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Astonishing pictures of crystal rain on distant star surface

Recent observations at NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have revealed astonishing pictures of tiny crystals of a green mineral called olivine which are falling down as rain on a burgeoning star. This has been the first time that such observations have been made in the dusty clouds of gas that collapse around forming stars.
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How Unique Is Our Milky Way Galaxy?

Milky Way galaxy, the home galaxy of the Solar System, and of Earth, belongs to a rare subset among the billions that populate the cosmos.

Endeavour completes historic NASA space station mission (PHOTOS)

The mission is complete. Astronauts on the Endeavour space shuttle has placed the final part of a robotic arm onto the International Space Station. The task was completed after logging in over 1,000 assembly hours. The final completion was 12 years in the making since the project started in December 1998. This marks the last spacewalk and flight for the Endeavour.

Arsenic-Eating Bacteria Discoverer Faces Critics

In December, NASA held a press conference to announce that a bacteria discovered in a salty California lake appeared to use arsenic in its DNA. But the findings ran into criticism right from the start, and now the journal Science has published the critiques of the work, as well as a response from the team that did the original work.

NASA’s event on space exploration at Homearama

NASA Langley Research Center will outfit the Space Exploration House at the Tidewater Builders Association's Spring Homearama in Virginia Beach, May 28 - June 12.

NASA Discovers Supernova Factory

An orbiting NASA observatory has picked up signs that several stars exploded as supernovas in the last few million years, and more are coming.

Obama endorses NASA hacker Gary McKinnon's extradition process

Gary McKinnon, a 43-year-old British computer hacker suffering from Asperger’s syndrome, who has been caught in an extradition battle between the U.S. and the UK over the last decade, suffered a setback on Wednesday when President Barack Obama said the case was now in the hands of the British legal system.

NASA Plans Asteroid Sample Return Mission (VIDEO)

NASA is planning a mission to collect a piece of an asteroid and return it to Earth in order to discover clues to the formation of the solar system and possibly, the origins of life.

NASA Ends Communication With Spirit Rover

NASA has decided to cease communications with the rover Spirit today, ending a seven-year mission that was supposed to last 90 days.

NASA leaves rover 'Spirit' to quiet death in Martian winter

NASA has said it is ending its attempts to regain contact with the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. A transmission that will end on Wednesday, May 25, will be the last in a series of attempt, NASA said in a statement on Tuesday.

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