Pin Itemailprint Here are your top stories for this Sunday, November 27, 2011: – Pakistan at odds with USA – NASA rover goes to Mars – NBA reaches tentative agreement to end lockout – President Obama goes book shopping
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LIFTOFF! NASA‘s Curiosity rover, the world’s largest extraterrestrial explorer, blasted off toward Mars this morning in search of ancient signs of life. It will take about 8 1/2 months for Curiosity to reach the red planet in a trek of approximately 354 million miles. An unmanned Atlas V rocket pushed the explorer into space. Over [...]
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Pale but smiling, an international crew of researchers has emerged after a grueling 520-day simulation of a voyage to the planet Mars. “The crew has completed the experiment,” team leader Alexey Sitev reported to Russian space officials. “The mission is accomplished, the crew is in good health and is ready for new missions.” The crew [...]
The massive Gale Crater, located on the planet Mars, will be the next stop for the new Mars Science Laboratory rover that will make its maiden voyage to the Red Planet later this year, NASA scientists said on Friday (July 22). “This is a five-kilometer high mountain with layered terrain. It exhibits three different kinds [...]
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What in the world is that thing? That’s what everyone wants to know after viewing the YouTube video made by David Martines. The California amateur astronomer has spotted a white, cylindrical object on the surface of Mars that he says might be proof of life. Martines’ video, which he uploaded on May 28, is quickly [...]
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August is almost over, which means it must be time for the annual “2 moons in the sky” hoax is upon us once again. The rumor that’s circulating claims that, as Mars will be closest to the Earth tonight, the Red Planet will appear as large as the moon, resulting in what would appear to [...]
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Get ready for a stellar night, literally. Tonight’s full moon will be the biggest and brightest one of 2010. The moon is usually, on average, about 238,855 miles away from the Earth, but it’s important to note that its orbit around our planet is an ellipse, not a perfect circle. One side of that orbit [...]
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Calling all chocoholics! If you are a chocolate lover, then head to realchocolate.com right now. Today is the first day of the Mars Real Chocolate Relief Act. On Friday, May 8 at 9am EDT and every Friday through September, you have a chance to get a Free Real Chocolate coupon for a free Mars chocolate [...]
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