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		<title>Brit astronomers reveal sizzling cosmic tryst!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A planet newly found in the southern sky is perilously close to its star, orbiting in less than 1 Earth day. Within 10 years, this planet may force a new understanding of star-guts.]]></description>
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		<title>Year of astronomy: More reasons to love stars!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[400 years ago, Galileo discovered the moons of Jupiter. We discover water from 11 billion years ago, volcanoes at Titan, a moon of Saturn, and good reasons to shun light pollution.]]></description>
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		<title>Tales from the solar system: Voyagers told &#8216;em best!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Long Goodbye: 30 years after blast-off, two Voyager spaceships have reached the edge of the solar system. Meet the missions that revolutionized the study of planets and moons.]]></description>
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		<title>What we did on our summer vacation: Visit Mars!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's a boom time for studying Mars, and the perfect time for the be-all, end-all summer vacation. Ride a robot rover. Dune-buggy an unearthly dune field. Even meet-and-greet a real live Martian! All aboard for Mars!]]></description>
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		<title>Super View of Supernova</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 20 years, star explosion reveals more secrets. What gives in these giant bangs?
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		<title>Universe: Measured by New Yardstick</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feeling cramped? New measurement says the universe is bigger than you thought. Meet the astronomers' new yardstick.]]></description>
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		<title>Star-Burst Fills Empty Hole</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where did all the dust come from? If you are interested in the origin of planets and human beings, here's evidence that a star explosion made mucho dust.]]></description>
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		<title>Astronomical Conundrum: Is this a Planet?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Losing count: New study finds object larger than Pluto in the distant solar system. Do we now have 10 planets -- or 8?]]></description>
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		<title>A Bar in the Galaxy! Milky Way&#8217;s secret spot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think you know the Milky Way, our home galaxy? Think again. There's a large bar at the center, and it's open for business. It might even be feeding a black hole... Meet the newest galactic doo-dad...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[What can we learn from whacking comets, up close and personal? What do comets tell us about the early solar system? And what is the role of comets in history?]]></description>
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