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Colorful 1st Map of Rosetta Probe's Comet Target Revealed Scientists drew borders around the distinct landscapes of a comet where the Rosetta spacecraft will land this fall.   NASA Defends Science Plan for Mars Rover Curiosity NASA is staunchly defending the science plans for its flagship Mars rover Curiosity after a recent senior-level review criticized the mission's science operations. Here's why. Read More     Early Aurora Photos from Solar Storm Double Whammy See a couple early photos of auroras in the United States sent in by skywatchers. Military & Aerospace Electronics - Sponsored Content Published exclusively for engineering managers and engineers involved with military and aerospace electronic systems design, development and production.   Additional Space.com Headlines Discovery! First Water Ice Clouds Found Beyond Our Solar System For the first time, astronomers have detected water ice clouds, like the ones that shroud Earth, around a dim celestial body outside of our solar system. Read More 'Venus Zone' Could Aid Search for Earth-Like Alien Worlds Exoplanet hunters have just made it easier to identify alien Venuses, in the hopes that doing so will lead to the discovery of more alien Earths.   Read More DARPA Wants to Test Satellite Repair Droids in Orbit In the next five years, DARPA officials want to test out robotic satellite servicing in geostationary orbit. Read More     Virgin Galactic, Land Rover Launch Contest to Send People into Space If you're into off-roading — especially off-Earth roading — Land Rover has an opportunity for you. The car company and Virgin Galactic wants to send you to space. Cool! Planet-Like Object May Have Once Been as Hot as a Star Scientists determined that a newly discovered planet-like object may have been as hot as a star in its early lifetime. Best Place To Land On A Comet - Rosetta Narrows Choices | Video ESA's Rosetta mission will attempt to to land its Philae lander on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in November 2014. ESA recently released their 5 top choices and on September 15th, 2014 they will announce the landing site (and its backup).   You are receiving this email because You've received this message because you've registered or accepted our invitation to receive email from SPACE.com To unsubscribe, click here Copyright � 2014 Purch.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 150 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10011 2425 Lincoln Ave. Ogden, UT 84003