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This week in pictures: September 29–October 5, 2012

In the past seven days, astronomers discovered two stellar-mass black holes in globular cluster M22, researchers spied a surprisingly cold region high in the Venus' atmosphere, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope narrowed down the rate of the universe's expansion, and more.

Published: October 5, 2012
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Mars Curiosity rover prepares to study martian soil
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STEVEN NORRIS said:
maybe this patch will yield cranberries.

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