Astronomy
China lunar probe sheds light on the 'dark' side of the moon
China's burgeoning space program has achieved a lunar milestone: landing a probe on the mysterious and misnamed "dark" side of the moon...
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Chinese official media say a Chinese spacecraft has made the first successful landing ever on the far side of the moon
Chinese official media say a Chinese spacecraft has made the first successful landing ever on the far side of the moon...
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Spacecraft opens new year with flyby on solar system's edge
A NASA spacecraft opens the new year at the most distant world ever explored, a billion miles beyond Pluto...
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The Latest: NASA spacecraft dashes by world beyond Pluto
A NASA spacecraft opens the new year at the most distant world ever explored, a billion miles beyond Pluto...
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NASA spacecraft enters orbit around asteroid, sets records
A NASA spacecraft has gone into orbit around an ancient asteroid, setting a record...
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Pluto explorer ushering in new year at more distant world
Pluto explorer will usher in the new year zipping past an even more distant world...
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Science Says: A big space crash likely made Uranus lopsided
Scientists now think they know how Uranus got to be an oddball planet that spins on its side: It was pushed over by a rock at least twice as big as Earth....
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Mars lander sets quake monitor on planet's red surface
NASA's new Mars lander has placed a quake monitor on the planet's dusty red surface...
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NASA's 1st flight to moon, Apollo 8, marks 50th anniversary
NASA's Apollo 8 marks 50th anniversary: first flight of three men to the moon...
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Farout: Scientists spot solar system's farthest known object
Astronomers have spotted the farthest known object in our solar system...
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