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Scientists Solve 14-Year Mystery, Discover Saturn's Water Source

Scientists Solve 14 Year Mystery, Discover Saturn’s Water Source
The latest discovery around Saturn reveals that a moon covered with ice is providing water to the planet, creating a rain-showering halo. The water vapors are visible as tiger-like stripes of gas and ice that escape at the southern pole of the moon and become a main water-source vapor for Saturn's upper atmosphere.

Moon Enceladus Spews Water Vapor at Saturn

Rain from Enceladus supplies Saturn's upper atmosphere with water
Rain from Saturn?s moon has encapsulated the entire planet of Saturn in water vapor, according to observations released by the European Space Agency (ESA) on Tuesday, which finally pinpoints the water source in Saturn?s upper atmosphere.
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit

NASA Heads to Mars' Gale Crater in Search of Life and Water [VIDEO]

NASA has chosen a landing site for its next Mars rover with the goal of seeking more signs of life and historical water on the planet. Scientists have long known that Mars is home to a few patches of carbonates -- minerals that form readily in large bodies of water -- but they suspect that many more carbonates may be hidden beneath layers of the Red planet.
Quasar Drenched in Water Vapor

Distant Quasar Holds Largest Water Reservoir Ever Found

Water covers more than half of the Earth, but astronomers have discovered a mass of water vapor that is at least 40 trillion times all the water in the world's ocean combined. Two teams of astronomers found what they believe is the largest and farthest water reservoir ever in a distant enormous black hole known as a quasar. The teams of astronomers were each led by scientists at the California Institute of Technology, or Caltech.
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Mississippi Runoff Expands Gulf Dead Zone

The Gulf Dead Zone is the biggest ever this year. It's about 3,300 square miles right now, or roughly the size of Delaware and Rhode Island combined, but researchers at Texas A&M University say it's likely to become much larger, TG Daily reported.
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Largest Reservoir of Water Discovered in Space

Astromomers found a reservoir of water in space that measures 140 trillion times the earth's ocean water. It is also the farthest reservoir of water ever discovered in the universe, according to two teams of researchers.
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Heat Wave 2011: 10 Tips to Stay Cool

A heat wave is gripping the United States with temperatures soaring into the triple digits. With weather this hot, we've got some tips for staying cool on this hot summer day.
Atlantis docks at space station on last mission

NASA Turns Urine Into Energy Drink (VIDEO)

Chances are you've enjoyed a refreshing Gatorade or Powerade at some point in your life, perhaps after working out or playing sports. But would you be quite as eager to drink that energy drink if you knew it got its origins from urine?

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