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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:49:03 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Mysterious Meteors Could Dazzle in Rare Shower</title>
			<description><![CDATA[If two astronomers predictions are right, Earth will plow through a dusty trail of comet debris early Tuesday, setting off a meteor shower that hasn’t been seen since 1930.  Continue reading →]]></description>
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			<author>Irene Klotz</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Comets</category>
						<category>meteor shower</category>
						<category>Meteors</category>
						<category>Mystery</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:37:49 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Mysterious Meteors Could Dazzle in Rare Shower</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[If two astronomers predictions are right, Earth will plow through a dusty trail of comet debris early Tuesday, setting off a meteor shower that hasn’t been seen since 1930.  Continue reading →]]></media:description>
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			<title>Awesome Mars-Comet Impact Less Likely</title>
			<description><![CDATA[For those of you rooting for the wellbeing of Mars, here&#039;s some good news: the probability of a comet impact next year has decreased. For those of you who wanted to see some planetary carnage, however, this news will be a major bummer.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
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						<category>Comets</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:43:15 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Awesome Mars-Comet Impact Less Likely</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[For those of you rooting for the wellbeing of Mars, here&#039;s some good news: the probability of a comet impact next year has decreased. For those of you who wanted to see some planetary carnage, however, this news will be a major bummer.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Why a Mars Comet Impact Would be Awesome</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The small chance that Comet 2013 A1 may slam into Mars in 2014 could be a scientific smorgasbord -- potentially motivating a manned expedition to the red planet.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Comets</category>
						<category>Impact Craters</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>Space Exploration</category>
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:54:54 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Why a Mars Comet Impact Would be Awesome</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The small chance that Comet 2013 A1 may slam into Mars in 2014 could be a scientific smorgasbord -- potentially motivating a manned expedition to the red planet.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Could a Comet Hit Mars in 2014?</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A recently discovered comet will make an uncomfortably-close planetary flyby next year -- but this time it&#039;s not Earth that&#039;s in the cosmic crosshairs.   -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>C/2013 A1</category>
						<category>Comet C/2013 A1</category>
						<category>Comets</category>
						<category>Cosmic Impacts</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:12:42 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Could a Comet Hit Mars in 2014?</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[A recently discovered comet will make an uncomfortably-close planetary flyby next year -- but this time it&#039;s not Earth that&#039;s in the cosmic crosshairs.   -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Behold! Comet Lemmon Glows Lime Green</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Comet Lemmon looks more like a lime in this photo captured by Peter Ward just south of Sydney, Australia.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Jason Major</author>						<category>Space</category>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:29:17 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Behold! Comet Lemmon Glows Lime Green</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Comet Lemmon looks more like a lime in this photo captured by Peter Ward just south of Sydney, Australia.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Incoming Comet to Blaze Over Earth</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A veteran NASA comet probe turned its sights on a new target, Comet ISON, which is barreling toward a close encounter with the sun this fall.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Irene Klotz</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>comet ison</category>
						<category>Comets</category>
						<category>Deep Impact</category>
						<category>deep space</category>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:17:12 -0500</pubDate>
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			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[A veteran NASA comet probe turned its sights on a new target, Comet ISON, which is barreling toward a close encounter with the sun this fall.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>When Is the Next Doomsday (Not) Going to Happen?</title>
			<description><![CDATA[If history is any example, the next cosmic doomsday prediction is always right around the corner.]]></description>
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			<author>Ray Villard</author>						<category>2012 Phenomenon</category>
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						<category>Doomsday</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">When Is the Next Doomsday (Not) Going to Happen?</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[If history is any example, the next cosmic doomsday prediction is always right around the corner.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Newly Found Comet Could Outshine the Moon</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Skywatchers may be in for a rare treat in 2013 -- a newly discovered comet is expected to pass very close to the sun, putting on what could be the celestial show of a century.]]></description>
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			<author>Irene Klotz</author>						<category>Comets</category>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Newly Found Comet Could Outshine the Moon</media:title>
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			<title>Comets Lay Siege Around Nearby Star Systems</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A European space telescope has stared deep into two star systems known to host exoplanets and made a rather cool discovery.]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>alien life</category>
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						<category>Extrasolar Planets</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:23:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Comets Lay Siege Around Nearby Star Systems</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[A European space telescope has stared deep into two star systems known to host exoplanets and made a rather cool discovery.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Pick Your Favorite Doomsday</title>
			<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s curious how mass extinction theories mesh with popular thinking at any given time.]]></description>
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			<author>Larry O&#039;Hanlon</author>						<category>Climate Change</category>
						<category>Comets</category>
						<category>Cosmic Impacts</category>
						<category>Dinosaurs</category>
						<category>Early Earth</category>
						<category>Earth</category>
						<category>Extinctions</category>
						<category>Floods</category>
						<category>Geology</category>
						<category>Global Warming</category>
						<category>Human</category>
						<category>Natural Disasters</category>
						<category>Paleontology</category>
						<category>Supervolcano</category>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:26:53 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Pick Your Favorite Doomsday</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[It&#039;s curious how mass extinction theories mesh with popular thinking at any given time.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Our First Line Of Asteroid Defense? Paintballs!</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Pack away your nukes, it&#039;s time to shoot some paintballs at that scary asteroid.]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
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						<category>Asteroids</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:11:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Our First Line Of Asteroid Defense? Paintballs!</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Pack away your nukes, it&#039;s time to shoot some paintballs at that scary asteroid.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>House-Sized Asteroid to Buzz Earth Today</title>
			<description><![CDATA[As far as errant chunks of space rock go, this one&#039;s a tiddler -- but 2012 TC4 will come close enough to be targeted by amateur astronomers.]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Asteroids</category>
						<category>Comets</category>
						<category>Current Events</category>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:33:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">House-Sized Asteroid to Buzz Earth Today</media:title>
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			<title>New Comet Discovered -- Will It Be Spectacular?</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A comet has been discovered beyond the orbit of Jupiter and it may put on a bright celestial show -- or it might just fizzle.]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Asteroids</category>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 02:21:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">New Comet Discovered -- Will It Be Spectacular?</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[A comet has been discovered beyond the orbit of Jupiter and it may put on a bright celestial show -- or it might just fizzle.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Suspected Asteroid Smashes into Jupiter</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Amateur astronomer George Hall sure was looking at the right place at the right time on Monday.]]></description>
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			<author>Irene Klotz</author>						<category>asteroid</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Asteroids</category>
						<category>Comets</category>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:29:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Suspected Asteroid Smashes into Jupiter</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Amateur astronomer George Hall sure was looking at the right place at the right time on Monday.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Why Do People Believe in UFOs?</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Science knowledge is not an inoculation against accepting pseudo-scientific gobbledygook.]]></description>
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			<author>Ray Villard</author>						<category>Comets</category>
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						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Unexplained Phenomena</category>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:28:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Why Do People Believe in UFOs?</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Science knowledge is not an inoculation against accepting pseudo-scientific gobbledygook.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Asteroid 2012 LZ1 Just Got Supersized</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Although it missed us by a few million miles, Arecibo Observatory has discovered the 500-meter wide asteroid is actually a one-kilometer wide asteroid.]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Asteroids</category>
						<category>Comets</category>
						<category>Current Events</category>
						<category>Optical Astronomy</category>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:09:04 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Asteroid 2012 LZ1 Just Got Supersized</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Although it missed us by a few million miles, Arecibo Observatory has discovered the 500-meter wide asteroid is actually a one-kilometer wide asteroid.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Caution: Comet Crash Zone Ahead</title>
			<description><![CDATA[There&#039;s a comet massacre under way at Fomalhaut, a young, very bright star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus that is about twice as big as our sun.]]></description>
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			<author>Irene Klotz</author>						<category>Space Telescopes</category>
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						<category>Planets</category>
						<category>Physics</category>
						<category>Particles</category>
						<category>Astrophysics</category>
						<category>Comets</category>
						<category>Extrasolar Planets</category>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:53:36 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Caution: Comet Crash Zone Ahead</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[There&#039;s a comet massacre under way at Fomalhaut, a young, very bright star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus that is about twice as big as our sun.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>How (Some) Comets Survive Solar Death Dive</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Some comets get vaporized when they dive through the sun&#039;s &quot;comet kill zone,&quot; yet others survive -- why?]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/trial-by-fire-how-comets-survive-the-suns-atmosphere-120404.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Jennifer Ouellette</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Comets</category>
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:30:36 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">How (Some) Comets Survive Solar Death Dive</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Some comets get vaporized when they dive through the sun&#039;s &quot;comet kill zone,&quot; yet others survive -- why?]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>New Clovis Comet Clues from Mexico</title>
			<description><![CDATA[New evidence points to a massive asteroid or comet smashed into the planet some 12,900 years ago during a period called the Younger Dryas.]]></description>
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			<author>Irene Klotz</author>						<category>Comets</category>
						<category>Cosmic Impacts</category>
						<category>Early Earth</category>
						<category>Earth</category>
						<category>Geology</category>
						<category>Natural Disasters</category>
						<category>Asteroid impact</category>
						<category>Climate Change</category>
						<category>Dinosaurs</category>
						<category>Extinctions</category>
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:46:17 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">New Clovis Comet Clues from Mexico</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[New evidence points to a massive asteroid or comet smashed into the planet some 12,900 years ago during a period called the Younger Dryas.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>&#039;Thar She Blows!&#039; NASA Designing a Comet Harpoon</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A giant harpoon is being developed to be deployed from a hovering spacecraft and take a sample from a moving comet.]]></description>
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			<author>Jennifer Ouellette</author>						<category>Comets</category>
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						<category>Space</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:27:14 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">&#039;Thar She Blows!&#039; NASA Designing a Comet Harpoon</media:title>
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