishing the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA, which is reluctant to take this mission, should rethink its position.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla - For the first time in more than four years, a NASA space shuttle Discovery is poised to light up the night sky in an evening launch bound for the International Space Station (ISS). But weather may intervene.
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Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have recorded the brightest supernova ever seen.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN  WASHINGTON - From the dawn of the space program, America's astronauts have been treated like stars, saluted as red-white-and-blue heroes, and indoctrinated in NASA's can-do, failure-is-not-an-option ethos.
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U.S. scientists using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered a small brown dwarf star, 50 times the mass of Jupiter.  The star is orbiting with a planet around a sun-like star in an arrangement astronomers say has never been observed before.
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Nasa celebrates the first year on Mars of its Spirit rover and says the vehicle can go on working for some time.
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U.S. News & World Report - NASA's press briefing last Monday felt like it should have been broadcast in black and white.
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By Martin MerzerCAPE CANAVERAL -- Illuminated by 40 pure-white Xenon spotlights and the golden glare of five powerful rocket engines, shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts thundered from the launch pad and into space Saturday night.
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Astronomers  have spotted a planet that has survived the massive ballooning of its parent  star, providing the first optimistic evidence for the long-term survival of  Earth.
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When the space station passes across the Sun or moon, the scene offers an interesting demonstration of how planet hunter's look for new candidates by measuring the periodic dimming of a parent star.