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Police kill famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde, 1934
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Three new studies lend support to the theory that Earth’s satellite emerged from a fiery planetary smashup.

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Explore the incredible career of astronaut Neil Armstrong, who died Saturday at 82.
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As new research casts doubt on a leading theory about how the moon came into being, explore various lunar formation models.
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