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- February 28
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- Did a Comet Really Chill and Kill Clovis Culture?
- Stargazer's Delight: Moon Gets Close to Bright Star Tonight
- Alien Life Could be Detectable on Planets Around Dying Stars
- Big Meteorite Discovered in Antarctica
- China to Launch Next Manned Space Mission in Summer
- Big Meteorite Found in Antarctica (Photo Gallery)
- NASA Discovers New Radiation Belt Around Earth
- Black Hole's Mystery 'Wave' Surprises Scientists
- SpaceX Primes Dragon Capsule for Space Station Mission (Photos)
- Astronaut Snaps Photo of Mount Etna Erupting
- World's 1st Smartphone Satellite Dials Earth from Space
- 1st Photo of Alien Planet Forming Snapped by Telescope
- Space History Photo: Test Pilot John A. Manke and M2-F3 Lifting Body
- Private Mission to Mars in 2018: Who Should Go?
- Asteroid Hunt: Private Groups Join Search for Dangerous Space Rocks
- Safety Is Key to Private Spaceflight's Rise & Success
- Weather Pristine for Private Rocket Launch to Space Station Friday
- NASA Deep-Space Missions Take Aim at Mars
- February 27
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- Audacious Manned Mars Mission Is Latest Private Deep-Space Project
- Texas' 'White Gold' Seen From Space
- Record-Setting Snowfall Seen from Space
- Monster Black Hole's Spin Revealed for 1st Time
- Married to Mars: 9 Questions for Dennis Tito on Private Martian Trips
- Wanted: Married Couple for Private Mars Voyage in 2018
- Space History Photo: Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Preparations
- Planet Mercury Once Covered in Magma, Study Suggests
- Space Tourist to Unveil Private Mars Voyage Today
- Meteor Blast Over Russia Feb. 15: Complete Coverage
- Russian Meteor's Origin and Size Pinned Down
- NASA to Unveil Black Hole Discovery Today
- February 26
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- Pluto-Bound Spacecraft Gets Review for US Postage Stamp
- NASA's Sequester Plan Targets Private Space Taxi Funds and Tech
- Video of Little Girl Reaching for Moon a YouTube Hit
- 'Gigantic Jet' Lightning Spotted Over China
- House Votes to Rename NASA Center for Neil Armstrong
- Russian Meteor Fallout: What to Do Next Time?
- Hubble Telescope Reveals Milky Way Galaxy's Cannibal Past
- Extraterrestrial Life May be Common Around Binary Stars
- 'Sunglint' Silhouettes Northeast Coast in Astronaut Photo
- Europe May Work With China on Space Station
- NASA's Curiosity Rover Eats 1st Mars Rock Sample
- Stunning Night Sky Photos of February 2013
- Canadian Tour Companies Launch Private Spaceflight Deals
- NASA Spacecraft Discovers Particle Accelerator at Saturn
- SpaceX Fires Up Private Rocket for Friday Launch to Space Station
- February 25
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- Artist Creates Tiny Buzz Aldrin Moonwalker in Eye of Needle
- Moon and Mars Exploration Pioneer David McKay Dies at 76
- SpaceX's Next Space Station Resupply Flight Gets Mission Patches
- 'Star Trek' Beams Into Oscar Night
- 'Vulcan' and 'Cerberus' Win Pluto Moon Naming Poll
- Tonight's Full Moon Is a Snow Moon: How to See It Online
- Space History Photo: Scott Gives Salute
- Indian Rocket Launches Asteroid-Hunting Satellite, Tiny Space Telescopes
- Indian Rocket Launches 7 Satellites at Once (Photos)
- Ambitious Mission to Jupiter's Icy Moons Gets Science Instruments
- Mars May Be Habitable Today, Scientists Say
- Deep-Sea Vents May Hold Clues to Life's Origin
- February 24
- February 23
- February 22
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- Private Spacecraft Builder to Test-Fire Rocket Engine Tonight
- Serious Stargazing: Spot Bright Star Sirius This Week
- 18th-Century Astronomer's Legacy Visible in Southern Night Sky
- Super Space Germs Could Threaten Astronauts
- 1st Google+ 'Hangout' in Space Connects Astronauts with Earth
- Colorful Map of Mercury Snapped by NASA Spacecraft (Video)
- Milky Way Shines Over Volcanoes in Amazing Time-Lapse Video
- Spray-Painting Asteroids Could Protect Earth from Space Rock Threat
- Why the Higgs Boson May Seal Fate of the Universe
- Space History Photo: Tier 3 DarkStar on Ramp
- Astronomer Sleuths Find Clues to 100-Year-Old Meteor Mystery
- Russian Meteor Generates 100 Million Video View Record
- Astronomer Sleuths Chase 100-Year Meteor Mystery (Photos)
- February 21
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- Space Food Evolution: How Astronaut Chow Has Changed (Photos)
- Mission Control 'Houston' Helps Launch New Nike Sneakers
- 'Space Shuttle Atlantis' Exhibit Gets Logo, Opening Date
- Students Get Satellite Time: Inside the Mars Student Imaging Project
- Photos: Students Use NASA Satellite to Study Mars
- Is Millionaire Space Tourist Planning Trip to Mars?
- Super-Hot Plasma 'Rain' Falls on Sun in Amazing Video
- Northern Lights Dance in Spectacular Time-Lapse Videos
- Space History Photo: Jack Crooks and Jerold Hatton Inside Reactor Tank
- Scientists Recreate Magnetic Fields of Dying Stars in Lab
- US Military's Robot Space Plane Settles Into Mystery Mission
- Want to Smell Space? Sniff a Cosmic Candle
- NASA Sees Monster Sunspot Growing Fast, Solar Storms Possible
- February 20
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- The Gibbous Moon: A Skywatching Guide
- Death Valley Named Largest Dark Sky Park
- 'Demon Star' Glowers in Night Sky This Week
- Curiosity Rover to Eat Mars Rock Dust After Drilling Success
- 1st Drilling on Mars by NASA's Curiosity Rover (Photos)
- Venus and Moon Rise Serenely Over India's Ganges River (Photo)
- Skylon Space Plane: The Spacecraft of Tomorrow
- How to 'Hear' the Russian Meteor Explosion
- NASA Unveiling New Mars Discoveries by Curiosity Rover Today
- Found! Tiny Moon-Size Alien World Is the Smallest Exoplanet
- 'Vulcan' Warps Into Lead in Pluto Moon Name Contest
- Space History Photo: Space Station Model
- 'Cosmic Lobster' Caught in Amazing Space Photo
- NASA's Landsat 5 Satellite Sets New Guinness World Record
- Scientists Building Asteroid Threat Early-Warning System
- Google Doodle Honors 16th Century Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus
- February 19
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- NASA Unveils 1st Radar Video of Asteroid Flyby
- Russia Meteor Blast Was Largest Detected by Nuclear Monitoring System
- Lunar Bibles in Legal Limbo: The Battle for Space-Flown Scripture
- NASA Restores Contact with Space Station
- Space Station Loses Contact with NASA Mission Control
- Russian Meteor Blast 'Heard' Around the World
- Space Rock or Last Pope? What's Next for Doomsday
- Higgs Boson Particle May Spell Doom For the Universe
- Space History Photo: Apollo 16 Launch
- Bright Comets Grace Earth's Night Sky in February and March
- Apollo Moon Rocks Challenge Lunar Water Theory
- February 18
- February 17
- February 16
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- Russian Meteor Blast Bigger Than Thought, NASA Says
- Russian Fireball Won't Be Last Surprise Asteroid Attack
- Asteroid 2012 DA14 Earth Flyby of Feb. 15: Complete Coverage
- Russian Fireball Highlights Asteroid Threat, Lawmaker Says
- Fireball Lights Up Northern California Skies: Reports
- Meteorite Collectors Race to Find Fragments in Russia
- February 15
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- Russian Meteor Explosion Outshone Sun
- Record-Setting Asteroid Flyby: First Photos
- Russia Meteor Explosion: 7 Questions Answered
- Asteroid 2012 DA14's Record-Setting Flyby (Images)
- Asteroid Buzzes Earth in Record-Breaking Flyby
- Russia Meteor Blast Is Biggest in 100 Years
- US House Committee to Hold Hearing on Asteroid Risk
- Russian Meteor Shook Ground Like An Earthquake
- Today's Asteroid Flyby a Wakeup Call, Scientists Say
- Satellite Sees Russian Meteor Explosion from Space
- Asteroid-Targeting System Could Vaporize Dangerous Space Rocks
- Russian Fireball Explosion Comes Amid Fireball Season
- Space History Photo: Sikorsky HNS-1 (YR-4B)
- Russian Meteor Explosion Not Caused by Asteroid Flyby, NASA Scientist Says
- Private Moon Travel Startup Launches Crowdfunding Campaign
- NASA Will Fire Radar at Asteroid During Close Flyby Today
- Rare Star Explosion Creates Galaxy's Youngest Black Hole
- Meteor Explosion in Russia Hurts Hundreds of People: Reports
- Meteorite Falls in Eastern Russia, Causes Damage: Reports
- Asteroid Gives Earth Record-Setting Close Shave Today: How to Watch Online
- Asteroid Flyby Webcasts: Watch 2012 DA14 Live Here Tonight
- Stargazer Captures Amazing Photo of Comet Lemmon
- February 14
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- Friday Flyby May Trigger 'Asteroid-Quake' on Space Rock
- Next Private Spacecraft Launch to Space Station Set for March 1
- 100-Year Cosmic Ray Mystery Solved with Supernovas (Photos)
- Is There a Rabbit in the Moon?
- Proof! Mysterious Cosmic Rays Born in Star Explosions
- Ancient Star Explosion Helps Solve Cosmic Ray Mystery
- Let's Name Pluto Moons 'Vulcan' and 'Romulus,' William Shatner Says
- NASA Climate Scientist Arrested in Pipeline Protest
- Space History Photo: Experimental Low-Drag Test Panel on Douglas B-18
- Asteroid 2012 DA14: 5 Surprising Facts About Friday's Earth Flyby
- 'Valentine Rose' Nebula Blooms in Deep Space (Photo)
- February 13
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- Best of Toy Fair 2013: SPACE.com's Space Age Award Winners
- Photos: New Space Toys at Toy Fair 2013
- Toymaker Models NASA's Commercial Spaceships in Miniature
- Space Exploration Ignored in Obama's State of the Union: No Surprise
- Friday Flyby: How Scientists Track Near-Earth Asteroids
- Violent Asteroid Crashes Shaped Protoplanet Vesta's Odd Interior
- Snow Blankets Northeast in Satellite Image
- Space History Photo: 1997 Dryden Research Aircraft Fleet on Ramp
- Ozone Hole Shrinks to Record Low
- Asteroid 2012 DA14's Friday Flyby: A Stargazer's Guide
- 'Earth from Space' Documentary Reveals Cosmic View of Our Planet
- 'Gecko' Space Cloud Floats Among Millions of Stars (Video)
- Earth-Buzzing Asteroid Worth $195 Billion, Space Miners Say
- Monster Black Holes Grow Surprisingly Fast
- February 12
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- NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Weird 'Hood Ornament' on Mars
- NASA's New Spaceship Tech Could Help Take Astronauts to Mars
- How Jupiter Moon Europa's Underground Ocean Was Discovered
- Ultrafast Stars Discovered Racing Through Milky Way
- Seeing Earth From Space: 6 Questions for Former Astronaut Piers Sellers
- Stunning Star Trails Over Jordan Captured by Skywatcher
- Tunguska Lessons: What If Friday's Asteroid Hit Earth
- What Would Happen if Asteroid 2012 DA14 Hit Earth?
- Space Exploration Still US Priority, NASA Says
- Space Rock! What You Need to Know About Friday's Asteroid Flyby
- Asteroid 2012 DA14 Photos: Earth Flyby of Feb. 15, 2013
- February 11
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- Girl Launches Hello Kitty Doll Into Stratosphere (Video)
- NASA's 'Mohawk Guy' Will Sit with First Lady at State of the Union
- 'Charioteer' Constellation Rides Through February's Skies
- 'Earth from Space': See the Planet Like Never Before
- Robotic Russian Supply Ship Docks With Space Station
- See Elusive Mercury as 'Pink' Planet in Sunset Sky
- 150-Foot Asteroid Has Close Encounter with Earth This Week
- NASA Launches Advanced Landsat Earth-Watching Satellite Into Orbit
- Liftoff! Launch Photos for NASA's Advanced Landsat 8 Mission
- Progress 50 Supply Ship Launches to the Space Station (Photos)
- Your Help Wanted to Name Two of Pluto's Moons
- Russia Launches Robotic Supply Ship to Space Station
- NASA Asteroid-Sampling Mission to Help Gauge Impact Threat
- NASA Launching Powerful Landsat Earth-Observation Satellite Today
- February 10
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- Salty Antarctic Pond May Hold Clues to Water on Mars
- Monday Launch to Continue 40-Year Earth-Observing Mission
- Best Space Photos of the Week - Feb. 10, 2013
- Sun Unleashes Solar Eruption at Earth During Long Flare
- Astronaut Sends Chinese New Year Greetings from Space
- Astronaut Chris Hadfield's Amazing Photos of Earth From Space
- February 9
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- Birth of Monster Blizzard Seen from Space (Video)
- Curiosity Rover Drills Into Mars Rock, Collects Sample - A Space First
- Robotic Russian Supply Ship Leaves Space Station
- Last Moonwalker Calls Space Station, Compares Cosmic Elbow Room
- NASA Poised to Launch Powerful New Earth-Watching Satellite Monday
- February 8
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- Are You There, E.T.? SETI Finds No Alien Signals from Exoplanets
- Supernova Alert! Astronomers Spot Warning Outburst
- Space Age Toys Land in NYC Sunday
- Photos: NASA's Advanced Landsat Earth-Watching Satellite
- Astronaut and Musician Perform 1st Original Duet from Space and Earth
- Canada Funds Space Robot Projects Amid Competition
- Space History Photo: XV-8A Fleep Prototype
- How Saturn's Moon Titan Gets Its Smog
- Bright Comet May Be Visible to Naked Eye in March
- Best Chance to See Elusive Planet Mercury Is Now
- February 7
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- Curiosity Rover Drills Into Mars for 1st Time
- Asteroid Flyby Next Week One for the Record Books, NASA says
- NASA Rocket Launch Studies Northern Lights (Photos)
- Rare 'Strobe Light' Star May Actually Be Twins
- Chicxulub Asteroid Impact: The Dino-Killer That Scientists Laughed At
- 'Star Trek' Actor William Shatner Calls Astronaut in Space (Video)
- Space History Photo: F-8C with the Digital-Fly-By-Wire Control System
- 'Star Trek' Actors Beam Hellos to Astronaut in Space (Photos)
- NASA Discusses Asteroid 2012 DA14 Earth Flyby Today: How to Watch Live
- Seagull Nebula Spreads Cosmic Wings in Amazing Photos
- Space Race in Asia Heating Up
- Night Sky Observing Guide: February 2013 (Sky Maps)
- February 6
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- Closest 'Alien Earth' May Be 13 Light-Years Away
- Amazing Rocket Launch Photos of 2013
- Will Coco Brown Be 1st Porn Star in Space?
- Russian Rocket Launches 6 New Globalstar Satellites
- Hungry Black Hole Spawns Bizarre Four-Armed Galaxy
- Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Joins Twitterati with 1 Million Followers
- 4.5 Billion 'Alien Earths' May Populate Milky Way
- Space History Photo: Plum Brook Reactor's Research Facilities and Support Buildings
- Astronaut and Rocker to Premiere Space-Earth Duet Friday
- NASA Probe Snaps Photos of Potential 'Comet of the Century'
- NASA's Frequent-Flyer Astronaut Jerry Ross: 7 Spaceflights Were 'A Good Start'
- Scientists Unveiling Exoplanet Discovery Wednesday: How to Watch Live
- February 5
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- Starship Enterprise Gets Thrashed in 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Trailer
- Next Week's Asteroid Flyby Shows Earth is in 'Cosmic Shooting Gallery'
- Image of the Day: January 2013
- Stargazers Capture Stunning Running Man Nebula Photo
- Asteroid Re-Named 'Wikipedia'
- Amazing 'Earth from Space' Views Star in New TV Documentary
- Astronaut in Space Opens Hailing Frequencies for William Shatner Thursday
- 'Star Trek' App Prepares Fans for Sequel
- Space History Photo: X-24A Powered Flight Drop from B-52
- Asteroids May Be Tougher Target Than Mars for Manned Missions
- Dark Energy Hunter: 7 Questions for Nobel Prize Winner Saul Perlmutter
- Monster Saturn Storm Fizzled by Choking On Own Tail
- February 4
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- Did Iran Really Launch a Monkey Into Space?
- Balloon-Borne Telescope Seeks Out Elusive Big Bang Signal
- Earth Safe from Asteroid's Close Flyby Next Week
- At the Solar System's Edge: Q&A with Voyager Chief Scientist Ed Stone
- Rocket Launches By North Korea, Iran Not Immediate US Threat, Experts Say
- NASA's Curiosity Rover Hammers Into 1st Mars Rock
- Dinosaur Footprints Lifted from NASA's Backyard
- Iran's President Wants to be Country's 1st Astronaut
- Space History Photo: Power Tower Space Station Concept
- Search for Near-Earth Asteroids Needs a Speed Boost
- Scientists Offer Wary Support for NASA's New Mars Rover
- February 3
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- February 1
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- The Untold Story: Columbia Shuttle Disaster and Mysterious 'Day 2 Object'
- Astronaut Jerry Ross Recalls Columbia Shuttle Disaster (Exclusive Video)
- Asteroid to Give Earth Record-Setting Close Shave on Feb. 15
- 3D-Printing a Future Moon Base (Gallery)
- How 3D Printers Could Build Futuristic Moon Colony
- Mars, Saturn and Star Shine Over India (Photo)
- Sea Launch Rocket Fails During Liftoff, Satellite Lost
- NASA Honors Fallen Astronauts in Solemn Ceremony
- Obama Honors Astronauts Who Gave Their Lives for Space
- Remembering Columbia: NASA Shuttle Tragedy 10 Years Later (Photos)
- Space History Photo: NACA Physicist Studying Alpha Rays
- Special Report: Columbia Shuttle Disaster 10 Years Later
- Columbia Shuttle Disaster's Tough Lesson: Spaceflight Still Dangerous
- The Star Explosion That Wasn't: Astronomers Solve 150-Year-Old Mystery
- Fallen Heroes of Space Exploration: A Memorial (Gallery)
