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CONTOUR
The Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) spacecraft is presumed lost after numerous attempts at contact. The spacecraft was scheduled to ignite its STAR 30 solid rocket engine on 15 August 2003 at 08:49 UT...
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The Night Sky: February 2010
The Night Sky in February 2010 By Harry J. Augensen Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Widener University Moon’s Phases New Moon on the 13thFull "Snow Moon" on the...
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The Habitability of the Phoenix Landing Site
Dr. Carol Stoker was a member of the Mars Phoenix Lander team that landed a robot in the polar regions of Mars. Dr. Stoker will present an analysis of results from the Mars Phoenix mission to the...
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Astronomers Find Rare Beast by New Means
SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO (Feb. 3, 2010) – For the first time, astronomers have found a supernova explosion with properties similiar to a gamma-ray burst, but without seeing any gamma rays from it....
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