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Upgraded Hubble telescope to be 90 times as powerfulAstronauts will not only install two new instruments but will also fix two broken ones in an upcoming shuttle mission – creating '90 Hubbles' |
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Tiny Galaxy Spotted Halfway Across the UniverseSanta Barbara, California, USA - Astronomers have spotted and weighed a tiny galaxy located 6 billion light-years away, or nearly halfway across the universe. |
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Birth of an Earthlike Planet Spied By SpitzerPasadena, California, USA - A warm belt of dust around a young star is offering astronomers a glimpse of what Earth might have looked like when it was just beginning to take shape. |
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Hole in Ozone Layer Shrinks 30 PercentParis, France - The gaping hole in Earth's ozone layer has shrunk 30 percent in size compared to last year, according to new measurements made by the European Space Agency's Envisat satellite. |
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Mars Rover Reaches Crater Sweet SpotPasadena, California, USA - NASA's rover Opportunity has reached its first stop inside a huge Martian crater and was poised Thursday to carry out the first science experiments. |
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Turkey: Noah’s Ark anomaly gets a new imageMt. Ararat, Turkey - Three high-tech companies have joined technology in the search for evidence that a 980-foot-long feature on Turkey's Mt. Ararat might be what's left of Noah's Ark. |
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New Google Earth satellite to launch next weekWashington, D.C., USA - DigitalGlobe, provider of imagery for Google Inc.'s interactive mapping program Google Earth, said a new high-resolution satellite will boost the accuracy of its satellite images and flesh out its archive. |
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The heavens are only a few mouse clicks away with Google Inc.’s latest free tool.Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - The heavens are only a few mouse clicks away with Google Inc.'s latest free tool. |
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Shuttle lands safely despite damageCape Canaveral, Florida, USA - Endeavour returned to Earth safely Tuesday, ending a nearly two-week orbital drama that centered on a deep gouge in the space shuttle's belly and an early homecoming prompted by a hurricane. |
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Millions of Basil Seeds Orbiting EarthHouston, Texas, USA - You'll never guess what was in Barbara Morgan's pocket when she blasted off from Kennedy Space Center last week onboard space shuttle Endeavour. |
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