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• Spirit Rolls - NASA's Mars rover Spirit has rolled off its lander and onto Martian soil for the first time.
• Spooky Atomic Clocks - NASA-supported researchers hope to improve high-precision clocks by entangling their atoms.
• Stardust Surprise - When NASA's Stardust spacecraft flew by Comet Wild 2, the probe saw something that surprised astronomers.
• Strange Foam - The physics underlying common everyday foams is poorly understood.
• Starshine 2 Return - A glittering satellite named Starshine 2 will disintegrate in Earth's atmosphere on April 26th.
• Storm Warnings - A new device onboard two NASA satellites could improve 3- to 12-hour forecasts of severe weather.
• STScI - Astronomy Resources.
• Strange Clouds - Astronauts onboard the International Space Station have been observing electric blue "noctilucent" clouds from Earth-orbit.
• Suds in Space - Bubbly, frothing and ticklish -- soft drinks and beer promise a welcome taste of home to faraway space travelers.
• Summer Meteor Shower - The Perseid meteor shower peaks this year on Aug. 12th and 13th.
• Summer Moon Illusion - Summer is a good time to spot giant moons very near the horizon. It's the season for the mysterious moon illusion.
• Supernovas Cerca de la Tierra - Una nueva misión de NASA se dirige al espacio con el propósito de estudiar los restos de algunas explosiones de supernovas demasiado cercanas.
• The 2003 Perseid Meteor Shower - Mark these dates on your calendar: August 12th and 13th.
• The 2003 Leonid Meteor Shower - An unusual double Leonid meteor shower is going to peak next month over parts of Asia and North America.
• The Animated Brain Samples - Designed to serve as a primary or supplemental text for students of neurobiology, physiological psychology, pre-medicine, nursing, OT, PT and others.
• Space Station Supernova - Next week, sky watchers in many US cities can see the space station materialize like a supernova in the early morning sky before sunrise.
• Speed of Light - Wikipedia.
• Spirit Hits the Sweet Spot - NASA's Mars rover Spirit has landed in Gusev Crater, and it is beaming pictures back to Earth.
• The Biggest Explosions in the Solar System - NASA's HESSI spacecraft aims to unravel an explosive mystery: the origin of solar flares.
• The Black Hole Gang - Explore the site to learn about the science adventures of Matt, Wei Ling, Rosa, A.J., and Newton.
• The Bubblesphere - Bubble blowing, bubble solutions, bubble history, bubble fun, bubble games, bubble machines and bubble trivia are found on this website...
• The Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc - On Sunday, December 18, 1994, Jean-Marie Chauvet led his two friends, Éliette Brunel and Christian Hillaire, on the Cirque d'Estre toward the cliffs.
• The Children's Museum - Games and Activities.
• The Curious Tale of Asteroid Hermes - For the next few days backyard astronomers can see for themselves the long lost asteroid Hermes.
  
• The Exploratorium - A hands-on museum of science, art, and human perception in San Francisco.
• The Franklin Institute Science Museum
• The Fruit Fly in You - NASA-supported researchers are going to send fruit flies to the International Space Station to learn what space travel does to the genes of astronauts.
• The G's in the Machine - Zero-g is a myth. Even in orbit, spacecraft experience tiny accelerations called "microgravity" that scientists monitor using a device named SAMS.
• The Goldilocks Zone - Researchers are finding that life can thrive in some unexpected places.
• The Great Dark Spot - The Cassini spacecraft has photographed an extraordinary dark cloud on Jupiter twice as big as Earth itself.
• The Hidden Life of Thunderstorms - Scientists are sending unmanned aircraft into electrical storms to learn more about their mysterious inner workings.

• The Hour of the Planets - Dashing out the door to work or school? Pause for a moment and look up. There are two dazzling planets in the morning sky.
• The Inconstant Sun - An experiment onboard shuttle mission STS-107 is monitoring the Sun's variable brightness.
• The Keystone Science Network - Provides web-based support
  for K-8 teachers using inquiry science kits in their classroom.
• The Microbe Zoo - The DLC-ME includes the Microbe Zoo, Microbes in the News, Meet the Scientists, and more!
• The Missing Moon of Sedna - Astronomers examining Hubble Space Telescope images of distant Sedna...
• The PathFinder Science Network - For Student and Citizen Science. Cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative and humanitarian promise of every learner.
• The Physics of Sandcastles - An upcoming shuttle mission will carry small columns of sand into space...
• The Pull of HyperGravity - A NASA researcher is studying the strange effects of artificial gravity on humans.
• The Roar of Innovation - The space shuttle's main engines are the best performing chemical rockets on Earth. You can listen to one roar during a live webcast of a engine test-firing on Nov. 8th.
  
• The Chandra X-ray Observatory Center - Gateway to the universe of x-ray astronomy!
• The Continuing Adventures of Deep Space 1 - NASA's Deep Space 1 probe is about to begin its greatest adventure yet -- a daring plunge into a comet.
• The Cosmos is the Classroom - At an upcoming workshop, teachers will learn to use black holes and other wonders of X-ray astronomy to teach science in their own classrooms.
• The Distant Sun - Earth reaches aphelion during the 4th of July holiday weekend. Curiously, our planet is warmest when we are farthest from the Sun.
• The Edge of Sunshine - Solar energy is an abundant source of power for spacecraft navigating the inner solar system. But how far away from our star can photovoltaics work?
• The Fading Milky Way - Light pollution is a growing environmental problem that threatens to erase the night sky before its time..
• The International Boiling Point Project - In this international project students discover which factor in a boiling point experiment has the greatest influence on boiling point
• The Monterey Bay E-Quarium - A real Virtual Aquarium.
• The Nameless Hurricane - On March 28th, a surprising hurricane crashed into the coast of Brazil.
• The NASA Video Gallery & Nasa Home
• The Oldest Light in the Universe - A NASA satellite has captured the sharpest-ever picture of the afterglow of the big bang.
• The Perfect Dust Storm Strikes Mars - Three months after it began, an awesome global dust storm on Mars is waning.
• The Physics of Sandcastles - An upcoming shuttle mission will carry small columns of sand into space...
• The Real Lord of the Rings - Four hundred years after they were discovered, Saturn's breath-taking rings remain a mystery.
• The Resurgent Sun - Evidence is mounting that some solar cycles are doubled-peaked. The ongoing solar maximum may itself be a double -- and the second peak has arrived.
• The Right Stuff for Super Spaceships - Tomorrow's spacecraft will be built using advanced materials with mind-boggling properties.
• The Science of Ancient Egypt - Adding a Science Perspective to an Art Exhibit.
• The Science Museum's - Offers information on the history of science, industry and medicine and how their impact on our lives. (London).
• To Distill Some Water - This fact-filled science fiction tale, based on Jack London's "To Build a Fire," describes an astronaut's urgent search for something to drink on Mars.

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