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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 19:17:35 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Europe&#039;s Herschel Observatory Goes Blind, Dies</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The 1 billion Euro space observatory has run out of coolant, forcing its optics offline -- It has, in effect, gone blind. Continue reading →]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
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						<category>Herschel</category>
						<category>Space Telescopes</category>
			
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:24:07 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Europe&#039;s Herschel Observatory Goes Blind, Dies</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The 1 billion Euro space observatory has run out of coolant, forcing its optics offline -- It has, in effect, gone blind. Continue reading →]]></media:description>
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			<title>Dust to Dust: Dying Star System Spied</title>
			<description><![CDATA[For the first time, the European Herschel space observatory has spied an old subgiant star sporting a dusty disk of debris -- a feature usually associated with young stars.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
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						<category>Herschel</category>
						<category>Space Telescopes</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:27:30 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Dust to Dust: Dying Star System Spied</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[For the first time, the European Herschel space observatory has spied an old subgiant star sporting a dusty disk of debris -- a feature usually associated with young stars.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Black Hole Wakes Up, Torments and Eats a Planet</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Astronomers have watched the sudden brightening of a galaxy and realized it can mean only one thing: a supermassive black hole has &quot;woken up&quot; and feasted after a long period of hibernation.   -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>galaxies</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Black Hole</category>
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						<category>Space Telescopes</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:18:22 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Black Hole Wakes Up, Torments and Eats a Planet</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Astronomers have watched the sudden brightening of a galaxy and realized it can mean only one thing: a supermassive black hole has &quot;woken up&quot; and feasted after a long period of hibernation.   -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Genesis II: Extraterrestrial Oceans Could Host Life</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Finding life in an extraterrestrial ocean would unequivocally prove that a Genesis II took place in the solar system.]]></description>
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			<author>Ray Villard</author>						<category>Enceladus (moon)</category>
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						<category>Europa</category>
						<category>Evolution</category>
						<category>Life Science</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>NASA Mars Science Laboratory</category>
						<category>Space</category>
			
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Genesis II: Extraterrestrial Oceans Could Host Life</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Finding life in an extraterrestrial ocean would unequivocally prove that a Genesis II took place in the solar system.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>French Exoplanet Hunter Dead? DNews Nugget</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Is it time to say &quot;bonne nuit&quot; to CoRoT?]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>ESA</category>
						<category>Extrasolar Planets</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:17:46 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">French Exoplanet Hunter Dead? DNews Nugget</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Is it time to say &quot;bonne nuit&quot; to CoRoT?]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>New Views from the ISS: Gotta-See Videos</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The view from the ISS is not one to miss, here&#039;s a new video recorded this month.]]></description>
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			<author>Trace Dominguez</author>						<category>Atmosphere</category>
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						<category>Gotta-See Videos</category>
						<category>International Space Station</category>
						<category>NASA</category>
						<category>Planet Earth</category>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:27:58 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">New Views from the ISS: Gotta-See Videos</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The view from the ISS is not one to miss, here&#039;s a new video recorded this month.]]></media:description>
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			<title>Black Holes are Bad for Star Formation</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Black holes are at least partially responsible for the size of their host galaxy; it seems galaxies with more active black holes produce fewer stars.]]></description>
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			<author>Amy Shira Teitel</author>						<category>Astrophysics</category>
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						<category>Cosmology</category>
						<category>ESA</category>
						<category>galaxies</category>
						<category>History of Space</category>
						<category>Mystery</category>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 18:17:28 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Black Holes are Bad for Star Formation</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Black holes are at least partially responsible for the size of their host galaxy; it seems galaxies with more active black holes produce fewer stars.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Europe Plans Mission to Jupiter&#039;s Moons</title>
			<description><![CDATA[An astrobiology mission to three of Jupiter&#039;s icy moons has won funding for Europe&#039;s next big space science mission.]]></description>
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			<author>Irene Klotz</author>						<category>Planets</category>
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						<category>Astrophysics</category>
						<category>ESA</category>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:03:44 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Europe Plans Mission to Jupiter&#039;s Moons</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[An astrobiology mission to three of Jupiter&#039;s icy moons has won funding for Europe&#039;s next big space science mission.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>NASA Wants YOU to Design its 2018 Mars Mission</title>
			<description><![CDATA[With a favorable launch opportunity to in 2018, NASA is asking the American public to design a mission to the Red Planet.]]></description>
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			<author>Amy Shira Teitel</author>						<category>ESA</category>
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						<category>NASA</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Space Travel</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:01:32 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">NASA Wants YOU to Design its 2018 Mars Mission</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[With a favorable launch opportunity to in 2018, NASA is asking the American public to design a mission to the Red Planet.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Orbiting Cargo Ship Photographed From the Ground</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A very talented astrophotographer was looking in the right place at the right time to grab a photo of the European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-3) as it chased after the space station.]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space Technology</category>
						<category>Space Station</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Amateur Astronomy</category>
						<category>ESA</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:46:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Orbiting Cargo Ship Photographed From the Ground</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[A very talented astrophotographer was looking in the right place at the right time to grab a photo of the European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-3) as it chased after the space station.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Milky Way Humming with Microwave Mystery</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The European Planck space observatory has discovered something peculiar about our galaxy: it&#039;s humming in microwaves and, for the moment, the source of the radiation is a complete mystery.]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Astrophysics</category>
						<category>Dark Matter</category>
						<category>ESA</category>
						<category>Mystery</category>
						<category>Space</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:59:12 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Milky Way Humming with Microwave Mystery</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The European Planck space observatory has discovered something peculiar about our galaxy: it&#039;s humming in microwaves and, for the moment, the source of the radiation is a complete mystery.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Has NASA Scuppered Europe-led ExoMars Mission?</title>
			<description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s concerns for the future financial landscape may end Europe&#039;s Martian dreams.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/nasa-likely-to-pull-out-of-european-exomars-mission-120206.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>alien life</category>
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						<category>Mars</category>
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						<category>Robotics</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:37:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Has NASA Scuppered Europe-led ExoMars Mission?</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s concerns for the future financial landscape may end Europe&#039;s Martian dreams.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>&#039;Lost&#039; Russian Mars Probe Phones Home</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Russian Mars mission Phobos-Grunt has made a surprise announcement: she&#039;s alive]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Current Events</category>
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						<category>Mars</category>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:42:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">&#039;Lost&#039; Russian Mars Probe Phones Home</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The Russian Mars mission Phobos-Grunt has made a surprise announcement: she&#039;s alive]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Russia Wants Lunar Lava Tube Real Estate</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A Russian space official thinks the future of manned lunar settlement will begin inside moon caves.]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>The Moon</category>
						<category>Space Weather</category>
						<category>Space Culture</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>ESA</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:15:36 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Russia Wants Lunar Lava Tube Real Estate</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[A Russian space official thinks the future of manned lunar settlement will begin inside moon caves.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Andromeda&#039;s Jewel in &#039;Invisible&#039; Light</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The European Space Agency has released a new animation compiling microwave, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, and x-ray observations of our nearest big galaxy, Andromeda.]]></description>
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			<author>Nicole Gugliucci</author>						<category>ESA</category>
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						<category>Space</category>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:12:18 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Andromeda&#039;s Jewel in &#039;Invisible&#039; Light</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The European Space Agency has released a new animation compiling microwave, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, and x-ray observations of our nearest big galaxy, Andromeda.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>&#039;First Orbit&#039; Reveals What Yuri Saw</title>
			<description><![CDATA[On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth. In a spectacular video recreating this historic event, we can now see, for the first time, what Gagarin saw.]]></description>
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			<author>Jennifer Ouellette</author>						<category>Astronauts</category>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:34:46 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">&#039;First Orbit&#039; Reveals What Yuri Saw</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth. In a spectacular video recreating this historic event, we can now see, for the first time, what Gagarin saw.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>A Rocket Called &#039;Liberty&#039; Rises From Ares&#039; Ashes</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Through a US-Europe rocket manufacturer partnership, could a launch vehicle with a strong likeness to the Ares I soon be carrying astronauts to the space station?]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/private-spaceflight/could-liberty-rise-from-constellations-ashes.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Ares Rocket</category>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 23:54:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">A Rocket Called &#039;Liberty&#039; Rises From Ares&#039; Ashes</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Through a US-Europe rocket manufacturer partnership, could a launch vehicle with a strong likeness to the Ares I soon be carrying astronauts to the space station?]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Uranus Pathfinder: Mission to the Mysterious Ice Giant</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The only spacecraft to have visited Uranus was Voyager 2 in 1986. Now a team of scientists from Europe and the U.S. are planning a return mission to this bizarre planet.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/uranus-pathfinder-mission-to-the-mysterious-ice-giant.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>ESA</category>
						<category>Mystery</category>
						<category>Solar System</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Uranus</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Uranus Pathfinder: Mission to the Mysterious Ice Giant</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The only spacecraft to have visited Uranus was Voyager 2 in 1986. Now a team of scientists from Europe and the U.S. are planning a return mission to this bizarre planet.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Planck Stares Through Our Dusty Milky Way</title>
			<description><![CDATA[In an effort to study the ubiquitous cosmic microwave background, the European Planck space telescope needs to understand the dusty pollution in our own back yard.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/planck-1st-science-brief-overvew-cmb-better-ang-res-can-bring-foregrounds-themselves-important-like-dust-shrouded-proli.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Nicole Gugliucci</author>						<category>Space Telescopes</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Astrophysics</category>
						<category>ESA</category>
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:58:07 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Planck Stares Through Our Dusty Milky Way</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[In an effort to study the ubiquitous cosmic microwave background, the European Planck space telescope needs to understand the dusty pollution in our own back yard.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Asteroid Mission Modeled with LEGOs</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The European Space Agency creates a LEGO set modeled on their asteroid-landing mission.]]></description>
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			<author>Jennifer Ouellette</author>						<category>Comets</category>
						<category>ESA</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>asteroid</category>
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						<category>Rosetta spacecraft</category>
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:44:26 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Asteroid Mission Modeled with LEGOs</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The European Space Agency creates a LEGO set modeled on their asteroid-landing mission.]]></media:description>
			
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