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NASA Launches Satellite to Get the Dirt on Earth's Dirt

A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket launches NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive observatory into space from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015.

Planck View of BICEP2 Field

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Wilmore, Virts and Cristoforetti in space

Diagrams explain how NASA's SMAP satellite works.

Moon Photo by Anthony Lopez

Blast-Off! NASA Soil-Tracking Mission Launches From California | Video

SpaceX's Dragon V2 Interior

Mercury With Subtle Colors

Conditions on the surface of Mercury.

Solar System Montage by NASA

This artist's illustration depicts the transformation of a "mini-Neptune" exoplanet, orbiting a red dwarf star, into a potentially habitable rocky world.

Asteroid Juno on Jan. 29, 2015

Geological Members of the Yellowknife Bay Formation

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'Yellowballs' Star-Forming Features

The Slooh Community Observatory's telescope in the Canary Islands captured this view of Comet Lovejoy on Jan. 29, 2015.

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Galactic Dancers' Arms Twist To Its Partner | Video

Caverns in Cassiopeia A

Artist's concept showing Deep Space Industries' Harvestor-class spacecraft for asteroid mining. DSI is investigating the feasibility of using microbes to preprocess asteroid resources in space.

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Portable On-Board 3D Printer

Europe's 1st Zero-Gravity 3D Printer Headed for Space

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NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite launches into space atop a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket in a predawn launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Jan. 31, 2015. The satellite to study Earth's soil moisture to aid predict

SPACE WEBCASTS: NASA SMAP Satellite Launch Press Conference

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'Swimmers' in the Cave of the Swimmers

Rock Art On Earth Draws Scientists to Ancient Lakes

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They Want to Believe: UFO Hunters Plan Database to Track Sightings

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Mars, Venus and Moon Form 'Trio' In February 2015 Skywatching | Video

Mars, Venus and Moon Form 'Trio' In February 2015 Skywatching | Video

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"Star Wars: The Force Awakens."

10 Space Movies to Watch in 2015

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