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• TUESDAY 4. OCTOBER, 2011
• 19:09 Draconid Meteor Outburst

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  Forecasters say Earth is heading for a stream of dust from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner. A close encounter with the comet's fragile debris could spark a meteor outburst over parts of our planet on October 8th.  

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• FRIDAY 30. SEPTEMBER, 2011
• 19:11 The Strange Attraction of Gale Crater

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  NASA's newest rover "Curiosity" is getting ready to leave Earth. Its destination: Gale crater on Mars. Today's story from Science@NASA explains the attraction of this Martian crater with a strangely-sculpted mountain the middle.  

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• MONDAY 19. SEPTEMBER, 2011
• 18:52 The Secret Lives of Solar Flares

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  NASA-supported researchers say that solar flares have been keeping a secret. The new finding, reported in the Astrophysical Journal, suggests that explosions on the sun could affect Earth even more than previously thought.  

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• FRIDAY 16. SEPTEMBER, 2011
• 18:49 Cool Video: Dawn Flies Around Vesta

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  A just-released video from NASA's Dawn spacecraft takes viewers on a breathtaking flyover of the giant asteroid Vesta.  

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• THURSDAY 15. SEPTEMBER, 2011
• 23:45 Kepler Discovers a Planet with Two Suns

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  The existence of a world with a double sunset, as portrayed in the film Star Wars more than 30 years ago, is now scientific fact. NASA's Kepler mission has made the first unambiguous detection of a "circumbinary planet" -- a planet orbiting two stars -- 200 light-years from Earth.  

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• WEDNESDAY 7. SEPTEMBER, 2011
• 05:58 GRAIL and the Mystery of the Missing Moon

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  Did our planet once have two moons? Some researchers say so. Moreover, the missing satellite might still be up there--splattered against the far side of the Moon. NASA's GRAIL mission, due to launch on Sept. 8th, could help confirm or refute the "two moon" hypothesis.  

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• FRIDAY 2. SEPTEMBER, 2011
• 21:10 Dwarf Planet Mysteries Beckon to New Horizons

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  Dwarf planet Pluto is a world of mystery waiting to be visited for the first time. NASA's New Horizons probe is racing across the solar system for a close encounter that could dramatically alter what researchers "know" about Pluto and other small worlds.  

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• THURSDAY 25. AUGUST, 2011
• 16:36 Sunspot Breakthrough

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  A new breakthrough in sunspot detection could provide days of extra early warning of solar storms heading for Earth.  

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• WEDNESDAY 24. AUGUST, 2011
• 06:34 Discovered: Stars as Cool as the Human Body

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  Stars as cold as the human body? Believe it. A NASA spacecraft has discovered a half-dozen "Y Dwarfs" with atmospheric temperatures as low as 80 F.  

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• THURSDAY 18. AUGUST, 2011
• 18:35 Spacecraft Sees Solar Storm Engulf Earth

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  For the first time, a spacecraft far from Earth has turned and watched a solar storm engulf our planet. The movie, released today during a NASA press conference, has galvanized solar physicists, who say it could lead to important advances in space weather forecasting.  

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• TUESDAY 16. AUGUST, 2011
• 18:21 NASA Plans to Visit a Near-Earth Asteroid

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  NASA is planning a daring new mission to visit a near-Earth asteroid. The spacecraft, named OSIRIS-REx, will orbit 1999 RQ36 for a year before gathering samples for return to Earth.  

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• WEDNESDAY 10. AUGUST, 2011
• 02:24 Spaceships, Meteors, and Moonlight

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  The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend, and the International Space Station is joining the show. Sky watchers in many US towns and cities are favored with ISS flybys on August 12-13 just when Perseid meteor activity is expected to crest under full Moonlight.  

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• TUESDAY 9. AUGUST, 2011
• 20:20 A Freaky Fluid inside Jupiter?

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  NASA's Juno probe has begun a 5-year voyage to Jupiter. A key goal of the mission is to find a freaky fluid deep inside the giant planet.  

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• THURSDAY 4. AUGUST, 2011
• 22:03 Salt Water May Flow on Mars

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  New images from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggest that salty water may be actively flowing on the surface of the Red Planet.  

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• MONDAY 1. AUGUST, 2011
• 18:51 Dawn's Smooth Move

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  Today's story from Science@NASA unveils Dawn's first full-frame image of Vesta and describes the unique way Dawn entered orbit around the giant asteroid.  

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• FRIDAY 29. JULY, 2011
• 19:03 What Lies Inside Jupiter?

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  The clouds of Jupiter hide many mysteries--from the roots of monster storms to possible stores of exotic matter. NASA's Juno spacecraft, scheduled to launch on August 5th, is going to find out what lies inside the giant planet.  

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• WEDNESDAY 20. JULY, 2011
• 18:17 Hubble Discovers a New Moon Around Pluto

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  Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope discovered a fourth moon orbiting Pluto. The new satellite was uncovered in a Hubble survey searching for rings around the dwarf planet.  

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• MONDAY 18. JULY, 2011
• 21:37 Dawn Spacecraft Snaps Close-up … ge of Asteroid Vesta

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  NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned the first close-up image after beginning its orbit around the giant asteroid Vesta.  

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• 07:34 Dawn Orbits Giant Asteroid Vesta

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  NASA's Dawn spacecraft has entered orbit around Vesta, making it the first mission to orbit a main-belt asteroid.  

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• THURSDAY 14. JULY, 2011
• 17:59 NASA Spacecraft To Enter Large … d's Orbit On July 15

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  On July 15, NASA's ion-propelled Dawn probe will become the first spacecraft to enter orbit around a main-belt asteroid.  

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• MONDAY 11. JULY, 2011
• 18:00 Dark Fireworks on the Sun

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  NASA has just released new movies of an "inky-dark" solar explosion that continues to puzzle experts more than a month after it happened.  

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• WEDNESDAY 6. JULY, 2011
• 20:50 Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon?

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  As NASA's ion-powered Dawn spacecraft approaches Vesta for orbital insertion in mid-July, Dawn's camera's will be scanning space around the giant asteroid for signs of an asteroid moon.  

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• FRIDAY 24. JUNE, 2011
• 21:04 What's to Blame for Wild Weather? "La Nada"

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  Don't blame La Nina or El Nino for the USA's recent wild weather. According to one NASA climatologist, the real culprit is "La Nada."  

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• WEDNESDAY 22. JUNE, 2011
• 06:27 Getting Ready for the Next Big Solar Storm

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  Policymakers are meeting in Washington DC this week to discuss the growing threat solar storms pose to our increasingly technological civilization.  

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• THURSDAY 9. JUNE, 2011
• 16:03 A Big Surprise from the Edge of the Solar System

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  NASA's Voyager probes have reached the edge of the solar system and found something surprising there--a froth of magnetic bubbles separating us from the rest of the galaxy.  

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