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    Space Photos This Week: Mars Streaks, Cosmic Web

    Dark streaks paint a Martian trough, the Amazon shines, spring thaws out the Phoenix Mars lander, and more in the week's best space pictures.

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Explore space, with its mysterious galaxies and black holes, and learn more about where we have been and where we're going in this final frontier.

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    Space Shuttle Program

    NASA's space shuttle program has been marked with both successes and tragedies. Revisit the history of the program and see what NASA's plans are for its future.

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    Sun

    It may be just a star, but the sun is the center of our world. It holds the solar system together; pours life-giving light, heat, and energy on Earth; and generates space weather.

  • This image provided by the European Space Agency shows and artist impression of catalogued objects in low-Earth orbit viewed over the Equator. Scientists are keeping a close eye on orbital debris created when two communications satellites _ one American, the other Russian _ smashed into each other hundreds of miles above Siberia Tuesday Feb. 10, 2009. The collision was the first high-speed impact between two intact spacecraft, NASA officials said. The debris field shown in this image is an artist's impression based on actual data but not shown in their actual size or density. (AP Photo/ESA) **NO SALES **

    Orbital Objects

    The space above Earth may seem empty, but it's teeming with natural and manmade objects—including thousands of satellites and millions of pieces of space junk.

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    Search for Other Earths

    In an astronomical breakthrough, scientists have begun discovering planet after planet circling around distant stars as the search narrows for a world like our own.

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    Breaking Orbit

    Join a discussion of all things extraterrestrial.

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    BlogWild

    National Geographic explorers share tales (and photos) of their adventures.

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    Stones, Bones 'n Things

    Go behind the scenes of new discoveries with National Geographic scientists.

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    Ocean Now

    Join underwater explorer Enric Sala as he explores untouched reefs.

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