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Wait A Second, I Have Carl Sagan Powers, Too!

1:50AM Mark Wilson | Comic strip xkcd’s take on what would happen if you were bitten by a radioactive Carl Sagan, I mean, Mr X is spot freggin’ on. [xkcd] More »
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NASA Finds Water On The Moon

4:34AM Mark Wilson | In a press conference going on now, NASA has said they’ve found “a significant amount” of water on the moon. More »
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Vrrrrooom On The Moon

4:20AM Jesus Diaz | Life has a collection of 21 of their greatest space photos. I like this one, because I can imagine the astronaut on the moon rover going vrroooommm vrrrooommm inside his helmet. More »
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New Apollo 17 Landing Photo Clearly Shows Lander, Flag

3:00PM Rosa Golijan | It’s blurrier than old MySpace snapshots, but it’s there as expected. The Apollo Lunar Modules and the US flag left behind at the Apollo 17 landing site has been caught in a close-up image by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. More »
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Newly Discovered Hole On Moon Leads To Network Of Tubes

12:40PM Rosa Golijan | Images have revealed a hole on the Moon’s surface that is at least 80 metres deep and may lead to an underground tunnel more than 365 metres wide which is part of an entire network of such winding tubes. More »
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Panel To Obama: Tell NASA To Skip The Moon And Head To Mars

7:00AM Adam Frucci | An independent commission has advised the White House to have NASA ditch plans to go back to the moon, setting its sights on Mars and beyond instead. I can get behind these suggestions. More »
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NASA Moon Bombing Mission May Have Worked Out After All

5:00AM Jack Loftus | So that anticlimactic moon bombing NASA attempted the other day may have kicked up a little dust after all. More »
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This Is Not Your Ordinary Family Photo

11:40AM Jesus Diaz | This is the Duke family. The father, Charles Moss Duke Jr born October 3, 1935. The mum, Dorothy Meade Claiborne. The two sons, Charles and Thomas. They are probably in their garden, sitting on a bench. They look so happy. More »
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Go Enjoy The Harvest Moon

9:48AM Jesus Diaz | If you like astronomy, here’s a very simple event that you can see without special instruments, even if you are in a city: The harvest moon. In fact, if you are in a city, it will look even more spectacular. More »
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This Is Probably The Closest You Will Ever Get To The Moon

9:20AM Jesus Diaz | NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Camera keeps sending amazing high definition photos of the moon. This new spectacular photo could be zoomed in until you smash your face against the rocks. More »