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Extreme Environments
Journey to the top 10 extreme places around the solar system you wouldn't necessarily want to be.

Hubble Telescope Fixes
Hubble has received new eyes, a heart, wings and other robotic body parts. Browse 10 of our favorite fixes.

Surprising Hubble Facts
Did you know NASA's Hubble telescope sports a gold pin? Or that its first fix started in a hotel shower? Get more amazing facts here.

Solar Systems Hot Spots For Life
Ten corners of the local celestial neighborhood that could be harboring ET off Earth.

Things You Didn't Know About Antimatter
How is antimatter made? And what's it good for? HowStuffWorks.com gives you the skinny on matter's counterpart.

Moon Mysteries
From the moon's elusive core to its shadowed craters that may harbor life, HowStuffWorks.com presents 10 lunar mysteries.

Asteroid-Stopping Technologies
Can nuking an asteroid -- or simply painting one -- really save planet Earth? HowStuffWorks.com investigates.

Toughest NASA Moments
Things haven't always been peachy for NASA. See these 10 rough times for the space agency.

Galactic Mysteries
Zoom through our 10 favorite galactic conundrums that keep scientists guessing.

False Alarms for Alien Life
From the outlandish cities on the moon to mysterious Martian methane plumes, here we cover the top 10 false alarms in the quest for life off Earth.

Night Sky Events for 2009
From Saturn hiding its enormous rings to grand meteor showers to the longest total eclipse of the sun in the 21st century, you can bet on an exciting year in the night sky.

Dark Energy Analyzed
If you thought you knew everything about dark energy, think again. Cosmologist Michael Turner shares 10 things you didn't know.
Weirdest Things in Space
From super-fast stars to the nature of matter, here we cover the top 10 strange and mysterious elements of the universe.

Space Blogs
Dave Mosher rounds up his top 10 picks for best space blogs in the cyber universe.

Scrapped Spaceship Concepts
Ten of the wackiest, weirdest and wildest spaceship designs that were abandoned.

Grounded Astronauts
Take a look at the 10 astronauts that never made it to space.

Space Wakeup Songs
Check out the 10 best space wakeup songs played for astronauts.

Worst Space Food
See the top 10 worst space foods ever created.

Best Space Food
Our list of 10 popular, new and wild space foods among astronauts in orbit.

Second Life Space Places
Ten must-visit spacey places in the virtual world Second Life.

Mars Sites
The top 10 must-see Martian sites, from Olympus Mons to a face on Mars.

Women in Space
The top 10 women who've left Earth.

Space Shuttle Launch Delays
Ten strange, wild and crazy reasons for a launch delay.

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