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An asteroid was passing within 217,000 miles of Earth on Wednesday afternoon, closer than the moon's distance from the planet. - Nicholas James Kiladis, 79, was the former contracts administrator for the Maryland Transit Administration
- Wherever Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler goes, he is followed by a campaign tracker who takes photos and video footage for use by campaign rival Anthony Brown.
- After 36 years of space exploration and months of heated argument among scientists, NASA officials confirmed Thursday that Voyager 1 had indeed crossed into interstellar space more than a year ago.
- "Who here is from Mars?" was one of the first questions asked by Donald Thomas, director of the Willard Hackerman Academy of Mathematics and Science at Towson University, to the nearly 150 folks young and old who were at Harford Day School for Tuesday night's Science Cafe gathering
- Fresh off close brushes with a comet and an asteroid last month, the planet is up for a close view of the Comet PANSTARRS as it passes by Earth. It could be visible with the naked eye or at least with binoculars.
- A 150-foot wide asteroid is expected to pass closely by Earth on Friday, and though it will be difficult to see in skies over the U.S., the fly-by will be broadcast online.
- A NASA scientist answered questions about the Curiosity Mars rover at the Maryland Science Center on Monday.
- If NASA can stick its 'terror' landing on Mars, can't the next generation of U.S. students be properly educated in math and science?
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