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$100,000 Tool Bag Lost in Space Is Found … Sort Of

A tool bag lost by a spacewalking astronaut last year met its fiery demise in Earth’s atmosphere Monday after months circling ever closer to the planet. The $100,000 tool bag plunged toward Earth and burned up as it re-entered the atmosphere, according to the U.S. Air Force’s Joint Space Operations …

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Origins of Mars' Great Canyons Remain Mystery

Mars’ great canyon complex, Valles Marineris, dwarfs the size and splendor of Earth’s own Grand Canyon. But while geologists have a formed a fairly complete picture of how the Grand Canyon formed, the mechanisms that carved out Valles Marineris and its component canyons have been a longstanding mystery, with explanations …

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Athens Attack Foiled?

The latest from the Political Grapevine: Athens Attack Foiled?Guantanamo Bay Detainees have given up intelligence that helped foil plans for a terrorist attack at theAthens Olympics (search)next month … according to a new report in the Chicago Tribune. The intelligence, described during a special intelligence briefing with the Tribune, was …

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