Planets
BOULDER, Colo. - NASA has given the go-ahead to a $438 million mission led by the University of Colorado-Boulder to investigate Mars and the likelihood that it once harbored life.
WASHINGTON - Weighing privacy vs. security after 9/11, the Supreme Court seemed unwilling Tuesday to stop federal investigations into the private lives of people who want to work at government installations - even those who don't have security clearances and don't work on secret projects.
WASHINGTON - Congress approved a blueprint for NASA's future Wednesday that extends the life of the space shuttle program for a year while backing President Barack Obama's intent to use commercial carriers to lift humans into near-Earth space.
WASHINGTON - Astronomers say they have for the first time spotted a planet beyond our own in what is sometimes called the Goldilocks zone for life: Not too hot, not too cold.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Better catch Jupiter next week in the night sky.
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- Obama's asteroid goal: tougher, riskier than moon
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- Obama: Americans to Mars within his lifetime
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- Obama revives capsule from canceled moon program
- World's deepest known undersea volcanic vent found
- Biodynamic farmers connect to earth's rhythms
- Mars rover Spirit misses communication session
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- Mars rover Opportunity passes 12-mile mark
- Children's exhibit to open at Adler Planetarium
- Scientists wowed by Mars orbiter performance
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- Designer of famous Arecibo telescope dies at 92
