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DARK MATTER FORMS A GHOST UNIVERSE, NEW THEORY SHOWS
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The "dark matter" that comprises a still-undetected one-quarter of the
universe is not a uniform cosmic fog, says a University of California,
Berkeley, astrophysicist, but instead forms dense clumps that move about
like dust motes dancing in a shaft of light.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/06ghost/

TURBULENT NEIGHBORHOOD SEEN NEAR ERUPTIVE STAR
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A small portion of the rough-and-tumble neighborhood of swirling dust and
gas near one of the most massive and eruptive stars in our galaxy is seen
in this Hubble Space Telescope image. This close-up view shows only a
three light-year-wide portion of the entire Carina Nebula, which has a
diameter of over 200 light-years. Located 8,000 light-years from Earth,
the nebula can be seen in the southern sky with the naked eye.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/06eruptivestar/

VOYAGER APPROACHING SOLAR SYSTEM'S OUTER LIMITS
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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is about to make history again. It is the
first spacecraft to enter the solar system's final frontier, a vast
expanse where wind from the sun blows hot against thin gas between the
stars: interstellar space.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/05voyager/

ROSES IN THE SOUTHERN SKY
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The two best known satellite galaxies of the Milky Way, the Magellanic
Clouds, are located in the southern sky at a distance of about 170,000
light-years. They host many giant nebular complexes with very hot and
luminous stars whose intense ultraviolet radiation causes the surrounding
interstellar gas to glow.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/05roses/

PROPOSED NASA EXPLORER MISSIONS SELECTED FOR STUDY
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NASA recently selected candidate mission proposals that would study the
universe, from Jupiter and the sun to black holes and dark matter. The
proposals are candidates for missions in NASA's Explorer Program of lower
cost, highly focused, rapid-development scientific spacecraft.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/05smex/

NASA AWARDS SPACE STATION CARGO MISSION CONTRACT
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NASA has awarded a contract with a potential value of $165.8 million for
support of International Space Station Cargo Mission services to Lockheed
Martin Space Operations of Houston.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/05isscargo/

NASA AWARDS SPACE STATION MISSION INTEGRATION CONTRACT
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NASA has awarded a contract with a potential value of $145.1 million for
support of International Space Station mission integration services to
Barrios Technology, Inc. of Houston.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/06issintegration/

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<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/05isscargo/">NASA AWARDS SPACE STATION CARGO MISSION CONTRACT</a>

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