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Huge Storm Blankets U.S. December 19-21 (Video)

Much of the U.S. was blanketed by this large storm in December 2012.   This NOAA's GOES-13 satellite animation shows…

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SpaceX test rocket makes vertical takeoff and landing

In November 2012 SpaceX's Grasshopper vertical takeoff and landing test vehicle (VTVL) flies nearly two stories (17.7 feet/5.4 meters). Duration…

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The End of the World Is here….we had a good run!

Well folks this is it, 12/21/12 is finally here and we all know what that means. The predicted end of…

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Radar Captures Video of Asteroid Toutatis over 4.4 Million Miles away

                Asteroid Toutatis image captured December 12, 2012 NASA captured this image when…

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Hubble sees further back in time than ever before

Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers announced Dec. 12 they have seen further back in time than ever before and…

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NASA Suomi NPP Satellite Captures the “Black Marble” Image-Video

Last January the Suomi NPP satellite captured the Blue Marble Image of Earth. Now the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite VIIRs…

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Solar Back-sided Halo CME Nov 8-9 2012

The Sun erupted with several CMEs (coronal mass ejections) during a period just over a day (Nov. 8-9, 2012), the…

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Messenger Spacecraft finds water on planet Mecury

New information from  MESSENGER spacecraft shows there is frozen water on Mecury. Its onboard instruments have been studying Mercury in…

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