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Mine Goes to 11 11 11 on blogs.discovermagazine.com ›

Oh, so *that's* why geeks are so excited on 11/11/11.

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Billions of Starless Planets Wander the Galaxy on blogs.discovermagazine.com ›

Well, at least when doomsday hits Earth, there'll be plenty of planets to choose from.

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TIE Fighter Attacks Sun During Eclipse on blogs.discovermagazine.com ›

Darth Vader must hate solar eclipses.

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BuzzFeed Calls Famous UK Scientist a Naked Chimp! on blogs.discovermagazine.com ›

Software error, or does someone at BuzzFeed have it out for famous scientist and TV science presenter Brian Cox?

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9 Amazing Images Of Alien Worlds

Astronomers now have actual pictures of planets orbiting other stars. Including, apparently, Sauron's homeworld.
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OM NOM NOM! Star Eats Its Own Planet on blogs.discovermagazine.com ›

Think about this the next time you're standing in front of the open fridge.

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Yoda Cloud Gazes Down from Jedi Heaven

When 30,000 feet you reach, look as good you will NOT.
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Incredible Space Pic: Flying Into an Aurora

Astronaut Soichi Noguchi took this amazing picture of the space station heading right into an aurora at 28,000 kph! Original pic on Twitpic.
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Give Space a Chance! on blogs.discovermagazine.com ›

The rumors of the demise of manned space exploration are exaggerated. The new NASA budget canceling the Ares rocket may be a *good* thing. Here's how.

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Somewhere, Something Incredible is Waiting to Be Known. Carl Sagan, 1934 – 1996 on blogs.discovermagazine.com ›

Carl Sagan would've been 75 today. Here's what he did for us.

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