Daily Archives: June 12, 2013

Moon, a photo by Bob Vanderbei

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compiled by Surabhi Agarwal Large asteroid zipping past Earth towing moon Published: Sun May 31, 2013- 5:06AM on CNN An asteroid is whizzing past Earth on Friday – and it’s traveling with its own moon in tow. 1998 QE2, as … Continue reading

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Curiosity Bores 2nd Hole into Mars

by Dr. Ken Kremer NASA’s Curiosity rover successfully bored inside ancient rocks on Mars for only the 2nd time since landing in August 2012 inside Gale Crater in search of the ingredients of life.  On May 20 (Sol 279), the … Continue reading

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