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		<title>A diamond planet!!! Yep, it has been a big week in space</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/26/a-diamond-planet-yep-it-has-been-a-big-week-in-space/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/26/a-diamond-planet-yep-it-has-been-a-big-week-in-space/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 03:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red planet mars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space age]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the edges of a vast crater on Mars to a distant planet that has to be one great big diamond, it has been a remarkable week in space for the denizens of planet earth.]]></description>
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		<title>A new world dawning as space probe closes in on asteroid</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/27/a-new-world-dawning-as-space-probe-closes-in-on-asteroid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/27/a-new-world-dawning-as-space-probe-closes-in-on-asteroid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Science & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hubble Space Telescope]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Far away from the euro crisis, Boganville and rogue attacks by volcanic ash clouds, a new world Vesta is coming into focus in the cameras of a tiny, internationally supported US spacecraft called Dawn.]]></description>
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		<title>The best astronomy photos of the year</title>
		<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2010/sep/09/astronomy-photographer-year-2010-pictures#/?picture=366566051&#038;index=0</link>
		<comments>http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2010/sep/09/astronomy-photographer-year-2010-pictures#/?picture=366566051&#038;index=0#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[outer space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photo galleries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PHOTO GALLERY]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A glorious look at space and astronomy, from the full moon solstice over ancient ruins to a coloured swirl of galaxies far, far away, in this collection of photos from the astronomy photographer of the year awards.]]></description>
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		<title>Rocket waves captured on video</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2010/02/20/rocket-waves-captured-on-video/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2010/02/20/rocket-waves-captured-on-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aviation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amateur videos captured visible rings of rippling shock waves from a rocket launch in Florida last week, when completely unexpected, the Solar Dynamics Observatory blasted past a ’sundog’ caused by suspended ice particles in the air.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The death star that may kill us</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/07/the-death-star-that-may-kill-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/07/the-death-star-that-may-kill-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[death star]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[T Pyxidis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[type 1a supernovas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=108534</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Meet T Pyxidis, a double star, hidden from clear view by a veil of dust in an obscure constellation that rides high in southern hemisphere skies. According to astronomers, it might be planet earth's executioner.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>How the world was saved from orbiting laser battle stations</title>
		<link>http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/Soviet-Star-Wars.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/Soviet-Star-Wars.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the 1970s, the Soviet Union came <em>this close</em> to launching a huge satellite with a giant laser attached to it to take out America's anti-missile shield. The fascinating and largely untold story of how it all fell to pieces. ]]></description>
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		<title>NASA discovers water on the moon &#8212; or did it?</title>
		<link>http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/497360/water_on_the_moon_and_money_for_nasa</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/497360/water_on_the_moon_and_money_for_nasa#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98931</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NASA grabbed headlines around the world with <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/11/13/water.moon.nasa/index.html#cnnSTCText">its announcement</a> it has found "a significant amount" of water on the moon. But is 25 gallons of water really all that "significant"? It all sounds like a galactic-sized cash grab to <b>Jon Wiener</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Earth could be 1.8 gigayears behind the rest of the galaxy</title>
		<link>http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/10/could-a-18-gigayear-technology-gap-exist-a-galaxy-classic.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/10/could-a-18-gigayear-technology-gap-exist-a-galaxy-classic.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=91342</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[And you thought your Playstation 2 was outdated: experts say there could be civilisations on other planets that have existed for <em>1.8 gigayears</em>, leaving us Earthlings looking positively primitive. ]]></description>
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		<title>PHOTO GALLERY: Babak Tafreshi&#8217;s Astrophotography</title>
		<link>http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn17858reclaiming-the-night-sky</link>
		<comments>http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn17858reclaiming-the-night-sky#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Design]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Babak Tafreshi]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=89568</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Iranian photographer Babak Tafreshi <a href="http://www.lennartnilssonaward.se/winner.php?id=47,48">has won</a> the 2009 Lennart Nilsson scientific photography prize for his amazing images of the night sky. Blast off on a trip through his best work.]]></description>
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		<title>How Twitter ruined NASA&#8217;s big day</title>
		<link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/davidgregory/2009/09/leaking_moon_water_is_all_twit.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/davidgregory/2009/09/leaking_moon_water_is_all_twit.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=89103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NASA was all set to make its big announcement that <a href="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090923-moon-water-discovery.html">water has been found on the moon</a>, until some spoil-sports on Twitter let it all spill early. More proof <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/23/the-last-has-fallen-the-embargo-is-dead/">the internet has killed</a> the media embargo?]]></description>
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		<title>Measuring global economic growth &#8212; from space!</title>
		<link>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090904165302.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090904165302.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have developed a way to estimate a region's GDP growth by tracking satellite images of the area's night-time lights -- more more lights on means citizens have more cash to spend and consumer goods to power.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking gravity: a dark matter</title>
		<link>http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327220.300-mystery-of-the-missing-minigalaxies.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327220.300-mystery-of-the-missing-minigalaxies.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cosmology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=82544</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Milky Way's satellite galaxies -- or lack thereof -- is causing some in the scientific community to completely reassess everything we think we know about gravity.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Space snacks: creating a menu for Mars</title>
		<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-mars-food13-2009aug13,0,5125750.story</link>
		<comments>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-mars-food13-2009aug13,0,5125750.story#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freeze-dried shrimp cocktail and irradiated beef fajitas: modern space food has gotten pretty sophisticated. The <em>LA Times</em> meets the scientists-cum-chefs responsible for packing 6570 meals for NASA's next trip to Mars. ]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s invite China to the space party</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovery.com/news_space/2009/07/is-it-time-to-invite-china-to-the-space-party.html</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.discovery.com/news_space/2009/07/is-it-time-to-invite-china-to-the-space-party.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=75859</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[China has spaceships, scientific know-how, money and man-power. Could bringing them into orbit with the US's space program build a base for better relations between the two countries?]]></description>
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		<title>Stuff the Moon, stuff Mars, let&#8217;s go to the stars</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/22/rundle-stuff-the-moon-stuff-mars-lets-go-to-the-stars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/22/rundle-stuff-the-moon-stuff-mars-lets-go-to-the-stars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mars? We'd barely notice we'd got to Mars. The Moon? A commuter jump. <b>Guy Rundle</b> sets his sights higher.]]></description>
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		<title>Fashions on the field: space suits</title>
		<link>http://io9.com/5317098/the-suits-that-carried-our-heroes-to-the-moon</link>
		<comments>http://io9.com/5317098/the-suits-that-carried-our-heroes-to-the-moon#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A collection of photos from the US National Air and Space Museum's exhibition of Apollo 11 artifacts, featuring some of the wackier space suit fashions of the '60s.]]></description>
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		<title>Buzz Aldrin: satellite of solitude</title>
		<link>http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/print/545/satellite-solitude?page=0%2C0</link>
		<comments>http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/print/545/satellite-solitude?page=0%2C0#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Astronaut <b>Buzz Aldrin</b> tells the story of Apollo 11 and the "magnificent desolation" of walking on the moon.]]></description>
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		<title>Forget about the moon, let&#8217;s fix Earth first</title>
		<link>http://gawker.com/5318689/lets-not-bother-with-space</link>
		<comments>http://gawker.com/5318689/lets-not-bother-with-space#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=74845</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["What the hell do we have to show for manned space exploration besides neat pictures and a brief feeling of patriotic goodwill in the middle of Vietnam?" asks <em>Gawker</em>. Space isn't going anywhere soon -- why not fix problems on Earth before we start wrecking other planets.]]></description>
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		<title>Boris Johnson: We&#8217;re too spineless to walk on Mars</title>
		<link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/borisjohnson/5865346/We-are-now-so-spineless-I-will-never-see-a-man-walk-on-Mars.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/borisjohnson/5865346/We-are-now-so-spineless-I-will-never-see-a-man-walk-on-Mars.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Britain needs to harden the f- up, or we'll never see man walk on Mars, rambles London Mayor <b>Boris Johnston</b> in an op-ed for the <em>Telegraph</em>. More astronauts in schools! ]]></description>
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		<title>Listen to the Apollo 11 radiocast</title>
		<link>http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/apollo11_radio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/apollo11_radio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=73561</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Celebrate 40 years since Neil Armstrong took one small step for man by listening to the Apollo 11 radiocast in real time.]]></description>
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		<title>Stephen Hawking: Why is the galaxy not crawling with life forms?</title>
		<link>http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/07/-stephen-hawking-why-is-the-milky-way-not-crawling-with-selfdesigning-mechanical-or-biological-life.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/07/-stephen-hawking-why-is-the-milky-way-not-crawling-with-selfdesigning-mechanical-or-biological-life.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=73233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sci-fi has promised us so much, so where are the aliens? They're out there, says Stephen Hawkins, but they're probably not interesting in us -- and that's not necessarily a bad thing.]]></description>
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		<title>Future space travel: some serious issues to consider</title>
		<link>http://blogs.brisbanetimes.com.au/thegeek/archives/2009/06/post_17.html</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.brisbanetimes.com.au/thegeek/archives/2009/06/post_17.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will the navy or the airforce be in charge of our future star fleets? <b>John Birmingham</b> explores.]]></description>
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		<title>500th astronaut blasts off</title>
		<link>http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=500th-astronaut-heads-for-space-2009-06</link>
		<comments>http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=500th-astronaut-heads-for-space-2009-06#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former naval commander Chris Cassidy will become the 500th person to go into space this week.]]></description>
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		<title>Is NASA over-the-hill?</title>
		<link>http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4318625.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4318625.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 22:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=61610</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's been 40 years since man walked on the moon -- what have you done for us lately, NASA?]]></description>
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		<title>How to fix the Hubble Telescope</title>
		<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7608296&#038;page=1</link>
		<comments>http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7608296&#038;page=1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 22:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=58940</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Making repairs to a telescope in space is hard. Really, really hard. ]]></description>
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