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Satellite to probe mysterious glowing clouds

Mission will investigate clouds’ connection to climate change.

NASA is about to launch a spacecraft to study mysterious invaders lurking above Earth’s poles — not UFOs, but the shimmering, high-altitude apparitions known as noctilucent clouds.

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Posted by Mike Hopkin on April 23, 2007 06:00 PM |

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