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  Space Photos This Week: Shuttle Launch, Moonbow, More

  Endeavour lifts off on the final  space shuttle night launch, Mars shines over a lunar rainbow, "Snowpocalypse" hits the U.S. East, and more in our selection of the week's best space pictures.

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  Universe 20 Million Years Older Than Thought

  The most accurate measurement yet of the age of the universe could help researchers solve cosmic mysteries such as dark matter and dark energy, a new study says.

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  "Drunk" Bats Fly Right--Discovery Surprises Scientists

  Some bat species can fly and communicate just as well while inebriated as while sober—even with blood alcohol levels that would exceed legal limits in humans.

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  Blog: Diary of a Shuttle Fan—STS-130 Launch Coverage

  Get the latest on the upcoming launch of the space shuttle Endeavour—the last ever shuttle night launch—from launch veteran Susan Poulton, on the scene at Kennedy Space Center.

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  World's Biggest Snake Ate New Prehistoric Croc Species

  A new, unusually small species of ancient croc found in Colombia was likely no match for the largest snake ever to slither across the Earth, a new study says.

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  "Super Earth" May Really Be New Planet Type: Super-Io

  A planet touted as the most Earthlike outside our solar system might be molten on one side with raging volcanoes on the other, say scientists who think the rocky world CoRoT-7b is closer kin to Jupiter's moon Io.