Taurasi heats up Mercury
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Rookie Diana Taurasi had 21 points and eight assists to lead host Phoenix to a 72-58 victory over Los Angeles last night, snapping the Sparks' 18-game winning streak over the Mercury.
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Three powerful bursts of energy from different regions of space could presage spectacular explosions of huge stars, astronomers just announced.
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New pics of an old explosion NASA has released a striking new image of explosive neighbouring star Eta Carinae. The star is huge: somewhere between 100 and 150 times the size of our own sun. It is also consuming its fuel at a truly astonishing rate.â¦
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By SETH BORENSTEIN  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Stargazers will get a rare triple planetary treat this weekend with Jupiter, Mercury and Mars appearing to nestle together in the predawn skies.
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Jupiter's moon Io is peppered with volcanoes, the hottest, most active volcanoes in our solar system. Sizzling vents spew plumes of gas and dust as much as 400 km high. They surge, spit, subside and surge again, non-stop. Passing spacecraft beware: Io is shooting at you.
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Using the largest telescopes available, astronomers have dissected the dusty, gassy layers of the red giant S Orionis-a star that pulsates in size from a diameter roughly equal to the orbit of Mars to that of Jupiter every 410 days.
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A hot start billions of years ago might have set into motion the forces that power geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus. &quot;Deep inside Enceladus, our model indicates we've got an organic brew, a heat source and liquid water, all key ingredients for life,&quot; said Dr.
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The European Space Agency&#39;s Mars Express Orbiter has taken new images of Mars that suggest there has been recent volcanic activity on the surface of the red planet.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  Stargazers will get a rare triple planetary treat this weekend with Jupiter, Mercury and Mars appearing to nestle together in the pre-dawn skies.
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Saturn&#39;s largest moon Titan may have molten ice welling up to the surface from its warm interior, data from the Cassini spacecraft suggests.
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NASA researchers share the "goldmine of exciting data" sent by the Messenger probe from its flyby of Mercury.
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Astronomers using a giant telescope atop a Hawaii volcano have discovered a hot spot on Saturn, located at the tip of the planet's south pole.
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Imagine an oil drum the size of a school bus with an antenna on top. That description paraphrases how Cassini points mechanically at Saturn and its moons.
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Collisions between comets may be kicking up copious amounts of dust observed around a dead star.
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A NASA probe next week will become the first spacecraft in 33 years to fly by Mercury, a sojourn scientists hope will unlock the secrets of the small sun-baked planet.
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Astrophysicists find a star-like object with a surface temperature just one tenth that of the Sun.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams has now spent more time in space than any other woman, setting the record on Sunday as she and a crew mate upgraded the international space station's cooling system.