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New Earths

2010-09-29T15:00:55Z

This undated handout artist rendering provided by Lynette Cook, National Science Foundation, shows a new planet, right. Astronomers have found a planet that is in the Goldilocks zone _ just right for life. Not too hot, not too cold. Not too far from its sun, not too close. And it is near Earth _ relatively speaking, at 120 trillion miles. It also makes sci...

New Dino

2010-03-29T07:21:29Z

This undated handout artist rendering provided by the National Science Foundation shows the newly discovered Triassic, carnivorous dinosaur, Tawa hallae. Newly described dinosaur fossils from New Mexico are helping scientists better understand the early development of these ancient creatures. The six-to-12 foot long, meat-eating creature, Tawa hallae, is desc...

Obit Jerri Nielsen

2010-04-06T15:14:49Z

FILE - In this 1999 file photo released by the National Science Foundation, Dr. Jerri Nielsen, a National Science Foundation physician, is shown at the ceremonial South Pole. Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, whose struggle against breast cancer during a winter at the South Pole captivated the world, died T...

Life In The Antarctic

2010-04-12T12:04:32Z

Jul 12, 2008 - Amundsen-Scott Station, South Pole, Antarctica - The Aurora Australis - The Southern Lights - over the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. This image shows the a...

NASA's Super Pressure Balloon Prototype Launched

2010-04-18T17:57:21Z

Jan 23, 2009 - Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, USA - This image, taken through a telescope, is of the newly designed super pressure balloon aloft over Antarctica. NASA and the