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 | Latest spacecraft will seek conditions for life on Red Planet. By Daniel Pendick
Published: July 31, 2007 |
 | Interstellar chemistry gets more complex with the discovery of the third negatively-charged molecule in space.
Provided by NRAO, Socorro, New Mexico
Published: July 30, 2007 |
| Efforts to collect soil and ice on Mars may be compromised by strong winds.
Provided by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Published: July 27, 2007 |
 | An explosion at the Mojave Air and Space Port injures three people and kills three others. By Laura Layton
Published: July 27, 2007 |
 | Large amounts of active galactic nuclei, or supermassive black holes, thrive in young, distant galaxy clusters.
Provided by the Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: July 26, 2007 |
 | In preparation for a trip to the Moon in 2020, NASA robots undergo field tests in the Arctic Circle.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: July 25, 2007 |
 | The discovery of a new 1-mile-wide moon may indicate the presence of other tiny bodies circling Saturn.
Provided by CICLOPS, Boulder, Colorado
Published: July 24, 2007 |
 | Ongoing dust storms are blocking up to 99 percent of direct sunlight to Opportunity and Spirit.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: July 23, 2007 |
 | Astronomers discover dust following an elliptical orbit around a young star, making the disk appear lopsided.
Provided by Space Telescope Science Institute
Published: July 20, 2007 |
 | Geysers spewing water and ammonia hydrates make Pluto's largest moon, Charon, an "ice machine."
Provided by Gemini Observatory, Hilo, Hawaii
Published: July 19, 2007 |
 | Saturn's moon is the same shape today as when it was just a few hundred million years old.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: July 18, 2007 |
 | A team from MIT designs a sleek, skintight BioSuit for future flights to Mars and the Moon.
Provided by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston
Published: July 17, 2007 |
 | Astronomers find material that surrounded a white dwarf before the star exploded as a Type Ia supernova.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: July 16, 2007 |
 | Using the Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers find signs of water on a "hot Jupiter."
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: July 13, 2007 |
 | After a 3-year survey, astronomers are unable to find exoplanets more massive than Jupiter in the outer parts of other solar systems.
Provided by the University of Arizona, Tucson
Published: July 12, 2007 |
 | Astronomers use gravitational lensing to discover the most distant known galaxies.
Provided by the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Published: July 11, 2007 |
 | Scientists are using the Mars Odyssey orbiter's Thermal Emission Imaging to watch a large dust storm on the Red Planet.
Provided by Arizona State University, Tempe
Published: July 11, 2007 |
 | GROND's many filters will aid in the study of gamma-ray bursts.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: July 10, 2007 |
 | On July 12, only the Moon will shine brighter than the planet closest to Earth.
Published: July 10, 2007 |
 | Because of pollution in their atmospheres, young planet-hosting stars appear to be nearly twice as metal-rich as older, larger stars.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: July 9, 2007 |
 | A Cassini flyby reveals craters filled with hydrocarbons on Hyperion.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: July 6, 2007 |
 | Deep Impact and Stardust will complete new missions to observe comets and extrasolar planets.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: July 5, 2007 |
 | Hubble reveals rapid atmospheric changes in clouds near Jupiter's equator.
Provided by Space Telescope Science Institute
Published: July 3, 2007 |
 | In spite of risks, Mars rover Opportunity will begin exploration of massive Victoria Crater.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: July 2, 2007 |
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