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7:20AM Adam Frucci | Here are two galleries for you, both taken from space. One is of islands here on Earth, the other of landscapes on Mars. It’s amazing, the similarities between the two places when you look from a certain distance. More »
We’re Not So Different, Earth And Mars
7:20AM Adam Frucci | Here are two galleries for you, both taken from space. One is of islands here on Earth, the other of landscapes on Mars. It’s amazing, the similarities between the two places when you look from a certain distance. More » 
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LaserMotive First To Win NASA’s $US900,000 Space Elevator Prize
11:20AM Sean Fallon | LaserMotive’s photovoltaic-powered machine became the first in the three-year history of NASA’s space elevator contest to climb a 900m-long ribbon, securing a prize of $US900,000. However, they fell short of the $US2 million grand prize. More »
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New HiRISE Images Show Chilly, Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander
2:40PM Rosa Golijan | Mars isn’t exactly the warmest place during the winter transition, but as the first few rays of sunshine lick at the planet’s surface we’re able to make out the Phoenix lander shivering under a cover of dry-ice frost. More »
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5:33AM Adam Frucci | Physicist Axel Mellinger travelled 42,000km and pieced together over 3000 individual images to create this, one of the most stunning panoramas of our galaxy every assembled. More »
Feel Insignificant With A 648MP Image Of Our Galaxy
5:33AM Adam Frucci | Physicist Axel Mellinger travelled 42,000km and pieced together over 3000 individual images to create this, one of the most stunning panoramas of our galaxy every assembled. 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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NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Amnesia
6:00AM Jack Loftus | We hadn’t visited the NASA Mars rovers in a while here at Gizmodo, so I thought I’d take a look today and see what they’re up to. Unfortunately, things could be better. 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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8:00AM Astronaut Leroy Chiao | Our friend and astronaut blogger Leroy Chiao sat on the human spaceflight advisory committee which released its report last week. Since news stories about it were hazy at best, we asked him to explain what it really said… More »
Astronaut Explains How We’ll Fall In Love With Space Again
8:00AM Astronaut Leroy Chiao | Our friend and astronaut blogger Leroy Chiao sat on the human spaceflight advisory committee which released its report last week. Since news stories about it were hazy at best, we asked him to explain what it really said… More »
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The Ares I-X Rocket In Pictures, From Birth To Launch
6:08AM Adam Frucci | The always-awesome Big Picture blog takes on the Ares I-X rocket today, with a stunning set of shots from testing to launch. Definitely worth checking out. [Big Picture]
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