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      NASA lander in OK shape, photo caught Mars landing

      Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer

      On Monday, NASA released a black-and-white image captured during Phoenix's descent by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which had a bird's-eye view of the lander hanging from its parachute. It's the first time a spacecraft had taken an image of another craft during landing.

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    • Good news! Black hole won't destroy Earth

      Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

      This potential "black hole factory" has raised fears that a stray black hole could devour our planet whole. The Lifeboat Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to safeguarding humanity from what it considers threats to our existence, has stated that artificial black holes could "threaten all life on Earth" and so it proposes to set up "self-sustaining colonies elsewhere."

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    Jeff comments on:

    Liquid Lakes On Saturn's Moon Confirmed

    Now we just have to send up a spacecraft, suck up all those chemicals and lightly accelerate it back to earth – without blowing anything up.

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    11:12 am 7/31/08
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    Jeff comments on:

    Pentagon to shoot down broken spy satellite

    It probably sounded static-y because of all the debris in space from their exploded satellite.

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    11:50 am 2/15/08
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    aknight comments on:

    Pentagon to shoot down broken spy satellite

    I wonder what the phone call to the Chinese gov’t sounded like on this…

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    6:33 pm 2/14/08
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    Damianmann comments on:

    Scientists decide Pluto's no longer a planet

    Exactly. We never liked Pluto anyway

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    7:18 am 8/25/06
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    Billbar comments on:

    Scientists decide Pluto's no longer a planet

    Good riddance!

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    6:16 am 8/25/06
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    Damianmann comments on:

    Scientists decide Pluto's no longer a planet

    I've decided to continue calling it a planet.

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    5:13 am 8/25/06
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    Jeff

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