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                    [Title] => Astronomers spot most Earth-like planet yet
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Astronomers have discovered what they say is the most Earth-like planet yet detected — a distant, rocky world that's similar in size to our planet and exists in the Goldilocks zone where it's not too hot and not too cold for life.

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US space agency NASA said Saturday its moon probe was now "healthy" after engineers fixed mechanical problems it encountered shortly after Friday night's launch.

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NASA called off all attempts to fix its crippled Kepler space telescope Thursday. But it's not quite ready to call it quits on the remarkable, robotic planet hunter.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-16 05:06:57 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488360 [AuthorName] => Marcia Dunn [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/7733/q821.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 946185 [Title] => NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission [Summary] =>

Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore.

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NASA's planet-hunting telescope has discovered two planets that seem like ideal places for some sort of life to flourish. And they are just the right size and in just the right place.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – It turns out there's lots of water on the moon — at least near the lunar south pole.

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PROMONTORY, Utah (AP) – A mechanical failure forced a NASA contractor yesterday to call off the first test firing of the main part of NASA's powerful new moon rocket.

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