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• FRIDAY 6. FEBRUARY, 2009
• 22:00 Astronauts Swab the Decks

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  Even in space, someone has to clean the bathroom. ISS astronauts are using a tricorder-like device to help them 'swab the decks.'  

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• WEDNESDAY 4. FEBRUARY, 2009
• 21:00 Green Comet Approaches Earth

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  Comet Lulin is approaching Earth for a 38-million-mile close encounter later this month. The green double-tailed comet is putting on a fine show for backyard telescopes and could soon become visible to the unaided eye.  

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• MONDAY 2. FEBRUARY, 2009
• 22:00 Mars Technology Helps Create Inauguration Mega-Picture

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  A private photographer has used NASA's Mars technology to create a 1,474 megapixel panoramic photo of President Obama's inauguration. The interactive mega-snapshot has become an international sensation, viewed by more than two million people in 186 countries.  

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• FRIDAY 23. JANUARY, 2009
• 20:55 NASA Sees the Dark Side of the Sun

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  Today, NASA researchers announced an event that will transform our view of the Sun and super-charge the field of solar physics for many years to come.  

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• THURSDAY 22. JANUARY, 2009
• 00:15 Severe Space Weather--Social and Economic Impacts

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  A new NASA-funded study details what might happen to our modern, high-tech society in the event of a 'super solar flare' followed by an extreme geomagnetic storm. Some of the conclusions might surprise you.  

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• THURSDAY 15. JANUARY, 2009
• 22:25 The Red Planet is Not a Dead Planet

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  A team of NASA and university scientists has discovered substantial plumes of methane floating through the atmosphere of Mars. The find indicates Mars is either biologically or geologically active.  

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• 08:30 Winter Wonder Rocket Movie

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  The last place you'd expect to find icicles is around the rim of a scalding hot and thundering rocket engine. Yet an engine being used by NASA to develop technologies for next-generation lunar landers has been caught producing icicles of unlikely beauty.  

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• WEDNESDAY 14. JANUARY, 2009
• 08:55 Giant Rockets Could Revolutionize Astronomy

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  NASA's next great Moon rocket promises to do more than land astronauts on the Moon. In its spare time, it could revolutionize the science of astronomy.  

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• THURSDAY 8. JANUARY, 2009
• 20:15 Biggest Full Moon of the Year: Take 2

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  The biggest full Moon of 2009 is coming this weekend. It's a perigee Moon as much as 30% brighter than lesser moons we'll see in the months ahead. Get ready for moonlight!  

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• 00:15 Sixteen Tons of Moondust

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  Sledgehammer-toting scientists are "bustin' rocks" to make the finest possible simulated lunar regolith (a.k.a. fake moondust) in support of NASA's return to the Moon.  

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• WEDNESDAY 24. DECEMBER, 2008
• 22:30 NASA's Gift to Mr. Claus

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  True story: NASA technology saves Claus from a disaster at sea! Christmas (and the sport of fishing) may never be the same.  

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• MONDAY 22. DECEMBER, 2008
• 22:40 Saturn's Crazy Christmas Tilt

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  The planet Saturn is doing something rare and beautiful this holiday season. Find out what in today's story from Science@NASA.  

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• TUESDAY 16. DECEMBER, 2008
• 22:31 Giant Breach in Earth's Magnetic Field Discovered

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  NASA's five THEMIS spacecraft have discovered a breach in Earth's magnetic field ten times larger than anything previously thought to exist. The size of the opening and the strange way it forms could overturn long-held ideas of space physics.  

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• MONDAY 15. DECEMBER, 2008
• 22:50 Solar Flare Surprise

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  Solar flares are supposed to obliterate everything in their vicinity, yet one of the most powerful flares of the past 30 years has done just the opposite, emitting a beam of pure and unbroken hydrogen atoms. Researchers think this strange event could yield vital clues to the inner workings of solar flares.  

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• THURSDAY 11. DECEMBER, 2008
• 16:05 Biggest Full Moon of the Year

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  This Friday's full Moon is the biggest full Moon of the year. It is a 'perigee Moon' as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than lesser full Moons we've seen earlier in 2008.  

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• 16:05 The Incredible Journey of the JWST

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  From humble beginnings in a Utah beryllium mine to the most advanced laboratories in the world, the mirrors of NASA's next great observatory are taking an incredible journey to space.  

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• THURSDAY 4. DECEMBER, 2008
• 22:50 Return of the Leonids

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  Astronomers from NASA and Caltech are predicting a near-storm of Leonids in 2009 based on a surprising outburst of meteors just two weeks ago.  

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• TUESDAY 25. NOVEMBER, 2008
• 00:45 Spectacular Conjunction

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  Venus and Jupiter are converging for a spectacular three-way conjunction with the crescent Moon--a rare gathering some are calling 'the sky show of the year.' Today's story tells when and where to look.  

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• FRIDAY 21. NOVEMBER, 2008
• 08:41 Solar Wind Rips Up Martian Atmosphere

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  The solar wind appears to be ripping big chunks of air from the atmosphere of Mars. This could help solve a longstanding mystery about the Red Planet.  

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• WEDNESDAY 19. NOVEMBER, 2008
• 20:05 Discovered: Cosmic Rays from a Mysterious, Nearby Object

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  An international team of researchers has discovered a puzzling surplus of high-energy electrons bombarding Earth from space. The source of these cosmic rays is unknown, but it must be close to the solar system and it could be made of dark matter.  

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• FRIDAY 14. NOVEMBER, 2008
• 13:40 Hubble Directly Observes a Planet Orbiting Another Star

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  NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. The planet, called 'Fomalhaut b', orbits the bright southern star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years from Earth.  

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• TUESDAY 11. NOVEMBER, 2008
• 00:36 NASA Begins Hunt for New Meteor Showers

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  NASA astronomers have set up a monitoring station to scan the night sky for unknown or unexpected meteor showers--and they're finding more than they bargained for.  

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• SUNDAY 9. NOVEMBER, 2008
• 14:10 Solar Cycle Update: The Sun Shows Signs of Life

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  A surge of new-cycle sunspots in October may signal the beginning of the end of the ongoing solar minimum.  

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• THURSDAY 30. OCTOBER, 2008
• 23:00 Magnetic Portals Connect Earth to the Sun

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  Researchers have discovered 'magnetic portals' forming high above Earth that can briefly connect our planet to the Sun. Not only are the portals common, one space physicist contends they form twice as often as anyone had previously imagined.  

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• TUESDAY 28. OCTOBER, 2008
• 22:35 Halloween Sky Show

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  The planets are gathering for spooky sunset sky show on Oct. 31st. Read today's story to find out where to look.  

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