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Socorro, New Mexico is located in Socorro County. Zip codes in Socorro, NM include 87801. The median home price in Socorro is $115,000. More Socorro information.

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Friday | Space Ref

Asteroid 1998 QE2 to Sail Past Earth 9 Times Larger than Cruise Ship

On May 31, 2013, asteroid 1998 QE2 will sail serenely past Earth, getting no closer than about 3.6 million miles , or about 15 times the distance between Earth and the moon.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Alamogordo Daily News

Another wave of fire restrictions to hit NM

The Bureau of Land Management will be implementing restrictions across 2.5 million acres in central New Mexico starting May 20.

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Mon May 13, 2013

The Grant County Beat

HPM Fire Information - final update

Situation: The fire located at the New Mexico Tech explosives research/testing site has been contained and State Forestry's engine has been released.

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KOB-TV New Mexico

Fire burning near Socorro Mountain

State forestry officials are on the scene of a fire near New Mexico Tech's explosives research and testing site.

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Tue May 07, 2013

Duke City Fix

Dee Cohen commented on Dee Cohen's blog post ABQ Pics: Sign Language

I never cease to be amazed that as long as I have lived in and around Albuquerque, I have not seen any of the great sights until you put them on Duke City Fix.

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Yahoo!

Solar eclipse to turn sun into 'ring of fire'

The moon will block the sun in a potentially spectacular solar eclipse this week - a celestial event that will transform the sun into a cosmic 'ring of fire' in the daytime sky.

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Thu May 02, 2013

Virtual-Doug

Across Fifty Four Shades of Brown

I woke up at half past ridiculous, but having gone to bed early, I was refreshed and ready to go.

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The Grant County Beat

Morales Appointed Chairman of Legislative Committee

Santa Fe, NM- The Legislative Council, made up of bipartisan legislators, has announced the appointment of Sen.

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Wed May 01, 2013

Universe Today

The Curious Channel 37 - Must-see TV For Radio Astronomy

The Very Large Array, one of the world's premier astronomical radio observatories, consists of 27 radio antennas in a Y-shaped configuration 50 miles west of Socorro, New Mexico.

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Tue Apr 30, 2013

UPI

Telescope probes mystery of radiation throughout the universe

U.S. astronomers observing the sky with a multidish radio telescope say they've identified sources for nearly all radio waves coming from distant galaxies.

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Wed Apr 24, 2013

KASA-TV Albuquerque

N.M. woman shot to death in Virginia

Gonzales' family told KRQE News 13 she and her husband were separated and that she had returned to the home to pick up some items.

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Fire Warning for Socorro County was issued at May 19 at 8:23AM MDT