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Greenland in White, Brown, and Blue
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Published May 31, 2012
Meltwater accumulates in the rocky terrain near the northeastern coast.
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The Anatomy of a Thunderstorm
Published May 26, 2012
Researchers fly to the heart of a thunderstorm to find out what happens when a storm lofts surface pollutants high into the atmosphere.
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A Decade of Earth Observations
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Published May 5, 2012
Aqua is still going strong.
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A Mélange of Ice
Published May 3, 2012
NASA aircraft return to the Arctic to assess the health of the region’s ice.
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Rubber Chicken in Space
Published April 29, 2012
Camilla, mascot for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, took a ride into space during a radiation storm.
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A Barrage of a Launch
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Published March 28, 2012
Five sounding rockets left a trail of clouds on the cusp of space.
What did John Glenn see?
Published February 21, 2012
Fifty years ago today, the first American to orbit the planet took this photo of home.
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Two Earth Satellites Viewed From Houston
Published January 16, 2012
The Moon and the International Space Station appear as neighbors, though they are 384,400 kilometers miles apart.
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A Century at the South Pole
Published December 14, 2011
On December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen and his team became the first people to reach the South Pole. One hundred years later, the Pole is still an important location for science.
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