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"NASA Confirms DART Mission Impact Changed Asteroid's Motion in Space"
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"Innovative NASA-JAXA Partnership Benefits Global Earth Science"
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Reuters
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NASA
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Anesthesiology
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Environmental Research Letters
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"2016 Climate Trends Continue to Break Records"
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The Washington Post
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NASA
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NASA.gov
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