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Exhumed rocks reveal Mars water ran deep

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The large 25 km-diameter crater in the foreground of this High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) perspective view...

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Detailed Characterization of Shackleton Crater

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a, Topography in km; b, percentage of time illuminated; c, 10-m baseline slopes in degrees; d, surface...

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International space weather agreement

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Image of the Sun taken from SOHO spacecraft
(Credit: ESA/NASA)

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NASA's Hubble Spots Rare Gravitational Arc from Distant, Hefty Galaxy Cluster

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Seeing is believing, except when you don't believe what you see.Astronomers using NASA's Hubble...

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Cassini Shows Why Jet Streams Cross-Cut Saturn

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Scientists studying images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have found that heat from within the planet powers the jet...

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The toughest life on Earth

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Lichen is an example that was exposed to space conditions on the International Space Station...

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Astronomers Discover Planetary Odd Couple

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Planetrise: An artist's conception shows Kepler-36c as it might look from the...

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NASA Spacecraft Reveals Ice Content in Moon Crater

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NLSI scientists have mapped Shackleton crater with unprecedented detail, finding possible evidence for small amounts of...

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