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Tuesday, February 19, 2013  TV special follows US military dog teams through glory, trauma of combat from front lines

Tuesday, June 05, 2012  Get some filtered glasses and look up: That dot slowly moving across the sun is Venus

Friday, June 01, 2012  Planet crossing: Venus to crawl across the face of the sun; won't happen again until 2117

Tuesday, April 24, 2012  Company aims to strike it rich by mining asteroids. Tycoons say gold and other minerals could be mined.

Monday, February 27, 2012  NASA's 20-year focus on Mars looking fuzzier as space agency changes course, axes flights

Tuesday, December 06, 2011  A new Earth? NASA finds planet outside solar system in just about right-for-life spot

Friday, September 30, 2011  NASA reassures us that we're safer from asteroids than previously thought.

Monday, April 18, 2011  Ottumwa students go green with Cargill.

Wednesday, December 08, 2010  Astronomers: Life elsewhere seems even more likely, but may be more like slime mold than ET

Monday, October 19, 2009  Astronomers have found 32 new planets outside our solar system, adding evidence to the theory that the universe has many places where life could develop.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009  A cosmic but too hot place to stand: Astronomers find first rocky planet outside solar system

Monday, December 01, 2008  Cloud cover may prevent you from seeing the celestial event.