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Sniffing Out Alien Life: Stinky Chemicals May Be Key If Professor Hubert Farnsworth's Smell-O-Scope; actually existed, astrobiologists would have pointed it at dozens of alien planets by now.   Online Slooh Observatory Snags $30K Telescope Grant to Hunt Asteroids Slooh has received a grant for $30,000 to buy a new telescope that will help NASA with their asteroid mission. Read More     Dog Spacesuit Among Artist's Soviet Space Artifacts for Auction A German pop artist who once painted the side of a Russian rocket is selling his Soviet space memorabilia, a collection that includes art and a dog spacesuit. Teaser: A German artist who once painted the side of a Russian rocket is auctioning. Best Space Stories of the Week Last week moonwalkers described the odiferous nature of lunar dirt, a super-sensitive reactor made a neutrino detection and more. See the best stories from the week here.   Additional Space.com Headlines In Search of Dirt MarsCrew134 commander Ashley Dale leads an expedition in search of soil and terrain that will satisfy two future ExtraVehicular Activities (EVAs). Read More LEGO May Make Hubble Space Telescope Kit After Fans' 10,000 Votes A fan's idea for a LEGO toy to celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's 25th anniversary is a step closer to reality now that it has 10,000 votes. See the model kit here.   Read More How NASA Is Tracking Earth's Melting Arctic Sea Ice (Video) The new NASA mission ARISE is designed to help scientists learn more about Earth's changing climate by measuring Arctic sea ice. Read More     As Space Shuttle Discovery Turns 30, Smithsonian Curator Shares Orbiter Secrets NASA's space shuttle Discovery, the most-flown orbiter, celebrates the 30th anniversary of its first launch this week. You can see Discovery at the Smithsonian. On to Pluto! NASA Spacecraft Now Beyond Neptune's Orbit (Photos) A speedy NASA probe has crossed the orbit of Neptune, notching one more spaceflight milestone on its way toward a historic flyby of Pluto next summer. XCOR Aerospace's Private Lynx Space Plane to Get New Texas Home XCOR Aerospace's Lynx space plan will get a new home in a renovated hangar in Texas in 2015.   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