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  1. Space

    In the moon’s shadow

    NASA broadcasts Aug. 1 total solar eclipse.

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  2. Astronomy

    The Universe in a Mirror

    The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It.

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  3. Space

    Officially ice

    Phoenix Mars Lander detects water, a landmark that, along with other successes, prompts NASA to extend the mission.

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  4. Space

    How a star is born

    Researchers have developed a new and accurate simulation of the birth of the first stars in the universe.

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  5. Astronomy

    Save the date: solar eclipse

    NASA will broadcast and webcast the next total solar eclipse Aug. 1, live from China

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  6. Archaeology

    Greeks followed a celestial Olympics

    A Greek gadget discovered more than a century ago in a 2,100-year-old shipwreck not only tracked the motion of heavenly bodies and predicted eclipses, but also functioned as a sophisticated calendar and mapped the four-year cycle of the ancient Greek Olympics.

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  7. Planetary Science

    Cassini finds liquid ethane on Titan

    After years of speculation, planetary scientists have now confirmed that Titan has at least one lake made of liquid ethane.

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  8. Space

    Makemake makes the list

    The International Astronomical Union announces name of a fourth dwarf planet.

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  9. Astronomy

    Science Future for August 2, 2008

    August 16–24 Australia celebrates National Science Week. Visit www.scienceweek.info.au September 18 and 19 University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Holtz Center presents “Climate Change is Global.” Visit www.sts.wisc.edu October 8 Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch as part of the final mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Visit www.nasa.gov/missions

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  10. Physics

    Decoding the Quantum Mystery

    An essay by Tom Siegfried, SN's Editor in Chief, explores how signals from space to Earth could establish the reality of Einstein's worst fear.

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  11. Planetary Science

    Tasting ice

    Phoenix Mars Lander drills for ice.

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  12. Space

    First triple near-Earth asteroid found

    Astronomers have discovered the first known triple near-Earth asteroid.

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