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Greenbelt, Maryland is located in Prince Georges County. Zip codes in Greenbelt, MD include 20771, 20768, and 20770. More Greenbelt information.

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Saturday | RedOrbit

RHESSI Mission Celebrates Ten Years And Forty...

On February 5, 2002, NASA launched what was then called the High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager into orbit.

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

EurekAlert!

NASA's TRMM satellite sees Cyclone Jasmine in 3-D

A 3-D image was created using data from TRMM's Precipitation Radar . The 3-D cutaway image revealed the funnel shaped surface of Jasmine's eye.

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Science Daily

Deconstructing a mystery: What caused Snowmaggedon?

The U.S. Postal Service suspended service for the first time in 30 years. Snow plows struggled to push the evidence off of major roads.

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PhysOrg Weblog

NASA small explorer mission celebrates ten years and forty thousand X-ray flares

An artist's representation of RHESSI. Flying up above Earth's radiation-blocking atmosphere, the spacecraft can observe X-rays and gamma rays from the sun to study solar flares.

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Wed Feb 08, 2012

Patch.com

New Chicago Valentine Party for Kids: They Dance, You Date

Looking for a way to take your sweetheart out on Valentine's Day that doesn't involve a babysitter or text messages from the kids? New Chicago Dance Studio in Greenbelt, Md.

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PR-inside.com

IT Security Training Leader to Host EC-Council SUMMIT 2012 Washington DC

It has just been announced that Advanced Security by ACE, one of the leading and most cutting edge IT security training companies in the world, will host this year's EC-Council SUMMIT 2012, Washington DC.

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Tue Feb 07, 2012

TBD.com

Alfonso Edward Thompson Jr., 23, found fatally shot in West Lanham Hills

On Monday at 11:32 p.m., an ambulance from the West Lanham Hills Fire Department saw a body along the side of the road in the 5000 block of 78th Avenue.

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Patch.com

TK Therapy One of Suspected Brothels in Police Raid

TK Therapy was one of the suspected brothels that police and drug task force members raided on Friday, police said Tuesday.

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Space Ref

NASA Scientists Elected as 2012 AGU Fellows

NASA scientists figure prominently in the distinguished group honored as Fellows of the American Geophysical Union in 2012.

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WUSA-TV Washington

Fmr. Bus Driver Pleads Guilty To Producing Child Porn

GREENBELT, Md. -- A former Prince George's County school bus driver pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of producing child pornography.

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MyFoxPhilly

Hubble's 'Zoom Lens' Gives Closer Look

The Hubble Telescope has made it possible to study the physical properties of a galaxy of forming stars when the universe was much younger.

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North Texas e-News

Vesta likely cold and dark enough for ice

Though generally thought to be quite dry, roughly half of the giant asteroid Vesta is expected to be so cold and to receive so little sunlight that water ice could have survived there for billions of years, according to the first published models of Vesta's average global temperatures and illumination by the sun.

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

Freshnews

New NASA Solar Exhibit Opens at Maryland Science Center

A new interactive NASA art exhibit opens February 9 at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore that will showcase stunning images of the sun.

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Daily Record

Movers & Shakers, 2/6: Cantley named director of business development for Bozzuto Construction

Kelly Cantley has been named director of business development for Bozzuto Construction Co., of Greenbelt.

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Sun Feb 05, 2012

The Diamondback

from Art Attack to Austin

The band Urban Cartel, comprised of university alumni and students, will be releasing a music video for their song "Just Fine" this week.

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Clarksville Online

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Zooms in on a Magnified Galaxy

This observation provides a unique opportunity to study the physical properties of a galaxy vigorously forming stars when the universe was only one-third its present age.

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Fri Feb 03, 2012

Patch.com

Greenbelt Police Raid 3 Suspected Brothels

The Greenbelt Police Department and members of the Metropolitan Area Drug Task Force raided three suspected brothels Friday that were operating under the guise of acupuncture and massage parlors, according to a press release by the Greenbelt Police.

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Patch.com

Officer to Move to College Park After GHI Votes Against His K-9 Kennel

An officer wanting to enter the Greenbelt Police Department's K-9 training program will be moving to College Park, after a unanimous vote to not allow him to keep a kennel on his property, Greenbelt Patch reported .

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Thu Feb 02, 2012

Washington Examiner

D.C. man sentenced to nearly 11 years for gun and drug charges

A District man was sentenced Thursday to 10 years and 10 months in prison and four years of supervised release for gun and drug charges, officials said.

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Science Daily

Hubble Zooms in on a Magnified Galaxy

This observation provides a unique opportunity to study the physical properties of a galaxy vigorously forming stars when the universe was only one-third its present age.

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