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Kepler Spacecraft Finds 2 Planets Sharing Same Orbit

By Lee SpeigelMar 1st 2011 – 7:14AM
NASA

NASA

To date, the telescope on the Kepler spacecraft has detected 1,235 planet candidates, and while Earth-bound telescopes are trying to determine if 54 of those planets may have conditions that could harbor life, one unique planetary system may have been uncovered. Unique because it's the first time scientists have...

'100-Year Starship' on the Drawing Boards at NASA

By Sharon WeinbergerNov 1st 2010 – 11:25AM
Vimeo

Vimeo

(Nov. 1) -- A NASA official's brief mention of a spaceship that could could travel to the stars has set off a flurry of speculation over the space agency's plans. "We just started a project with [Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]," Simon "Pete" Worden, the head of the NASA Ames Research Center, said last month at...

Iowa Teen Dies in Raging Floods as Hundreds Flee

Aug 11th 2010 – 7:14PM
Steve Pope, AP

Steve Pope, AP

DES MOINES, Iowa (Aug. 12) -- Three nights of heavy rainfall caused Iowa creeks and rivers to swell, forcing hundreds of residents from their homes and killing a 16-year-old girl when three cars were swept away by a torrent of water on a rural road. In Ames, flooding contributed to a water main break that forced the city...

Background on ames

Ames is a city located in the central part of the U.S. state of Iowa in Story County, and approximately north of Des Moines.

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