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Mt. Murphy breaks out from the mostly flat, white landscape of West Antarctica. Lakes exist deep below the Antarctic surface because of ice pressure. (Bloomberg) British scientists say they are almo...
Updated : 2012.12.11 14:14
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This undated image made available by NASA and photographed by the Expedition 28 crew aboard the International Space Station, shows the moon, at center with the limb of Earth near the bottom transitio...
Updated : 2012.12.09 20:26
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Korean scientists have discovered a way to restore DNA in human cells damaged by ultraviolet radiation from the sun, chemical and toxic agents, and smoking that can potentially lead to aging and canc...
Updated : 2012.12.09 20:26
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U.S. astronomers say they've observed a young star with a rotating dust disk considered the youngest still-forming planetary system ever found. The infant star surrounded by a swirling disk of dust ...
Updated : 2012.12.06 11:21
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This still image shows NASA`s Voyager 1 spacecraft exploring a new region in our solar system called the "magnetic highway." (UPI) NASA says the Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a region at the edge...
Updated : 2012.12.05 11:14
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This image provided by NASA shows a shadow self-portrait taken by NASA`s Opportunity rover on the Martian surface. (AP) NASA is headed to Mars again. The space agency said Tuesday it plans to launc...
Updated : 2012.12.05 09:11
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This image released by NASA shows the work site of its Curiosity rover on Mars. (AP-Yonhap News) The Mars rover Curiosity has offered a tantalizing sign that there might have once been life on the R...
Updated : 2012.12.04 20:59
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(123rf) Snow cover in Earth‘s Northern Hemisphere is shrinking with the level last June the lowest since satellite observations began 45 years ago, researchers say. Satellite data shows the maximu...
Updated : 2012.12.04 11:10
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For the first time, scientists have figured out how to determine the age of a lobster ― by counting its rings, like a tree. Nobody knows how old lobsters can live to be; some people estimate they l...
Updated : 2012.12.02 20:21
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Choi Jang-wook Korean scientists have discovered a way to improve the energy output and lifecycle of lithium-ion batteries by applying nanotechnology in the development of lithium manganese oxide fo...
Updated : 2012.12.02 20:21
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People can be startled at the depth of the Grand Canyon. Now, scientists say dinosaurs may have been, too -- the mighty gouge in the earth is that old. Scientists have long argued over the age of th...
Updated : 2012.12.01 11:35
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A 68-mile-diameter crater, large indentation at center, in the north polar region of Mercury (AP) Just in time for Christmas, scientists have confirmed a vast amount of ice at the north pole on Merc...
Updated : 2012.11.30 10:32
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The Korea Space Launch Vehicle stands on its launch pad at Naro Space Center, Goheung, South Jeolla Province, Thursday, after authorities cancelled the launch, citing technical problems. (Photo pool)...
Updated : 2012.11.29 20:20
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Korea has once again canceled the launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, or the Naro, on Thursday due to technical problems on the second-stage solid-fuel rocket’s thrust vector control system....
Updated : 2012.11.29 20:06
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South Korea is set to launch its Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) at 4 p.m. Thursday. (Yonhap News) South Korea's third attempt to send a space rocket from its own soil was again pushed back Th...
Updated : 2012.11.29 13:49
