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Creating a Legacy on Endangered Species Day

Jeffrey Flocken | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Endangered Species Day, Endangered Animals, Esa, Conservation, Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, African Lions, Dc Impact, Wiild Animals, Green News

Endangered Species Day provides an opportunity for people of all ages to learn about the efforts that are currently underway to preserve our world's wildlife populations and discover how they can help.

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Dead Satellite May Be Space Junk For HOW Long?

Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Esa, Envisat, Space Debris, Nasa, Video, Space Junk, Envisat Satellite, Dead Satellite, European Space Agency, Satellite, Earth Orbit, Science News

By: Mike Wall Published: 05/11/2012 11:35 AM EDT on SPACE.com An enormous Earth-observing satellite that was officially declared dead in space W...

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Rare Planetary Event To Be Viewed With Collossal 'Mirror'

Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Esa, Nasa, Venus Transit, Video, Hubble Telescope, Astronomy, Moon Reflection, Space, Moon Mirror, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble, Sun, Moon, Venus, Tycho Crater, Venus Sun, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 05/07/2012 05:40 PM EDT on SPACE.com Scientists are planning to use NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to observe next...

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Calling All Girls: The Video Gaming Industry Offers Exceptional Opportunities to Young Women

Idit Harel Caperton | Posted 04.24.2012

The game industry is -- or should be -- a career target for today's female students in elementary and secondary schools as well as in higher education.

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LOOK: Massive Stars Look Marvelous In Space Telescope Mosaic

Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Tarnatula Nebula, Esa, Stars, Nasa, Video, Hubble Telescope, Nebula, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble, Tarantula, Solar System, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 04/17/2012 10:03 AM EDT on SPACE.com A stunning new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope has captured an unprece...

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First Man In Space Celebrated 51 Years After Historic Mission

Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Esa, Yuri Gagarin Anniversary, Soviet Space Program, Sputnik, Space, Yuri Gagarin, First Man to Orbit the Earth, First Human in Space, Cold War, Vostok 1, First Man in Space, Space Race, Soviet Union, Video, Science News

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 04/12/2012 12:51 AM EDT on SPACE.com For more than five decades, humans have been suiting up and riding rockets t...

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WATCH: Robotic Spacecraft Nails Risky Space Station Maneuver

Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Esa, Video, Nasa, Spacecraft, Atv-3, Iss, International Space Station, Edoardo Arnaldi, Docking, European Space Agency, Orbit, Robotic Cargo Ship, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 04/06/2012 04:59 PM EDT on SPACE.com Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured an extraordin...

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THIS WEEK: Spaceship Visible In Night Sky, If You Know Where To Look

Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Automated Transfer Vehicle, Esa, Unmanned Freighter, Spacecraft, Video, Atv-3, Skywatching, Spaceship, Space Freighter, European Space Agency, Atv, Cargo Ship, Science News

By: Tariq Malik Published: 03/26/2012 03:57 PM EDT on SPACE.com Skywatchers around the world have two more chances to spot a huge robotic cargo...

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Why Astronaut Built LEGO ISS Inside Real ISS

Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Legos in Space, International Space Station, Iss, Space Station, Space, Esa, European Space Agency, Legos, Astronaut, Lego Space Station, Science News

By: Robert Z. Pearlman Published: 02/25/2012 07:24 AM EST on SPACE.com It took more than 200 astronauts from 12 countries more than a dozen year...

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Europe's New Rocket Blasts Off On Maiden Voyage

Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Esa, Vega, Video, Vega Rocket, Space, Rocket, European Space Agency, Orbit, Satellite, Esa Rocket, Science News

By: Tariq Malik Published: 02/13/2012 07:36 AM EST on SPACE.com A brand-new rocket soared into space early Monday (Feb. 13) in a launch debut t...

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New Findings From Mars' Ancient Ocean

Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Esa, Mars Drought, Mars Express, Astronomy, Ocean on Mars, Solar System, Mars, Mars Ocean, Water on Mars, Habitable, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 02/07/2012 09:21 AM EST on SPACE.com A European spacecraft orbiting Mars has found more revealing evidence that a...

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PHOTO: What Milky Way "Twin" Says About Our Own Galaxy

Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Astronomy Picture, Esa, Milky Way's Twin, Nasa, Astronomy, Hubble Space Telescope, Barred Galaxy, Barred Spiral, Galaxy Picture, Nasa Esa, Bar Galaxy, Galaxy, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 02/03/2012 10:01 AM EST on SPACE.com An uncanny twin of our own Milky Way galaxy takes center stage in a new cosm...

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Massive Amount Of Water Found In Alien Solar System

| Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: TW Hydrae, Esa, Video, Herschel, TW Hydrae Water, Space, Water, Slidepollajax, Solar System Water, Solar System, European Space Agency, Space Water, Technology News

By John Matson (Click here for original article.) To become a world bathed in oceans of water and habitable, Earth first had to take a beating. ...

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The Value of Conserving Wildlife

Jamie Rappaport Clark | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Environment, Esa, Congress, Wildlife, Wildlife Conservation, Anti-Environmentalism, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environmental Legislation, Endangered Species Act, Politics News

Before the August recess, no fewer than 13 different proposals had been introduced to limit the federal government's ability to protect endangered species. Since Congress returned, another four have been added to the list.

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Behind the Scenes: European Space Operations Centre

Michael Yarbrough | Posted 09.28.2011

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Part of the larger European Space Agency (ESA), the ESOC is undertaking some of the most compelling and contemporary research in the world and is charged with the mission control of all European non-manned missions to space.

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Whitebark Pine: Functionally Gone in Much of the Greater Yellowstone

Louisa Willcox | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wildlife Habitat, Grizzly Bears, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Climate Change, Yellowstone, White-Bark Pine, Esa, Endangered Species Act, Bears, Green News

"We've been saying that whitebark pine will be functionally lost in the ecosystem. I would say now that it has already been functionally lost in much of the ecosystem," Jesse announces flatly.

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131 Million Reasons the Supreme Court Could Censor Video Games

Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Cnbc, Arkadium, Red Dead Redemption, Esa, Video Games, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rockstar Games, Technology News

Irony reached new heights in the video game industry this week. On Monday CNBC published interviews with various game industry executives about the prospect of the Supreme Court curbing the sale of violent video games.

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Milky Way Planck Telescope Picture Captures Coldest, Oldest Matter In The Universe

Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Esa, Tendrils, Nasa, Plank Telescope, Cosmic Dust, Plank Mission, Glactic Structure, Big Bang Theory, Milky Way, Video, Technology News

*See picture and video below* The European Space Agency's Planck telescope has finished the first of four scans of the entire sky. When complete, t...

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New Hole In Space Spotted By Herschel Telescope (PICTURE)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Hole in Space, Herschel Telescope, Esa, Hole Space, Hole in Space, NGC 1999, Space, Technology News

The Herschel telescope has discovered what the European Space Agency describes as a "hole" in space. The hole is visible in the image below. The d...

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Tank Warfare: Alaska PR Initiative Targets Polar Bears

Martin Luz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Apco, Esapience, Esa, Roll Call, Ken Silverstein, Pr, Afganistan, Aig, The Economist, Climate Change, Hank Greenberg, Spin, Polar Bears, Think Tank, Alaska, Iraq, Apco Worldwide, Turkmenistan, Kuwait, Endangered Species Act, Green News

The latest entrant in the "sponsored-ideas" derby is the state of Alaska, which announced a $1.5 million, 2-year program to kill polar bears... er... sorry, the stated goal of RFP No. 505 is to:

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Obama Restores Endangered Species Protections Weakened During Bush's Last Month in Office

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Press Release, Fish and Wildlife Service, M.S. Bellows, Esa, Regulation, National Marine Fisheries Service, Endangered Species, Warranted Wiretaps, Endangered Species Act, Barack Obama, Wildlife, Bush, Fws, Nmfs, Home News

This legislation promises good science now, and for the next 4-8 years; and hopefully restored guarantees of good science later, even under less humane executives than Obama.

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Bush Administration to Strip Wolves of Federal Protection... Except for Wyoming

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nrdc, Natural Resources Defense Council, Bush Administration, Montana, Environmental Protections, Earthjustice, Wyoming, Esa, Wolves, Northern Rockies, Gray Wolves Endangered Species, Bush Endangered Species, Animals, Endangered Species Act, Idaho, Wolf, Green News

With a viable population of this American icon so close to being a reality, we simply cannot allow the Bush Administration to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory as they slink out the door.

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The Interior Secretary with His Pants Down

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Esa, Endangered Species, Dirk Kempthorne, Endangered Species Act, 100 Days, Green News

The Bush administration has sent a clear signal that the administration will spend the rest of its days razing the rules and regulations of the Endangered Species Act left standing.

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