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Building a Planet to Test Magnetic Field Theories
Scientists still donât know exactly how the Earth generates the magnetic field that keeps a compass needle pointing north. But geophysicist Dan Lathrop isâ¦
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First Try at Saturn
[](http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcarnault/2534195384/ "photo sharing") First try at Saturn - Originally uploaded by Marc Arnault. Flickr Find 2 of 5. Iâ¦
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Galaxy Zoo Says Thanks
Galaxy Zoo has put up a sort of thank you poster to all its volunteers. The names listed are those people who, when signing up to Galaxy Zoo, gave permissionâ¦
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Ice on Mars
Universe today reports on the Phoenix landerâs amazing good fortune at having landed on one of the very things they were searching for: ice. The probeâsâ¦
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Phoenix from HiRISE
[](http://oldblog.atomic-temporary-53335355.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/phoenixfromhirrise.jpg) This HiRISE image shows a 10km crater on theâ¦
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Record Breaking Asteroid Discovered with the Faulkes Telescope
The fastest spinning natural object in the Solar System has been discovered by a British amateur astronomer, Richard Miles. The new finding was made by theâ¦
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Phoenix Mars Lander Web Site Hacked
A spokeswoman for the Phoenix Mars Lander mission says a hacker took over the missionâs public Web site during the night and changed its lead news story.â¦
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Polarity
[](http://www.flickr.com/photos/pchee/2537531110/ "Star Trails") Polarity - Originally uploaded by Computer Science Geek. Flickr Find 1 of 5. I thought it wasâ¦
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Making Craters with Down2Earth
Here is a great astronomy website for some fun this weekend called Down2Earth. You input some parameters and then simulate an asteroid impact (onto Wales noâ¦
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Predicted Solar Eclipse Stops Battle
Wired does great, little articles very well. This one concerns a solar eclipse in Asia Minor that ended a battle and how astronomy has helped to date theâ¦