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'Square' Hole In Sun Blows High-Speed Solar Wind | Video

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A square-shaped coronal hole has been imaged by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Open magnetic field lines cause these holes to form and gives high-speed streams of plasma a chance to escape the Sun pull.
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Congress: Not Taking Out 'Orbital' Trash = Economy In Jeopardy | Video

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Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and others from the House Science, Space&Technology Subcommittee on Space conducted a hearing on how to prevent a real life 'Gravity'.
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Upgraded Space Shuttle 'Pumpkin-Suit' Tested For Asteroid Mission EVA | Video

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NASA is testing a next generation Modified Advanced Crew Escape Suit (MACES), formerly ACES, for possible use on extravehicular activities. Astronauts Stan Love and Steve Bowen, tested the suits underwater in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab.
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Loss of Antarctic Glacier is Irreversible, NASA Scientists Say | Animation

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After 40 years of observation, NASA and University of California researchers agree that melting of the West Antarctic Glacier has passed the point of no return. It contains enough ice to raise sea levels ~4 feet, but could take centuries to melt.
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How to 'Joystick' Space Station's Robot Arm | Video

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Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques explains how the Station's Canadarm2 captures spacecraft using a Canadian Space Agency simulator. ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen hosts.
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Rain Feels Wonderful To Recently Returned Astronaut | Video

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NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins talks to Space.com's Tariq Malik about adjusting back to life on the ground. Hopkins spent 166 days aboard the International Space Station.
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DARPA Proposes Folding Space Telescope Design | Animation

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The Membrane Optical Imager for Real-Time Exploitation (MOIRE) will use lightweight membrane optics instead of large-diameter glass mirrors. This design can reduce building and launch costs, putting more eyes in the sky.
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Bright 'St. Thomas' Fireball Captured By 9 All-Sky Cameras

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7 Western University (Ontario) all-sky cameras and two operated by NASA recorded the fireball over the northern shore of Lake Erie on Mar. 18, 2013. Golf ball or softball-sized fragments may have reach the ground northwest of St. Thomas, Ontario. Read mor
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How Urine Is Turned Into Clean Water On Space Station | Video

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Orbiting JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata explains how the International Space Station's water recovery system works.
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Astrobotic Tests Robots Under Different Gravity | Video

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Robotic rovers drive differently when under the lower gravity of Mars or the moon. Astrobotic carefully tests its robots under these different gravitational forces.
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Russian Soyuz Launches Trio to ISS | Video

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A nominal night launch, and a smooth ride through 3rd stage engine cut-off, puts Alexander Skvortsov, Oleg Artemyev and Steve Swanson on-track to begin Expedition 39 aboard the International Space Station.
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Soyuz Crew Must Take the 'Long Way' to Space Station | Video

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After two successful course altering 'burns' (rocket motor firings) three space-station bound crew members must wait an additional day to finally meet-up with ISS. NASA explains why the Soyuz craft did not execute a planned third burn.
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Skywatcher Captures Video Of X-37B Unmanned Military Space Plane | Video

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Skywatcher Kevin Fetter of Brockville, Ontario in Canada shot this March 9, 2014 video of the U.S. military's X-37B space plane passing by the moon. The robotic US Air Force space plane surpassed 470 days in orbit, an endurance record, in March 2014.
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Comet-Chasing Rosetta Spacecraft Approaches Its Target

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After a long hibernation, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft is catching up with its destination: Comet 67P/Churyumov--Gerasimenko.
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A Tetrad Of Lunar Eclipses Starts In April | Video

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A series of four lunar eclipses spaced 6 months apart will begin on April 15th, and all of the eclipses will be visible for much of the United States.
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LIGO, A Passion for Understanding | Indie Film Trailer

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The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory could be as significant an innovation as the telescope. This story of passionate creative researchers striving to understand the fabric of our Universe premieres Tuesday April 15 at Space.com.
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Solar X-Flare Ripples Earth's Magnetic Field | Video

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An X1-class flare erupted from sunspot AR2017 on Mar. 29th, 2014. NASA's SDO captured the fireworks and NASA's SOHO captured the resulting coronal mass ejection. A magnetic crochet rippled Earth's magnetic field when the flare was in progress.
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Mars Coming Close: Where To Look | Video

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Mars and Earth will only be 92 million miles apart at closest encounter in April 2014, called 'opposition'. Mars will appear red-gold, glowing brighter than first magnitude stars. Only Jupiter, the Moon and Venus before sunrise will be brighter.
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Spring Comes Earlier Due To Warming Earth | Video

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Even though its been a brutally cold winter for a lot of the United States, the average global temperature continues to rise. NASA climate scientist Dr. Compton Tucker talks to Space.com Tariq Malik about it.
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Supernova Survivor: Massive Star Weathers Mega-Blast | Video

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A close look by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory at the debris field of supernova explosion DEM L241 in the Large Magellanic Cloud has revealed a young star tightly orbiting either a tiny neutron star or a black hole. Read more: http://goo.gl/xT14vA
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Sun Sticks Out a Tongue of Super-Heated Plasma | Video

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On March 31st, 2014, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an M1.4-class flare erupting from sunspot AR2014. During the flare, plasma erupted and was sucked backed into the Sun.
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Close Mars, Lunar Eclipse And Lyrid Meteors - April 2014 Skywatching Video

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Red Mars' close encounter with Earth, a 'red moon' total lunar eclipse (visible from North America) and the Lyrid meteor shower will highlight the month of April 2014. Also, the mornings and evenings will showcase Jupiter, Saturn and Venus.
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'Bigger Dipper' Scoops Stars and Galaxies In April 2014 Skywatching | Video

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The constellations of Ursa Major (the 'Big Dipper') and Leo hold a bevy of skywatching goodness this month. Find out how to see the 'Leo Tripet' of galaxies, plus the double star systems of Mizor and Alcor, and more.
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Space Station 'Potty' Swap - Astronaut Demonstrates | Video

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NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins swaps out the International Space Station's Solid Waste Container SWC/KTO