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News: Our Solar System Is No Longer Nine Planets
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Posted by: MCW Team on Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 10:07 AM PST |
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Los Angeles, CA - On Thursday, the International Astronomical Union, after many weeks of debate, stripped Pluto, currently the ninth and smallest planet, of its planetary status...
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News: Dinosaur Track Discovery in Alaska
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Posted by: MCW Team on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 12:02 AM PST |
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Anchorage, AK - On Tuesday, the Alaska National Park Service held a press conference regarding last week's find of a 70-million year old dinosaur footprint...
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News: NASA's Deep Impact Probe Completes Mission
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Posted by: MCW Team on Tuesday, July 05, 2005 - 12:10 AM PST |
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Pasadena, CA - At 1:52 am yesterday, Deep Impact, NASA's probe sent to study the comet Tempel 1, collided with it in a brilliant flash, ending the mission...
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News: NASA Space Probe to Go in a Blaze
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Posted by: MCW Team on Monday, June 13, 2005 - 01:44 AM PST |
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Pasadena, CA - Deep Impact, NASA's spacecraft sent to survey Comet Tempel 1 will hit its goal on July 4th...
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News: Possible Brain Chemical Link to Teenage Suicide
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Posted by: MCW Team on Wednesday, July 07, 2004 - 12:04 AM PST |
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Miami, FL - On Monday, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago released a study linking a possible decrease in a hormone to suicide...
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News: NASA Set to Launch Aura Satellite on July 10
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Posted by: Jas Batra on Thursday, July 01, 2004 - 12:04 AM PST |
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Ventura, CA - NASA's Aura spacecraft, a next-generation Earth-observing satellite that will supply the most complete information to date on the health of the Earth's atmosphere, is scheduled for launch Saturday, July 10...
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News: First Pregnancy Reported After Ovarian Transplant
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Posted by: MCW Team on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 02:23 AM PST |
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New York, NY - Initial reports were released earlier this week of a patient in Brussels that had her ovarian tissue removed prior to cancer treatment, and is now pregnant after the transplant...
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News: Possible New Source of Stem-Cells
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Posted by: MCW Team on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 12:10 AM PST |
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Washington, D.C. - Last Friday, German scientists announced a new method of extracting stem cells which could leave the very controversial embryo source out of the picture...
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News: Careful With Those Almonds
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Posted by: MCW Team on Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 12:03 AM PST |
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Washington, D.C. - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns of Paramount Farms almonds...
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News: Space Shuttle Columbia Debris Sent for Research
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Posted by: MCW Team on Monday, May 24, 2004 - 04:16 AM PST |
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Cape Canaveral, FL - The first pieces of Space Shuttle Columbia debris, loaned to a non-governmental agency for testing and research, were sent on their way from NASA's Kennedy Space Center to The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, California last Thursday...
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News: European Cigarette Packs to Graphically Depict Side Effects
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Posted by: MCW Team on Friday, August 08, 2003 - 12:06 AM PST |
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London, England - After numerous studies showed that the warning labels were going unread, it has been decided to add graphical warning labels to cigarette packs sold within the European Union...
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News: Loch Ness Monster Found
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Posted by: MCW Team on Monday, July 21, 2003 - 12:05 AM PST |
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London, England - Although, not the elusive "Nessie," the remains of a 150 million year old dinosaur have been found on the banks of Scotland's Loch Ness...
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News: Latest NASA Mars Rover Heading to Target
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Posted by: MCW Team on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 12:02 AM PST |
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Cape Canaveral, FL - After numerous delays and the recent loss of the Columbia shuttle, NASA has launched the Mars Exploration Rover...
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News: New Miniature Species of Seahorse Discovered
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Posted by: MCW Team on Wednesday, May 14, 2003 - 12:08 AM PST |
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Vancouver, British Columbia - Last Friday, scientists announced the discovery of a new species of seahorse, originally thought to be the offspring of a larger seahorse species....
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News: Cardiomyopathy Higher Risk in Babies and Children
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Posted by: MCW Team on Saturday, May 03, 2003 - 12:05 AM PST |
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Washington, DC - Dr. Steven Lipshultz of the University of Rochester released a study showing that babies are at a higher risk of developing the fatal heart condition than adults...
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News: First New Vitamin Discovery Since 1948
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Posted by: MCW Team on Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 12:13 AM PST |
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Tokyo, Japan - Pyrroloquinoline quinone, first discovered in 1979, can now be categorized as a vitamin...
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News: Hidden Gene Stock Used to Revive Endangered Species
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Posted by: MCW Team on Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 12:02 AM PST |
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San Diego, CA - Earlier this week, researchers admitted that a pair of banteng calves born last week were cloned from an animal that had died more than 20 years ago, and the technology may be used to assist other endangered species...
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News: Possible Root of the Mysterious Pneumonia-like Illness
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Posted by: MCW Team on Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 12:05 AM PST |
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Washington, DC - Doctors announced Wednesday that they were focusing on a hotel in China as the root of the outbreak, which has resulted in numerous deaths and a number of reported illnesses...
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News: The Birth of a Black Hole
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Posted by: Jas Batra on Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 09:00 PM PST |
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Newbury Park, CA - Earlier today, astroners around the globe turned their telescopes skyward to see the birth of a black hole...
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News: New Pathogen Still a Mystery
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Posted by: MCW Team on Monday, March 17, 2003 - 12:50 PM PST |
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London, England - Scientists are still on alert, attempting to identify the cause of a new pneumonia that has taken the lives of seven people so far...
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News: Cellular Phone Messages Leading to Illiteracy
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Posted by: MCW Team on Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 12:05 AM PST |
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London, England - SMS, a commonly used method to send short messages from phone to phone, requires short abbreviations due to the limited message size, and has now found its way onto a student's paper...
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News: Pioneer 10 Spacecraft Becomes Silent
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Posted by: MCW Team on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 12:16 AM PST |
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Moffet Field, CA - After more than 30 years, it appears the venerable Pioneer 10 spacecraft has sent its last signal to Earth...
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News: Fourth Oldest Person in the World Dies
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Posted by: MCW Team on Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 12:06 AM PST |
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New York, NY - John McMorran, the second oldest person in the United States, died Monday of heart failure at the age of 113...
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News: 50 Year Old Moon Mystery Solved
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Posted by: MCW Team on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 12:01 AM PST |
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Pasadena, CA - Late last week, NASA scientists were able to put to rest a 50 year old mystery regarding the possible photograph of an asteroid striking the moon...
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News: Infamous Cloned Sheep Put To Sleep
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Posted by: MCW Team on Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 04:29 AM PST |
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Washington, DC - Only 6 years old, "Dolly," the famous cloned sheep, had to be put to sleep by veterinarians...
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News: Probe Precisely Dates Universe
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Posted by: MCW Team on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 05:44 AM PST |
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Washington, DC - A NASA probe has precisely dated the universe, and calculated when stars began to shine...
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News: Profiles Of The Crew Of The Columbia
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Posted by: Jas Batra on Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 02:43 PM PST |
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Los Angeles, CA - A brief profile of the crew members lost in today's space shuttle disaster...
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News: NASA Press Conference Scheduled for 3PM EST
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Posted by: Jas Batra on Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 02:29 PM PST |
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Los Angeles, CA - A press conference by Space Shuttle Program Manager Ron Dittemore and Chief Flight Director Milt Heflin will take place from NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, beginning at 3 p.m. EST today...
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News: United States Loses Another Space Shuttle
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Posted by: MCW Team on Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 02:24 PM PST |
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Cape Canaveral, FL - All seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Columbia were killed after it broke up just 16 minutes from its scheduled landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, the U.S. space agency NASA said...
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News: Artists Pigment To Become Radiation Poisoning Cure
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Posted by: MCW Team on Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 02:08 PM PST |
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Washington, DC - Prussian blue, used since the early 1700s as a pigment, will now be used to protect people exposed to radioactive "dirty bombs"...
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News: Red Cross Recalls Blood
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Posted by: MCW Team on Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 08:32 AM PST |
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Atlanta, GA - "White Particles" found in blood products collected recently in Georgia and northern Florida have led to the American Red Cross asking medical centers to stop using them...
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News: Mercury Is In The Air
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Posted by: MCW Team on Saturday, January 18, 2003 - 04:49 AM PST |
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Sacramento, CA - On Friday, California's attorney general filed lawsuits against five leading grocery chain stores, stating that they failed to warn consumers of the risk in consuming fish...
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News: Neptune Has More Moons
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Posted by: MCW Team on Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 12:01 AM PST |
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Washington, DC - On Monday, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reported three previously unknown moons around Neptune, bringing the total to eleven...
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News: Hubble Views Into Distant Past with "Zoom Lens"
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Posted by: MCW Team on Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 05:25 AM PST |
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Seattle, WA - The Hubble Space Telescope was able to look back to nearly 2 billion years after the possible big bang with help from a star cluster...
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News: China Plans for Manned Space Missions
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Posted by: MCW Team on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 03:05 AM PST |
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Beijing, China - After nearly a week in orbit, China's "Shenzhou IV," an unmanned spacecraft, successfully landed in snow-covered Mongolia, and China's plans for manned missions are being developed...
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News: Morinda Citrifolia Noni Fruit Benefits Health
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Posted by: MCW Team on Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 05:36 AM PST |
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Ventura, CA - A number of nutritional supplements and aids are available in today's health conscious society, however, the earthy civilizations of the past harvested nature to cure, and one such rediscovered natural health aid is Morinda Citrifolia...
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News: Bill and Melinda Gates Donate $100 Million to India
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Posted by: MCW Team on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 - 12:44 AM PST |
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New Delhi, India - Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corporation, announced that his charity will donate $100 million to India to battle HIV/AIDS in the second largest AIDS afflicted country...
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News: Space Shuttle Endeavour Grounded
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Posted by: MCW Team on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 05:03 AM PST |
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Cape Canaveral, Fl - NASA has postponed the flight of the space shuttle Endeavour due to a mysterious oxygen leak which appeared just hours before lift off...
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News: 2,000 Year Old Cemetery Uncovered in Thailand
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Posted by: MCW Team on Tuesday, October 29, 2002 - 06:26 AM PST |
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Lopburi, Thailand - An ancient cemetery, uncovered by archaeologists in central Thailand, dates back over 2,000 years, and may help determine the origin of the Thai people...
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News: Space Shuttle Atlantis Experiences More Problems
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Posted by: MCW Team on Monday, October 07, 2002 - 01:14 AM PST |
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Cape Canaveral, Fl - The space shuttle Atlantis, its mission to the International Space Station already delayed more than six weeks by cracked hardware and a hurricane, could face a further delay due to a potential problem discovered in the fuel-cell system that generates electricity for the orbiter, NASA said on Sunday...
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News: Asteroid Strikes May Cause World War
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Posted by: MCW Team on Thursday, October 03, 2002 - 04:44 PM PST |
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Washington, DC - Even small asteroids that never hit Earth could have deadly consequences, because they might be mistaken for nuclear blasts by nations that lack the equipment to tell the difference, scientists said on Thursday...
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News: Dockers to Release Anti-Radiation Pants
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Posted by: MCW Team on Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 02:50 PM PST |
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Los Angeles, CA - Dockers, a brand name of Levi Strauss, has created a new pair of pants, lined with an anti-radiation material to protect consumers from cell phones...
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News: Space Shuttle Atlantis Refit for Launch
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Posted by: MCW Team on Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 12:32 PM PST |
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Cape Canaveral, FL - Months of delays due to repairs, and the recent issues with the shuttle transport devices, has grounded the shuttle fleet all summer. Now, Atlantis is ready to soar...
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News: CONTOUR Spacecraft Sails for Eternity
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Posted by: MCW Team on Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:58 AM PST |
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Washington, DC - The CONTOUR (Comet Nucleus Tour) spacecraft that was lost earlier this month, may have one last chance in December, but most have lost hope...
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News: CONTOUR May Be In Pieces
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Posted by: MCW Team on Sunday, August 18, 2002 - 04:58 AM PST |
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Washington, DC - The CONTOUR spacecraft which disappeared off NASAs radar when it failed to signal back on Thursday, may actually have split up during its burn operation...
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News: Another Possible Failed Space Probe
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Posted by: MCW Team on Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 03:16 PM PST |
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Washington, DC - Early this morning, the CONTOUR (Comet Nucleus Tour) space probe did not re-establish contact with Earth. The probe may or may not be forever gone...
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News: Speed of Light May Not Be Constant After All
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Posted by: MCW Team on Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 03:19 PM PST |
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Sydney, Australia - a team of scientists are attempting to unravel the speed of light, as it may not be constant after all...
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