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| Read More » 5 National Park Sites to See Over Labor Day  | Looking for a last-minute Labor Day getaway? Visiting one of the nation's great natural wonders, monuments or historic sites doesn't have to be as involved as an epic pilgrimage to Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon. Here are a few places operated under the National Park Service that may beckon over the long weekend.
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| Read More » Labor Day In Space: Astronauts Take Time Off, Too  | Americans across the United States will pause to celebrate the Labor Day holiday on Monday (Sept. 2), even space travelers soaring high above Earth aboard the International Space Station.
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| Read More » See Two Cosmic Crowns Sparkle In the Night Sky  | For many years at New York's Hayden Planetarium, I would look forward to the month of September, because I could always have a little fun with my audience by reminding them that the annual Miss America Pageant was close at hand.
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| Read More » Scientists Construct Huge 20-Ton Mirror for Next Mega-Telescope  | TUCSON, Ariz. — An enormous telescope that could help unlock many of the mysteries of the cosmos is really starting to come together.
| Read More » Fukushima's Radioactive Ocean Plume to Reach US Waters by 2014 | A radioactive plume of water in the Pacific Ocean from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, which was crippled in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, will likely reach U.S. coastal waters starting in 2014, according to a new study. The long journey of the radioactive particles could help researchers better understand how the ocean's currents circulate around the world.
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