Andrea Thompson is an associate editor at Scientific American, where she covers sustainability, energy and the environment. Prior to that, she was a senior writer covering climate science at Climate Central and a reporter and editor at Live Science, where she primarily covered Earth science and the environment. She holds a graduate degree in science health and environmental reporting from New York University, as well as a bachelor of science and and masters of science in atmospheric chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Mars rover Spirit hit another snag in attempt to free itself when one of its wheels stalled.
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NASA's second attempt to drive stuck Mars rover Spirit results in some small movement.
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PETA members protested research into effects of space radiation on monkeys.

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NASA will make a second attempt to move stuck Spirit Mars rover.

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NASA has sent commands to move the stuck Spirit rover on Mars and are waiting to see what progress was made.

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NASA plans to send commands to move the stuck Spirit rover on Mars late tonight/early tomorrow.

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NASA's LCROSS probe discovered beds of water ice at the lunar south pole when it impacted the moon last month, mission scientists announced today.

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Mission engineers have their final plans for attempting to extricate the Spirit rover from its sandy Martian trap.

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Astronomers solve mystery behind sun's low lithium levels; discover way to look for exoplanet systems.

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New type of supernova featuring helium explosion on a white dwarf is discovered.

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Spectrum of supernova remnant explained by low magnetic field, carbon atmosphere.

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Mercury probe sees seasonal changes, iron on surface during third flyby.

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New gamma-ray burst becomes most distant object yet seen, could shed light on early universe.

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Depressions in Martian surface hint at subsurface cave system that could preserve signs of life.

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Astronomers announce 32 new exoplanets, including several new low-mass ones.

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NASA smacked the moon twice Friday with a pair of probes aimed at uncovering buried water ice.
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Enormous new ring found distantly orbiting Saturn; likely source of moon's dark side.

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From mythology to dynamic world with water, our view of the moon through the ages.

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Modeling study shows pebbles condense, rain from rocky exoplanet's atmosphere.

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New images of Mercury from final MESSENGER probe flyby show close-up of bright spot.

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Fresh craters expose subsurface water ice on Mars, hint at recent wetter climate.
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