Keeping Closer Tabs on What's in Orbit
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By TOM ROEDER THE GAZETTE An anti-satellite missile test carried out by China last month created the biggest debris cloud Air Force Space Command has seen in years and steeled determination of its commanders to get a clearer picture of objects in orbit.
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Telescopes spy the closest asteroid flyby ever recorded. Also: European astronomers find a 'super Earth' 300 trillion light years away.... and did DOS trickery foil the Spirit rover? By Amit Asaravala.
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A spacecraft in solar orbit reached almost directly above   the south pole of the Sun last week, giving   scientists a rare glimpse of this unfamiliar territory.
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Beginning stargazers often have a tough time following the movements of the moon. That's to be expected; the moon's orbital motion around the Earth, coupled with our own rotation, makes it rather difficult to follow.
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MAUNA KEA, Hawaii -- The sharpest image ever taken of a dust disk around another star has revealed structures in the disk which are signs of unseen planets.     Dr...
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Twin NASA spacecraft have beamed back spectacular views of the sun, helping scientists track violent solar storms that can fry satellites and overload power lines on Earth.
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The Messenger spacecraft got a quick glance at the solar systemâs innermost planet, which it eventually will orbit.
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Space scientists offer thoughts, both practical and far-fetched, for what to do if thereâs a space rock out there with our planetâs number on it.
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Twin NASA probes aimed at the Sun are sending home super-sized panoramas of Earth's nearest star as they take up positions to track explosive solar storms.
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A pair of robots named ASTRO and NextSat have been working together in Earth orbit, docking, undocking, flying around and refueling, as if they have minds of their own.  Their adventures may herald a revolution in the way we explore space.
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One of the world's most powerful telescopes will begin spying on the universe on Friday, using its 34-foot wide mirror to search for planets similar to our own from a mountaintop on one of Spain's Canary Islands.
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Satellite-enabled turn-by-turn navigation, whether you're in a car or on foot
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There have been two important pieces of space-related news recently, the first of which was the European moon probe&#39;s success in entering the moon&#39;s orbit.
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Weather forecasting just isn't what it used to be. With thousands of satellites orbiting Earth, with astronauts living in the international space station and perhaps venturing later to the moon and Mars, and with nations utterly dependent on space-based assets for their communications, navigation and spying, those responsible for the safety of all these moving parts need to know about a whole new world of weather conditions. ...
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When you&#39;re orbiting 240 miles above Earth in the International Space Station, grabbing a midnight snack is a bit more complicated than sneaking into the kitchen.
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NASAâs Messenger spacecraft has captured a new view of the planet Mercury.
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Astronomers now have a new &quot;eye&quot; for determining the distance to certain mysterious bodies in and around our Milky Way galaxy.