Space blast's huge debris field
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The explosion of a rocket stage in space has created a huge debris field that could threaten spacecraft.
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In late June of 1908, a fireball exploded above the remote Russian forests of Tunguska,  Siberia, flattening more than 800 square miles of trees. Researchers think a meteor was responsible for the devastation, but neither its fragments nor any impact craters have been discovered.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - People interested in an out-of-this-world post-death experience can "boldly go where no man has gone before" with a space memorial service that blasts their ashes into space.
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For the first time astronomers have witnessed a supermassive black hole blasting its galactic neighbor with a deadly beam of energy.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - A spacecraft that could serve as a model for interplanetary transport blasted off aboard an unmanned Delta rocket on Thursday on a mission to explore two giant asteroids between Mars and Jupiter.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 20  - NASA launched Saturday its Swift satellite, which will track huge explosions of gamma rays, the US space agency said.
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Scientists give details of a new mission to investigate colossal explosions on the surface of the Sun.
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By JOHN ANTCZAK LOS ANGELES - A rocket carrying a commercial communications satellite exploded Tuesday during launch from an oceangoing platform in the equatorial Pacific.
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The largest explosion ever seen in space reveals black holes to be more influential    than expected, perhaps sometimes stifling star formation in a galaxy while    gobbling up trillions upon trillions of tons of gas.
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Five science satellites blast off on a single rocket -- it's a mission to find the source of powerful geomagnetic substorms in the Earth's atmosphere. By the Associated Press.
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Space watchers were set for a rare treat on Tuesday after US space authorities released pictures of a huge asteroid they said would zoom past Earth within sight of amateur telescopes.
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NASA plans to launch a new space telescope later this month capable of spinning around at a moment&#39;s notice to catch sight of the elusive, brief and powerful explosions that send blasts of light and radiation screaming through our universe every day.
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Genesis Principal Investigator and Lead Scientist Dr. Don Burnett examines material recovered from the Genesis impact site. Inset: Shattered contents of the craft&#39;s science canister.
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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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The tiny but significant hole was from a collision with a piece of space debris, NASA officials said.
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A large piece of space shuttle Columbia debris was found recently in southeast Texas, a NASA official said. The 6-foot-long piece of the crew compartment was discovered two weeks ago
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HONOLULU -- Speedy solar storms carrying a billion tons of charged gas through space let out a thunderous scream before they unleash satellite-stopping radiation storms that slam into Earth&#39;s magnetic field.