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         <title><![CDATA[Mars August 2009 Close to Earth Email - Learn the Truth About the Email that says Earth Will Be Very Close to Mars in August of 2009]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Mars Close to Earth Email August 2009 Is it true? It is possible you may have received this email recently:]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Visual Tour of Solar System]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Take a Visual Solar System Tour with us. Blast off to discover information on the sun in our solar system. Learn more about the Sun. Here is information on our sun and links to pictures and more info.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mars Close to Earth Email - Learn the Truth About the Email that says Earth Will Be Very Close to Mars in August]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Mars Close to Earth Email Is it true? Not only is this not true for this year, at least part of it is]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Earth Globe]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the Moon. This translunar coast photograph extends from the Mediterranean Sea area to the Antarctica South polar ice cap. This is the first time the Apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the South polar ice cap. Note the heavy cloud cover in the Southern Hemisphere. Almost the entire coastline of Africa is clearly visible.&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[10 Things About the Sun]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Our Sun has inspired mythology in almost all cultures, including ancient Egyptians, Aztecs, Native Americans, and Chinese. Our Sun is actually the closest star to Earth. The Sun is a massive shining sphere of hot gas. The connection and interaction between the Sun and the Earth drive the seasons, currents in the ocean, weather, and climate.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Neil Armstrong Biography]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Born on August 5, 1930 in Auglaize County, OH, Neil Armstrong was the eldest of 3 children. Neil Armstrong worked at numerous jobs around town and at the nearby airport so he could take flying lessons at the age of 15 and on his 16th birthday he was issued a pilot's license. Neil Armstrong won his jet wings at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida at the age of 20, the youngest pilot in his squadron. Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon on July 20, 1969 durin the Apollo 11 mission.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Astronomy 101 - Final Exam]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Free Basic Astronomy course. Astronomy 101 - Pass a simple 20 question quiz to receive your certificate.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Shuttle Challenger Disaster]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[When the Challenger disaster occurred, it exploded killing all aboard, it shocked the nation, started a NASA investigation, and led to many changes in the shuttle program. Here, we look back at the Challenger disaster to see what happened. Most of us remember where we were when we learned of the Challenger disaster. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Astronomy - Space Exploration Activity Book for Kids]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A fun activity book for young astronauts or astronomers from your about astronomy - space guide. This astronomy - space activity book includes puzzles games - coloring pages.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Free Astronomy and Space Posters - Printable Astronomy and Space Posters]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Print these free astronomy and space posters from your home computer to create your own astronomy and space posters.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Constellation in a Canister]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[People have looked at the stars for many, many years. They could imagine pictures in stars. Those pictures are called constellations. After you do this activity, see if you can find the constellations in the night sky.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mars Closest To Earth in 50...]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Mars Closest To Earth in 50,000 Years. August of 2003 is a special time for scientists and amateur astronomers. Our red neighbor, Mars will move closer than it&#146;s been in 50,000 years. On August 27, 2003, the &quot;red planet&quot; will be less than 55.76 million kilometers (34.65 million miles) away from the Earth. Just six months ago, Mars was about five times that distance.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[30 Minute Rocket]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[You can make a 30 Minute Rocket with straws and a soda bottle. What you need: plastic soda pop bottle, one thin drinking straw, one thick drinking, straw, tape, clay, scissors, and copy or computer paper. Follow the instructions for the 30 Minute Rocket. Give the bottle a quick squeeze. You have an air bottle rocket!]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[NASA Discovers a New Planet]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Literally Planet X, especially if you use Roman numerals. NASA scientists have discovered a 10th planet in our solar system. &#10;The planet, larger than Pluto, was discovered using the Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory near San Diego, Calif. The discovery was announced today by planetary scientist Dr. Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., whose research is partly funded by NASA.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Distant Earth and Moon]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This picture of the Earth and Moon in a single frame, the first of its kind ever taken by a spacecraft, was recorded September 18, 1977, by NASAs Voyager 1 when it was 11.66 million km (7.25 million miles) from Earth. The moon is at the top of the picture and beyond the Earth as viewed by Voyager. - In the picture are eastern Asia, the western Pacific Ocean and part of the Arctic. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - First View of Earth from Moon]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The world's first view of Earth taken by a spacecraft from the vicinity of the Moon. - The photo was transmitted to Earth by the United States Lunar Orbiter I and received at the NASA tracking station at Robledo De Chavela near Madrid, Spain. This crescent of the Earth was photographed August 23, 1966 at 16:35 GMT when the spacecraft was on its 16th orbit and just about to pass behind the Moon.&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[10 Things About Earth]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Earth, our home planet, is the only planet whose name is not derived from Greek/Roman mythology. In Roman Mythology, the goddess of the Earth was Tellus - the fertile soil, while the Greek goddes was Gaia, terra mater - Mother Earth. The name we use today, Earth, comes from Old English and Germanic.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Top 10 Closest Stars]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Stars are balls of mostly hydrogen and helium gas that shine extremely brightly. Stars are so massive that their cores are extremely dense and hot. You can see thousands of stars when you look up at night. Here are the Top 10 Closest Stars to our solar system.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Earth from Apollo 8]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This is how the Earth looked as photographed from a point near the Moon by the Apollo 8 astronauts. The Earth fills less than one percent of the frame exposed through 80mm lens. North is approximately vertical. Kinda lonely, isn't it?&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Solar System Tour]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Astronomy Solar System Tour, an Astronomy Guide to Space exploration close to home. Discover information on planets in our solar system. Find pictures of objects in our solar system. Learn more about our galactic neighborhood, our solar system.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[July 2009 Monthly Sky Guide ]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Learn what is happening in July 2009 and what has happened in July in the past. Discover highlights of the night sky and learn what to look for in July 2009.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[How to Become An Astronaut]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Many of us dreamed of becoming astronauts when we were young. Some of us never got over that dream. When John Glenn rode the shuttle in 1998 at the age of 77, it breathed new hope into many would-be astronauts. So, how do you become an astronaut? Let's discover the path, together.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - First Picture of the Earth and Moon in a Single Frame ]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This picture of the Earth and Moon in a single frame, the first of its kind ever taken by a spacecraft, was recorded September 18, 1977, but NASAs Voyager 1 when it was 7.25 million miles (11.66 million kilometers) from Earth. The moon is at the top of the picture and beyond the Earth as viewed by Voyager. In the picture are eastern Asia, the western Pacific Ocean and part of the Arctic.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Global Images of Earth]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Global images of Earth from Galileo. In each frame, the continent of Antarctica is visible at the bottom of the globe. South America may be seen in the first frame (top left), the great Pacific Ocean in the second (bottom left), India at the top and Australia to the right in the third (top right), and Africa in the fourth (bottom right).]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Tsunami Damage in Indonesia - Pictures of Tsunami Damage in Indonesia - Earthquake Spawns Tsunami]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[On December 26, 2004, a tsunami swept across the Indian ocean, spawned by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra. Indonesia suffered the many tsunami casualties, part of the total death toll of over 155,000. Here we see before and after images of many of the areas of Indonesia hardest hit by the tsunami. Click each image for a larger view.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Global View of the Arctic Ocean]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[NASA researchers have new insights into the mysteries of Arctic sea ice, thanks to the unique abilities of Canada's Radarsat satellite. The Arctic is the smallest of the world's four oceans, but it may play a large role in helping scientists monitor Earth's climate shifts. - Using Radarsat's special sensors to take images at night and to peer through clouds, NASA researchers can now see the complete ice cover of the Arctic.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[This view of the rising Earth greeted the Apollo 8 astronauts as they came from behind the Moon after the lunar orbit insertion burn. Earth is about five degrees above the horizon in the photo. The unnamed surface features in the foreground are near the eastern limb of the Moon as viewed from Earth. The lunar horizon is approximately 780 kilometers from the spacecraft. Width of the photographed area at the horizon is about 175 kilometers.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[During its flight, the Galileo spacecraft returned images of the Earth and Moon. Separate images of the Earth and Moon were combined to generate this view. The Galileo spacecraft took the images in 1992 on its way to explore the Jupiter system in 1995-97. The image shows a partial view of the Earth centered on the Pacific Ocean about latitude 20 degrees south.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Astronomy 101 - This basic Astronomy course was designed for those who have an interest in but little education in astronomy. Learn the basics of astronomy here.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Earthrise Over Plaskett Crater]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The above is a view from Clementine of the full Earth over the north pole of the Moon. The crater with a central peak in the foreground is Plaskett (820N, 1740E; 110 kilometers in diameter). On Earth, Africa is clearly visible and nearly cloud free.&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Earth and Moon as viewed from Mars]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This is the first image of Earth ever taken from another planet that actually shows our home as a planetary disk. Because Earth and the Moon are closer to the Sun than Mars, they exhibit phases, just as the Moon, Venus, and Mercury do when viewed from Earth. As seen from Mars by MGS on 8 May 2003 at 13:00 GMT (6:00 AM PDT), Earth and the Moon appeared in the evening sky.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[What Is Astronomy]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[What Is Astronomy? - Basics Series; What You Need To Know About Astronomy and Astronomers. Discover what the science of astronomy covers, how long astronomers have been studying it, and who the astronomers are who have been studying it. Learn the basics of the science of astronomy.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Sky Maps From About Astronomy and Space - Discover the Stars with These Sky Maps]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sky Maps From About Astronomy and Space Plansipheres Powered By "Your Sky" Software, Written By John]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Abrasive Collision Black Eye]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Hubble Space Telescope Image - An Abrasive Collision Gives One Galaxy a &quot;Black Eye&quot;. A collision of two galaxies has left a merged star system with an unusual appearance as well as bizarre internal motions. Messier 64 (M64) has a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, giving rise to its nicknames of the &quot;Black Eye&quot; or &quot;Evil Eye&quot; galaxy.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Earth - India and Australia]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This color image of the Earth was obtained by the Galileo spacecraft on Dec. 11, 1990, when the spacecraft was about 1.5 million miles from the Earth. The color composite used images taken through the red, green and violet filters. India is near the top of the picture, and Australia is to the right of center. The white, sunlit continent of Antarctica is below. Picturesque weather fronts are visible in the South Pacific, lower right.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[August 2009 Monthly Sky Guide ]]></title>
         <link>http://space.about.com/od/computerresources/tp/2009AugSkyGuide.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Learn what is happening in August 2009 and what has happened in August in the past. Discover highlights of the night sky and learn what to look for in August 2009.]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-07-04T11:00:30Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Brightest Stars]]></title>
         <link>http://space.about.com/od/stars/tp/brighteststars.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Stars are massive shining spheres of hot gas, the closest of which is our Sun. Stars are primarily made of hydrogen, smaller amounts of helium, and trace amounts of other elements. Even the most abundant of the other elements present in stars (oxygen, carbon, neon, and nitrogen) are only present in very small quantities. Those stars which you see with your naked eye in the night sky all belong to the Milky Way Galaxy, the huge system of stars that contains our solar system.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Asteroid On Collision Cours...]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[It appears that life may be imitating art. If you watched either of the 1998 movies Deep Impact or Armageddon, you may have an idea of the future that faces Earth.]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-07-04T11:00:30Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[United States Astronomy Schools - Colleges and Universities With Astronomy Degree Programs in the US]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[United States Astronomy Schools Colleges and Universities With Astronomy Degree Programs in the US  ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Earth From Mars]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This is the first image ever taken of Earth from the surface of a planet beyond the Moon. It was taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit one hour before sunrise on the 63rd Martian day, or sol, of its mission. The image is a mosaic of images taken by the rover's navigation camera showing a broad view of the sky, and an image taken by the rover's panoramic camera of Earth. The contrast in the panoramic camera image was increased two times to make Earth easier to see.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Earth and Moon as viewed by Mariner 10]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Mariner 10 was launched on November 3, 1973, 12:45 am PST, from Cape Canaveral on an Atlas/Centaur rocket (a reconditioned Intercontinental Ballistic Missile - ICBM). Within 12 hours of launch the twin cameras were turned on and several hundred pictures of both the Earth and the Moon were acquired over the following days.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Earth - Pacific Ocean]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This color image of the Earth was obtained by Galileo at about 6:10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on Dec. 11, 1990, when the spacecraft was about 1.3 million miles from the planet during the first of two Earth flybys on its way to Jupiter. The color composite used images taken through the red, green and violet filters. South America is near the center of the picture, and the white, sunlit continent of Antarctica is below.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hubble Uncovers Dust Disk around a Massive Black Hole]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Black Holes Pictures Gallery - Hubble Uncovers Dust Disk around a Massive Black Hole - Resembling a gigantic hubcap in space, a 3,700-light-year-wide dust disk encircles a 300-million- solar-mass black hole in the center of the elliptical galaxy NGC 7052. - Roeland P. van der Marel (STScI), Frank C. van den Bosch (Univ. of Washington), and NASA]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-07-04T11:00:30Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Image of the Week for October 26, 2007 Quintuplet Cluster]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Penetrating 25,000 light-years of obscuring dust and myriad stars, the Hubble Space Telescope has provided the clearest view yet of one of the largest young clusters of stars inside our Milky Way galaxy, located less than 100 light-years from the very center of the Galaxy. Having the equivalent mass greater than 10,000 stars like our sun, the monster cluster is ten times larger than typical young star clusters scattered throughout our Milky Way.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Earth - Full Disk View of Africa]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This color image of the Earth was obtained by the Galileo spacecraft on Dec. 11, 1990, when the spacecraft was about 1.5 million miles from the Earth. The color composite used images taken through the red, green and violet filters. Africa stretches from the center to the top of the picture with the Arabian Peninsula off to its right. The white, sunlit continent of Antarctica is at the bottom.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Space Music - Space Songs]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Space music from the rock era. Discover the best in space music. Top ten rock - pop songs with a space theme including lyrics. These rock - pop songs including lyrics are all dedicated to the space age. Space music for the space enthusiast. Music!]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Earth - Moon Conjunction]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[On December 16, 1992, 8 days after its encounter with Earth, the Galileo spacecraft looked back from a distance of about 6.2 million kilometers (3.9 million miles) to capture this remarkable view of the Moon in orbit about Earth. The composite photograph was constructed from images taken through visible (violet, red) and near-infrared (1.0-micron) filters. The Moon is in the foreground; its orbital path is from left to right.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Astronomy Events]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Astronomical Events - Discover Eclipses, Meteor Showers, Planetary Transits in our Astronomy Calendar. This astronomy calendar will be updated monthly to include new eclipses and meteor showers and other astronomical events. Prepare to view astronomical events such as meteor showers and eclipses. Keep track of our astronomy calendar]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-07-04T11:00:30Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[New Asteroid Threat to Earth]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[New Asteroid Threat to Earth - Impact Potential in 2014. Although scientists have basically cleared us from any danger from asteroid 2002 NT7, which originally had been reported as an impact hazard for the year 2019, a newer space rock has been spotted. Has been called &quot;an event meriting careful monitoring&quot; by astronomers. If an impact does occur, it could be on March 21, 2014.]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-07-04T11:00:30Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Global View of Earth in the Near-Infrared]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This near-infrared photograph of the Earth was taken by the Galileo spacecraft at 6:07 a.m. PST on Dec. 11, 1990, at a range of about 1.32 million miles. The camera used light with a wavelength of 1 micron, which easily penetrates atmospheric hazes and enhances the brightness of land surfaces. South America is prominent near the center; at the top, the East Coast of the United States, including Florida, is visible. The West Coast of Africa is visible on the horizon at right.&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Telescope Astronomy Basics]]></title>
         <link>http://space.about.com/cs/telescopes/a/scopebasics.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Discover the basics of telescope astronomy with this guide. Telescopes come in three basic designs; Refractor, Reflector, and Catadioptric. Telescope astronomy is often the goal of many amateur astronomers. Learn this information before purchasing an instrument for telescope astronomy.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - The Earth and Moon]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[During its flight, the Galileo spacecraft returned images of the Earth and Moon. Separate images of the Earth and Moon were combined to generate this view. The Galileo spacecraft took the images in 1992 on its way to explore the Jupiter system in 1995-97. The image shows a partial view of the Earth centered on the Pacific Ocean about latitude 20 degrees south.]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-07-04T11:00:30Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ring Around a Suspected Black Hole in Galaxy NGC 4261]]></title>
         <link>http://space.about.com/od/blackholes/ig/Black-Holes-Pictures-/Ring-Around-a-Suspected-Black.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The gravitational pull of a suspected super-massive black hole forms a frisbee-like disk of cool gas, at the core of an energetic galaxy. Subsequent Hubble observations of yet another active galaxy (M87) confirmed the reality of monstrous black holes  gravitational &quot;sink holes&quot; that trap everything, even light.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Frequently Asked Questions ...]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Browse these Frequently Asked Questions About Space &amp; Astronomy. Learn the answers to Astronomy Questions &amp; Space Questions This feature of our Basics Series; What You Need To Know About Space provides answers to astronomy questions and space questions. Discover the answers to some frequently asked questions about space.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Astronomy 101 - History]]></title>
         <link>http://space.about.com/cs/astronomy101/a/astro101b.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Early History of Astronomy. The study of our Universe is not new, the history of astronomy shows it to be the oldest science. People have been looking up, trying to explain the universe for as long as there have been people. Here, in lesson 1, we look at the early history of astronomy. We&#146;ll look at ancient astronomers and their contributions to the history of astronomy.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[X-Rays Emanate From Heated Material Falling Into Black Hole]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Black Holes Pictures Gallery - X-Rays Emanate From Heated Material Falling Into Black Hole - Astronomers unveiled the deepest images from NASA's new Spitzer Space Telescope today, and announced the detection of distant objects  including several supermassive black holes  that are nearly invisible in even the deepest images from telescopes operating at other wavelengths.  - NASA, ESA, A. M. Koekemoer (STScI), M. Dickinson (NOAO) and The GOODS Team]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Atlantic Ocean Surface Winds from QuikScat]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This image shows wind speeds and direction in the Atlantic Ocean on August 1, 1999, gathered by the Seawinds radar instrument flying onboard the QuikScat satellite. - This image was released in conjunction with: PIA01346. Please refer to that image for more details about the Pacific region. - The intense surface winds of Typhoon Olga, represented by yellow spirals, can be seen moving around South Korea in the China Sea.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Feasting Black Hole Blows Bubbles]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Black Holes Pictures Gallery - Feasting Black Hole Blows Bubbles - A monstrous black hole's rude table manners include blowing huge bubbles of hot gas into space. At least, that's the gustatory practice followed by the supermassive black hole residing in the hub of the nearby galaxy NGC 4438. Known as a peculiar galaxy because of its unusual shape, NGC 4438 is in the Virgo Cluster, 50 million light-years from Earth.  - NASA and Jeffrey Kenney and Elizabeth Yale (Yale University)]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[People I Would Like to Meet]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Here is a list of the top 10 astronomy and space people I would like to meet and/or have dinner with. Unfortunately, it probably will not happen. Several names on my list are now dead and the odds are against my meeting the living members as well.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Visiting Johnson Space Center]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Space Center Houston, also known as Johnson Space Center is a place where people can experience space -- from its dramatic history and exciting present to its compelling future. Johnson Space Center Houston is the only place on Earth that gives guests an out-of-this-world journey through human adventures into space. Discover more about Space Center Houston here.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Pacific Ocean Surface Winds from QuikScat]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This image shows wind speeds and direction in the Pacific Ocean on August 1, 1999, gathered by the Seawinds radar instrument flying onboard the QuikScat satellite. - This image was released in conjunction with:PIA01347. The caption released for these images mostly details the Pacific region. - The intense surface winds of Typhoon Olga, represented by yellow spirals, can be seen moving around South Korea in the China Sea.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[September 11, 2001 Terroris...]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[On September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington. Read about 9/11/01 as viewed by Frank Culbertson on the International Space Station. Learn the reaction of astronauts including Frank Culbertson aboard the International Space Station as the World Trade Centers fell to terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001. Find out the effect of the 9 11 attack on the pentagon to the space program.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Earth - Departing Image by Galileo]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This color image of the Earth was taken by the Galileo spacecraft on December 11 as it departed on its 3-year flight to Jupiter, about 2 1/2 days after the second Earth flyby. The distance to Earth is about 1.9 million kilometers (1.2 million miles). Antarctica is visible at the bottom of the image, and dawn is rising over the Pacific Ocean.&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Home]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This image of the Earth is one of 60 frames taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft on Feb. 14, 1990 from a distance of approximately 4 billion miles and about 32 degrees above the ecliptic plane. - This image the Earth is a mere point of light, a crescent only 0.12 pixel in size. Our planet was caught in the center of one of the scattered light rays resulting from taking the image so close to the sun.&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - World Globes, Shaded Relief and Colored Height]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[These images of the world were generated with data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). The SRTM Project has recently released a new global data set called SRTM30, where the original one arcsecond of latitude and longitude resolution (about 30 meters, or 98 feet, at the equator) was reduced to 30 arcseconds (about 928 meters, or 1496 feet.)]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[What Is The Solar System?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Solar means dealing with the sun, Sol. Our sun is just a star, the closest one to Planet Earth. The Solar System is everything that centers around the sun. That includes 8 planets as well as some smaller objects such as asteroids, comets and meteoroids. Previously, we had considered one of those smaller objects to be a ninth planet, but last year, the International Astronomical Union decided that Pluto is a Dwarf Planet.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Eight days after its final encounter with the Earth, the Galileo spacecraft looked back and captured this remarkable view of the Earth and Moon. The image was taken from a distance of about 6.2 million kilometers (3.9 million miles). - The picture was constructed from images taken through the violet, red, and 1.0-micron infrared filters.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Fireworks Near a Black Hole in the Core of Seyfert Galaxy NGC 4151]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Black Holes Pictures Gallery - Fireworks Near a Black Hole in the Core of Seyfert Galaxy NGC 4151 - The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) simultaneously records, in unprecedented detail, the velocities of hundreds of gas knots streaming at hundreds of thousands of miles per hour from the nucleus of NGC 4151, thought to house a supermassive black hole. - John Hutchings (DAO), Bruce Woodgate (GSFC/NASA), Mary Beth Kaiser (JHU), Steven Kraemer (CUA), the STIS Team, and NASA]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-07-04T11:00:30Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Giant Disk of Cold Gas and Dust Fuels Possible Black Hole at Core of NGC 4261]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Black Holes Pictures Gallery - Giant Disk of Cold Gas and Dust Fuels Possible Black Hole at the Core of NGC 4261 - Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have gotten their best look yet at the disk of material that surrounds and is being pulled into a suspected black hole. - Walter Jaffe/Leiden Observatory, Holland Ford/JHU/STScI, and NASA]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>education</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-07-04T11:00:30Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - South Polar Projection of Earth]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This view of the Earth shows a wonderfully unique but physically impossible view of the southern hemisphere and Antarctica. While a spacecraft could find itself directly over the Earth's pole, roughly half of the image should be in darkness! This view was created by mosaicing together several images taken by Galileo over a 24 hour period and projecting them as they would be seen from above the pole.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Big Bang Theory]]></title>
         <link>http://space.about.com/od/astronomyhistory/a/bigbangtheory.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The Big Bang is the cosmological model of the universe which is the best support of all lines of scientific evidence and observation. It is the dominant scientific theory about the origin of the universe. According to the Big BangTheory, the universe began sometime between 10 billion and 20 billion years ago from a cosmic explosion at a single point, and has since been expanded in all directions.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - SeaWinds Global Coverage with Detail of Hurricane Floyd]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The distribution of ocean surface winds over the Atlantic Ocean, based on September 1999 data from NASA's SeaWinds instrument on the Quikscat satellite, shows wind direction (white streamlines) at a resolution of 25 kilometers (15.5 miles), superimposed on the color image indicating wind speed. - Over the ocean, the strong (seen in violet) trade winds blow steadily from the cooler subtropical oceans to warm waters just north of the equator.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - The Americas and Hurricane Andrew ]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Image taken on August 25, 1992 by NOAA GOES-7 weather satellite of the Americas and Hurricane Andrew as it makes landfall on the Louisiana coast. &#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[STIS Records a Black Hole&#039;s Signature]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Black Holes Pictures Gallery - STIS Records a Black Hole's Signature - The colorful &quot;zigzag&quot; on the right is not the work of a flamboyant artist, but the signature of a supermassive black hole in the center of galaxy M84, discovered by Hubble Space Telescope's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS). - Gary Bower, Richard Green (NOAO), the STIS Instrument Definition Team, and NASA]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - Adios Earth]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Well on its way to the Red Planet, Europe's Mars Express snapped this shot of Earth from a distance of about 8 million km (5 million miles). &#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Level 2  &amp; 3 Model Rocket Kits]]></title>
         <link>http://space.about.com/od/models/tp/rocketskill2.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Model rocketry is a great tool for learning about space exploration and physics. It is also a fun hobby. Blast your own model rockets into space with this fun and exciting hobby. Here, we feature some of the best skill level 2 (two) and 3 (three) model rocket kits. Find the model rocket kit that is right for you.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Shuttle Launch Schedule]]></title>
         <link>http://space.about.com/od/spacemissions/a/Launch_Schedule_2.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Shuttle Launch Schedule for NASA for 2009. Discover when the next space shuttle or rocket will be launched by NASA during 2009.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Astronaut Costumes for Adults]]></title>
         <link>http://space.about.com/od/fungamesandhumor/tp/tpcostumesadult.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Want an astronaut costume? From Halloween to costume parties to plays or skits, any time you need a costume, check out these space related costumes ideas for adults. From astronaut costumes to alien costumes ideas.]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-07-04T11:00:30Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hubble Discovers Black Holes in Unexpected Places]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Black Holes Pictures Gallery - Hubble Discovers Black Holes in Unexpected Places - These two globular star clusters, M15 and G1, harbor hundreds of thousands of stars. But deep within their dense cores is an unexpected guest: a class of intermediate-sized black holes. Black holes are invisible, but the probing eye of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope found them by measuring the velocities of stars whirling around the crowded cores.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hubble Spies Globular Cluster in Neighboring Galaxy]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Black Holes Pictures Gallery - Hubble Spies Globular Cluster in Neighboring Galaxy - Hubble Space Telescope has captured a view of a globular cluster called G1, a large, bright ball of light in the center of the photograph consisting of at least 300,000 old stars. - Michael Rich, Kenneth Mighell, James D. Neill (Columbia), Wendy Freedman (Carnegie Obs), and NASA]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Venus]]></title>
         <link>http://space.about.com/cs/solarsystem/p/venusinfo.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Venus - Pictures and Astronomy Facts - Solar System Planetary Astronomical Data and Images of Venus. Venus. Astronomy Guide to Space exploration close to home. Information on our solar system. Venus planetary data and graphics.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Evolution of the SpaceSuit]]></title>
         <link>http://space.about.com/od/spaceexplorationtools/tp/spacesuitevolution.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Ever since Alan Shepard's history making flight in 1961, NASA astronauts have relied on spacesuits to help them work and keep them safe. From the shiny silver of the Mercury suit to the orange &quot;pumpkin suits&quot; of shuttle crew, the suits have served as personal spacecraft, protecting explorers during launch and entry, while working on the International Space Station, or walking on the moon.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Great Wall of China]]></title>
         <link>http://space.about.com/od/fungamesandhumor/ss/Great_Wall.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Even the game, Trivial Pursuit claims that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible by NASA astronauts from space or from the moon with the naked eye. It's a space urban legend. While many man-made objects are visible, the Great Wall of China generally isn't, at least to the unaided eye in low Earth orbit. It certainly isn't visible from the Moon.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Aristotle Biography]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Aristotle was born around 384 BC in Stagirus, Greece. Around the age of 17, Aristotle became a student at Plato's Academy in Athens. Aristotle was so impressive as a student that he soon became a teacher, himself, remaining at the academy for 20 years. In 335 BC Aristotle traveled to Athens with his circle of assistants to staff his new school, the Lyceum. Two areas which he advanced, which are of particular interest to readers of this site were physics and astronomy. He died at the age of 62.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[6 Things About Telescopes]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[So, you want to know how to buy a telescope. Being a knowledgeable consumer is key Before you go shopping, learn as much as you can about telescopes. We will try to help you get started here, with the six things you need to know about how to buy a telescope.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pythagoras of Samos Pictures - Pythagoras the Mathematician]]></title>
         <link>http://space.about.com/od/astronomyhistory/ig/Pythagoras-Pictures-Gallery/Pythagoras-the-Mathematician.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the actual date or place of Pythagoras's death has been lost to history. However, his impact on that history still resonates today.&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[2009 Monthly Sky Guides]]></title>
         <link>http://space.about.com/od/newscurrentevents/tp/2009SkyGuides.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[2009 Monthly Sky Guides. Learn what is happening in 2009 and what has happened in the past. Discover highlights of the night sky and learn what to look for in the year 2009. Check the appropriate sky guide every month.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Black Hole in Galaxy M87 Emits Jet of High-Speed Electrons]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Black Holes Pictures Gallery - Black Hole in Galaxy M87 Emits Jet of High-Speed Electrons - Space Telescope Science Institute astronomers and their co-investigators have gained their first glimpse of the mysterious region near a black hole at the heart of a distant galaxy, where a powerful stream of subatomic particles spewing outward at nearly the speed of light is formed into a beam, or jet, that then goes nearly straight for thousands of light-years.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Telescopes for Kids]]></title>
         <link>http://space.about.com/od/telescopesandoptics/tp/kidstelescopes.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Everyone has to start somewhere. Star your kids off right with quality telescopes at good prices. Check here for some great reflectors and refractors. Less expensive telescopes.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Dr. Mae C. Jemison]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Dr. Mae Jemison was the first African-American female astronaut in Space. Dr. Mae Jemison is &quot;Not Limited By The Imagination of Others.&quot; Dr. Mae Jemison is well-versed in African and African-American Studies, speaks fluent Russian, Japanese, and Swahili, as well as English and is trained in dance and choreography. This is a brief biography of Doctor Mae C. Jemison.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - SeaWinds - Oceans, Land, Polar Regions]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The SeaWinds scatterometer on the QuikSCAT satellite makes global radar measurements -- day and night, in clear sky and through clouds. The radar data over the oceans provide scientists and weather forecasters with information on surface wind speed and direction. Scientists also use the radar measurements directly to learn about changes in vegetation and ice extent over land and polar regions.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pluto Picture - Pluto]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[An artist's conception of Pluto and its moon Charon.&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Black Hole&#039;s Disk is Flooded With Ultraviolet Light]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Black Holes Pictures Gallery - Black Hole's Disk is Flooded With Ultraviolet Light - NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided a never-before-seen view of a warped disk flooded with a torrent of ultraviolet light from hot gas trapped around a suspected massive black hole. - Philippe Crane (European Southern Observatory) and NASA]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Compact Core of Galaxy M87]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Globular Cluster M31 G1]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Black Holes Pictures Gallery - Globular Cluster M31 G1 - Medium-size black holes actually do exist, according to the latest findings from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, but scientists had to look in some unexpected places to find them. - NASA and Michael Rich (UCLA)]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Free Astronomy &amp; Space Christmas Wallpaper for Your Computer Desktop - Place This Free Astronomy &amp; Space Christmas Wallpaper on Your Computer Desktop]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Space Up Your Desktop Download Free Astronomy and Space Wallpaper Select the appropriate size space wallpaper]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Cities Around World]]></title>
         <link>http://space.about.com/od/skymaps/a/skymapcities.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[You can view free sky maps as seen from various cities around the globe. Your Guide offers this online planetarium which gives you three ways to view the sky and produce free sky maps.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - The Americas and Hurricane Andrew]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Image taken on August 25, 1992 by NOAA GOES-7 of the Americas and Hurricane Andrew.&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Jupiter]]></title>
         <link>http://space.about.com/cs/solarsystem/p/jupiterinfo.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Jupiter - Pictures and Astronomy Facts - Solar System Planetary Astronomical Data and Images of Jupiter. Jupiter. Astronomy Guide to Space exploration close to home. Information on our solar system. Jupiter planetary data and graphics.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Great Moon Landing Hoax]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Was the Moon Landing in the 1960's a hoax? Some people claim that NASA lied about the Apollo program and faked the Moon landings. Actually, it would have been harder to fake the moon landings than to do it! Still, many people are confused about it, so let's clear it up the Moon Landing Hoax confusion.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pluto Picture - Pluto in True Color]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Pluto is mostly brown. This picture captures the true colors of Pluto as well as the highest surface resolution so far recovered. No spacecraft has yet visited this most distant planet in our Solar System. The above map was created by tracking brightness changes from Earth of Pluto during times when it was being partially eclipsed by its moon Charon. The map therefore shows the hemisphere of Pluto that faces Charon.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Constellations Pictures - Andromeda - Picture of the Constellation Andromeda]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Andromeda, daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. - Genitive: Andromedae Abbreviations: And, Andr Right Ascension, (h): 1 Declination, (deg): 40N&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Sun Quiz - Try Your Luck Out on The Simple Quiz About The Sun]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sun Quiz Try Your Hand at This Simple Quiz About The Su]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Constellations Pictures - Aries - Picture of the Constellation Aries]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Ram - Genitive: Arietis Abbreviations: Ari, Arie Right Ascension, (h): 3 Declination, (deg): 20N&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Apollo 13]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Apollo 13 was the third scheduled lunar launch, carrying Jim Lovell, Fred Haize, and Jack Swigert to the moon. When an explosion occurred, endangering the Apollo 13 Lunar Landing mission and astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haize, and Jack Swigert, the Apollo 13 mission became a race for survival. As NASA experts and contractors struggled to come up with solutions, the Apollo 13 astronauts; Jim Lovell, Fred Haize, and Jack Swigert; struggled to survive. Apollo 13, the successful failure.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pythagoras of Samos Biography]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Pythagoras, the son of Mnesarchus and Pythais, was born on the island of Samos, off the coast of Asia Minor (what is now mostly Turkey), about 569 BC. Besides his contributions to mathematics, Pythagoras was essential to the early field of astronomy. As Plato later would believe, Pythagoras felt the sphere was the perfect shape. This may have lead to his assertion that the Earth was a sphere. He realized the orbit of the Moon was inclined to the equator of the Earth.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mars]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Discover Mars]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Pictures - SMART-1 Looks Back]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The first picture of Earth taken by the SMART-1 spacecraft on 21 May 2004 from a distance of 70,000 kilometres. The image shows from top left, Scandinavia, Denmark, United Kingdom and clear west and northern France. Southern France and Spain are at the centre under cloud cover. North Africa is bottom right (in the full-resoltion image).]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hubble Space Telescope]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Hubble Telescope, NASA's first space based telescope was named for American astronomer Edwin P. Hubble. Dr. Hubble confirmed an &quot;expanding&quot; universe, which provided the foundation for the Big Bang theory. The Hubble Telescope provide a closer look at the universe around us.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[A Handle on the Sun]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[An enormous magnetic loop of hot gases creates a glowing handle on the Sun. The June 9 'prominence' was caused by explosive instabilities in the Sun's magnetic field.&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Neil deGrasse Tyson Biography]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson Biography. Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History and Visiting Research Scientist and Lecturer at Princeton University.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Stonehenge Monument]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[No one is really sure who built Stonehenge or why it was built. Early theories were that it was constructed by the Druids or even the Romans, but those theories were disproved in the 20th century, when it was shown that construction began on Stonehenge over 2,000 years before Celts, and later Romans, had even arrived in the area. Most people believe that Neolithic peoples of the British Isles started building the Stonehenge monument around 5,000 years ago.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[A Dying Star in Globular Cluster M15]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[June 2009 Monthly Sky Guide ]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[51-L Space Shuttle Challenger Crew Remains Transferred]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Space Shuttle Challenger Wreckage Entombment]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[STS-51L Challenger wreckage remains and boxes of debris being lowered into abandoned Minuteman Missile Silos at Complex 31 on Cape Canveral Air Force Station.&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Telescopes For Under \$300.00]]></title>
         <link>http://space.about.com/od/telescopesandoptics/tp/tpbegscop300.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Everyone has to start somewhere. If you have spent some time observing the sky with your naked eyes and a pair of binoculars, you may be ready to move on up to telescopes. Still, even though you want to have the best, it may not be a great idea to spend a lot of money until you're sure you will get your money's worth. Check here for some great reflectors and refractors. Less expensive telescopes.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Space and Astronomy For Kids. Find information, pictures, links, and other space and astronomy for kids resources. Take a Solar System Tour, have fun with the Space and Astronomy Activity Book, watch NASA Television, check out some Sky Maps, browse the Astronomy and Space Glossary, add an Astronomy and Space Computer Desktop Wallpaper, learn NASA Acronyms, join the SETI Team to help find life in the universe. Discover Space and Astronomy For Kids. Space and Astronomy For Kids.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Bad astronomy, urban legends and myths are what cause so much confusion in people. Considering the fascination that outer space holds for so many of us, it's not surprising. Here are your About Astronomy and Space Guide's top 10 Space urban legends and myths and bad astronomy examples. From hoaxes to conspiracies to sex in space, here's an intriguing look at what some people believe about space. These urban legends and myths can lead to some bad astronomy knowledge.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Telescope Purchase]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Telescope Purchase - So, you've been stargazing for a while with your naked eye or binoculars and you want to move up to a telescope. Buying a telescope is one of the biggest decisions for an amateur astronomer. If you are not really sure how to buy a telescope, it can be a daunting task. Follow these simple steps and we'll tell you how to buy a telescope.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Did Galileo Invent]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Did Galileo Invent the Telescope? Frequently Asked Questions About Space. Did Galileo Invent the Telescope?]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Astronauts are among the most admired people in the world. So, it's not surprising that many people wish to dress as an astronaut when costumes are required. Whether you are attending a costume party as an astronaut or going Trick or Treating, we have some great astronaut costume ideas for you.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Astronaut Neil Armstrong in Launch Complex 16 trailer during suiting up]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, command pilot of the Gemini 8 space flight, sits in the Launch Complex 16 trailer during suiting up operations for the Gemini 8 mission. Suit technician Jim Garrepy assists.&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[How Do Rockets Fly?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[How Do Rockets Fly? - A Backyard Science Experiment. Watch Newton's third law of Motion in Action. Equipment Needed: Drinking Straw, String, Long Balloon, Transparent Tape, and a Clothespin. As you watch your balloon rocket fly along the string, you are observing Newton's Third Law of Motion; For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Human Body In A Vacuum]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[What Happens To The Human Body In A Vacuum? Arnold Schwarzenegger - &quot;Total Recall&quot; Possible? The question is, what happens to the human body in a vacuum? Nope, the body won't blow up. Your blood won't boil, either.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Globes]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Find Earth Globes here. A globe is an item with the shape of a sphere and is often used as a synonym with Earth itself. In this case, we are discussing a representation of the earth in the form of a hollow ball with a map imposed over the surface. These Earth Globes are both fun and educational. Discover the Earth Globe that is right for your needs.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Apollo 1 Fire]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[It was January 27, 1967 and the crew of Apollo/Saturn 204 (more commonly known as Apollo 1 mission) were training for the first crewed Apollo flight, an Earth orbiting mission scheduled to be launched on 21 February. During this training, tragedy struck.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Dive from space to practically any address you choose. Want to see what your house looks like in a satellite image? Now, you have the chance with the free 3D mapping and search product, Google Earth. Google Earth launched in June of 2005. Google Earth is a satellite imagery-based mapping product that combines 3D buildings and terrain with mapping capability and search. Google Earth is a free download.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[A Cosmic Searchlight]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Black Holes Pictures Gallery - A Cosmic Searchlight - Streaming out from the center of the galaxy M87 like a cosmic searchlight is one of nature's most amazing phenomena, a black-hole-powered jet of electrons and other sub-atomic particles traveling at nearly the speed of light. In this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, the blue of the jet contrasts with the yellow glow from the combined light of billions of unseen stars and the yellow, point-like globular clusters that make up this galaxy.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pluto Picture - Sedna Size Comparisons]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The artist's rendition shows the newly discovered planet-like object, dubbed &quot;Sedna,&quot; in relation to other bodies in the solar system, including Earth and its Moon; Pluto; and Quaoar, a planetoid beyond Pluto that was until now the largest known object beyond Pluto. The diameter of Sedna is slightly smaller than Pluto's but likely somewhat larger than Quaoar.&#10;]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Visible in the lower right corner of the image is the lander's footpad. The shroud that protected the soil collector head during the lander's descent lies a short distance from the footpad. The rounded rock in the center foreground is about 20 cm (8 in) wide. The angular rock to the left and further back is about 1.5 m (5 ft) across. Notice the two trenches dug in the regolith by the sampler arm.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Stars - Quiz on Stars Try Your Hand at This Simple Quiz About Stars Discover What You Know About Star]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[NASA Spitzer Shares The Wealth]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Like a philanthropist donating a prized collection to a museum, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has opened a virtual vault rich with scientific data. The Spitzer Science Archive now provides astronomers access to the infrared telescope's data well before the mission's one-year anniversary in space. NASA Spitzer Shares The Wealth - Spitzer Space Telescope Image.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Black Hole]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Black Hole - from an ever growing glossary of space and astronomy definitions. Find the definitions for Black Hole and all your space and astronomy related words in this online dictionary - glossary. Black Hole: Astronomy theoretical celestial object, formed when a massive star collapses from its own gravity. A black hole has such a strong pull of gravity that not even light can escape from it.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Sagittarius - Pictures and Information on the Constellation Sagittarius]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Archer - Genitive: Sagittarii Abbreviations: Sgr, Sgtr Right Ascension, (h): 19 Declination, (deg): 25S&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Sun]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sun. Astronomy Guide to Space exploration close to home. Information on our sun. Solar data and graphics.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Galileo Galilei]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Galileo Galilei - Astronomer. Read about the life and work of Galileo Galilei, perhaps the greatest scientist of all time, who went from genius to heretic and back again. Galileo Galilei, first used telescopes for scientific purposes, refined telescopes beyond being toys, demonstrated key points of gravity, and modernized science. Read the biography of Galileo Galilei.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Space Rock - Pop Songs Guid...]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Top ten rock - pop songs with a space theme. These rock - pop songs are all dedicated to the space age.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mercury]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Moonrise]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A quarter moon is visible in this oblique view of Earth's horizon and airglow, recorded with a digital still camera on the final mission of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Columbia's crew was killed on Feb. 1, 2003 when the shuttle broke up on re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth and the Sun]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This illustration shows the approximate size of Earth compared to the Sun. The giant coronal mass ejection in the image blasted off the Sun in October 2003. The image was taken by the international SOHO spacecraft.&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[What are Black Holes? Where do Black Holes come from? Who theorized about Black Holes? Who coined the term Black Holes?]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Glossary]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Astronomy and Space Online Dictionary and Glossary. An ever growing online dictionary / glossary of space and astronomy definitions. Find the definitions for all your space and astronomy related words in this online dictionary - glossary. Astronomy and Space Online Dictionary and Glossary.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Apollo 11 Mission]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Apollo 11 Mission - First Humans on the Moon. The Space Race, and competition to land on the moon was a product of the Cold War. Not only was it an effort to prove technological superiority, but there was also a real fear on both sides that the other might place weapons of mass destruction in space.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Liquid Water on Mars]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A series of troughs and layered mesas in the Gorgonum Chaos region of the Martian southern hemisphere appears in the chaotic terrain. Gullies proposed to have been formed by seeping ground water emanate from a specific layer near the tops of trough walls, particularly on south-facing slopes. Such a layer is called an aquifer, and this one appears to be present less than a few hundred meters (few hundred yards) beneath the surface in this region.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[The large dark area left of center is named Cerberus. The arcuate markings in the upper right are in the Amazonis plains and may be sand drifts. The Elysium volcano, a yellow area north of Cerberus, has several channels radiating from its flanks. The three bright spots, upper left, are volcanoes partially veiled by thin clouds. &#10;]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sputnik 1 - First Artificial Satellite In Space. The world was shocked, when on October 4, 1957, the USSR launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. The name Sputnik 1 comes from a Russian word for traveling companion of the world. Sputnik 1 carried a thermometer and two radio transmitters. After 57 days in orbit, Sputnik 1 was destroyed while reentering the atmosphere.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Shooting stars or meteors are bits of material falling through Earth's atmosphere; they are heated to incandescence by the friction of the air. The bright trails as they are coming through the Earth's atmosphere are termed meteors, and these chunks as they are hurtling through space are called meteoroids. Large pieces that do not vaporize completely and reach the surface of the Earth are termed meteorites.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Neil Armstrong Pictures - Astronaut Neil Armstrong during water egress training]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong climbs into a boilerplate model of the Gemini spacecraft during water egress training on the Gulf of Mexico.&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Perseid Meteor Shower]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Perseid Meteor Shower - A Spectacular Astronomy Fireworks Show. April showers bring May flowers, they say, so, what does a shower in August bring? Meteors. The Perseid Meteor Shower, to be exact. Like a messy tourist, the comet Swift-Tuttle passed through our solar system in 1863 &amp; 1992 leaving behind its trash; tiny grains of ice, dust, rock, &amp; other debris. As the Earth makes its trip around the sun, we pass through this debris field with some spectacular results, The Perseid Meteor Shower.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Lander 1 Site]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Big Joe, the large rock just left of center is about 2 m (7 ft) wide. The top of the rock is covered with red soil. Those portions of the rock not covered are similar in color to basaltic rocks on Earth. This rock may be a fragment of a lava flow that was later ejected by an impact crater. The red color of the rocks and soil is due to an abundance of oxidized iron in the eroded material.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[NASA Spinoffs - Apollo Inventi]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Every day, in a variety of ways, American lives are touched by space technology. Since 1976, about 1,400 documented NASA inventions have benefited U.S. industry, improved the quality of life and created jobs for Americans. The Apollo program has helped change the way of life in America, especially in health care. Here are some of the inventions contributed by the Apollo program.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[The bluish hue of Venus is an effect of the colorization technique used to enhance subtle contrasts in cloud patterns and indicates that this image was taken through a violet filter. Features in the sulfuric acid clouds near the top of the planet's atmosphere are most prominent in violet and ultraviolet light. This image shows the east to west cloud banding and the brighter polar hoods . The features are embedded in winds that flow from east to west at about 370 kph (230 mph). &#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Visiting Glenn Research Center]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[NASA Glenn Visitor Center, a place to expand your horizons of knowledge about travel through air &amp; space &amp; gain a new perspective on the universe in which we live. A balance of interactive exhibits and historic artifacts present basic principles of science &amp; engineering &amp; inform you about a broad spectrum of NASA's aerospace programs &amp; their benefits to humanity. NASA Glenn Visitor Center, located on site, inside the main gate. The Center is easily accessible from Cleveland's major highways.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Moon Landing Sites]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This image shows the locations of many spacecraft that have landed on the Moon. Green triangles are Apollo missions, yellow are NASA Surveyor missions and red are Russian Luna spacecraft. &#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[View from Lander 1]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This image was taken at the Viking Lander 1 site, using camera 2. The lander's footpad is visible in the lower right. This scene shows a rocky field with trenches in the foreground (just below center) dug by the sampler arm. Patches of drift material and possibly bedrock are visible further from the Lander. &#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[30 Minutes Or Less Activities]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[These astronomy &amp; space activities can keep you or your kids busy while they are learning and having fun at the same time. Great fun astronomy &amp; space activities for a rainy day, weekend, or summer vacation.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) image of a huge, handle-shaped prominence taken on Sept. 14,1999. Taken in the 304 angstrom wavelength, prominences are huge clouds of relatively cool dense plasma suspended in the Sun's hot, thin corona. At times, they can erupt, escaping the Sun's atmosphere.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Buy a Telescope]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[If you have spent some time observing the sky with your naked eyes, you may be considering moving on to a telescope. Purchasing your first telescope can be a daunting task. Before you buy a telescope, use this guide to help in your decision process. Before You Buy a Telescope]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Halley&#039;s Comet]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Using Newton's new Laws of motion, the astronomer, Edmond Halley, made a prediction in 1705. He stated that a comet which had appeared in 1531, 1607 and 1682 would reappear in 1758. Although he was proven to be correct, Halley did not live to see it. However, the comet was later named in his honor. During the 20th century, Halley's Comet appeared in 1910 and 1986. During that most recent visit, five spacecraft from the USSR, Japan, and the European Community journeyed to Comet Halley.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Greek philosopher, Thales of Miletus was born around 624BC, the son of Examyes and Cleobuline. While some believe his lineage was Phoenician, most consider him to be Milesian (Miletus, Asia Minor, now Turkey). He came from a distinguished family. It is difficult to write about Thales of Miletus, since none of his own writing survives. Thales of Miletus was an engineer, scientist, mathematician, and philosopher, the first natural philosopher in the Milesian School.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Potty Training - How To Go ...]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[There are many things we take for granted here on Earth that take on a whole new aspect when you're orbiting the Earth in microgravity. One of the most asked questions that NASA receives involves bathroom rituals. Let&#146;s see what a trip to the bathroom in the shuttle entails.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Star]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[star - from an ever growing glossary of space and astronomy definitions. Find the definitions for star and all your space and astronomy related words in this online dictionary  - glossary.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Astronaut Neil Armstrong participates in simulation of moon&#039;s surface]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit, deploys a lunar surface television camera during lunar surface simulation training in bldg 9, Manned Spacecraft Center. Armstrong is the prime crew commander of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Sunspot Loops]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Even a relatively quiet day on the Sun is busy. This ultraviolet image shows bright, glowing arcs of gas flowing around the sunspots.&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Another Closeup view of Apollo Spacecraft 012 Command Module after flash fire]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Closeup view of the interior of Apollo Spacecraft 012 Command Module at Pad 34 showing the effects of the intense heat of the flash fire which killed the prime crew of the Apollo/Saturn 204 mission. Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee lost their lives in the accidental fire.&#10;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Guion &quot;Guy&quot; Bluford]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Christa McAuliffe - Space S...]]></title>
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