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Thin Weather Layers on Uranus and Neptune
19 May 2013 at 11:46pm
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UK astronaut Peake to go into orbit
19 May 2013 at 9:51pm
UK astronaut Tim Peake is given a date to fly to the International Space Station, but the mission is not expected to take place before 2015. Read more...
Kepler Goes Down — and Probably Out
19 May 2013 at 6:14pm
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Warming extremes 'not as likely'
19 May 2013 at 5:31pm
Global temperature rises will be slower in the coming decades say researchers but the long term picture is consistent. Read more...
Why sign up for a one-way Mars trip? Three applicants explain the appeal
19 May 2013 at 4:30pm
A one-way trip to Mars sounds like something you'd wish on your worst enemy — so why would more than 78,000 people from around the world pay up to $75 for a chance to die on another planet?"I can say I have an ulterior motive," said David Brin, who has written more than a dozen science-fiction no... Read more...
Space Capsule Returns Cosmic Rodents to Earth after Month-Long Flight
19 May 2013 at 11:38am
MOSCOW – The returnable capsule of a biological research satellite has landed in the Russian Orenburg Region near the border with Kazakhstan, bringing mice, Mongolian gerbils, geckos and various microorganisms and plants back to Earth after their month-long flight, Mission Control said on Sunday.... Read more...
NASA’s STEREO Detects a CME From the Sun
19 May 2013 at 10:11am
On 5:24 a.m. EDT on May 17, 2013, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection or CME, a solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of solar particles into space that can reach Earth one to three days later and affect electronic systems in satellites and on the ground. Experi... Read more...
Bright Explosion on the Moon
19 May 2013 at 10:07am
For the past 8 years, NASA astronomers have been monitoring the Moon for signs of explosions caused by meteoroids hitting the lunar surface. "Lunar meteor showers" have turned out to be more common than anyone expected, with hundreds of detectable impacts occurring every year. They've just seen... Read more...
Sea level influenced tropical climate during the last ice age
19 May 2013 at 4:00am
(University of Hawaii ‑ SOEST) The Indo-Pacific warm pool was much dryer during the last ice age than today, because lower sea level exposed the Sunda Shelf. The large landmass, in place of the warm ocean, altered the atmospheric circulation, shifting convection further west into the Indian Ocean... Read more...
Space may be next frontier for Stephen Hawking
18 May 2013 at 11:23pm
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Spacewalkers take on space station repair job
18 May 2013 at 11:23pm
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Astronauts replace pump on ISS during spacewalk
18 May 2013 at 11:23pm
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3-man space station crew makes safe landing
18 May 2013 at 11:23pm
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Commander Hadfield returns to Earth
18 May 2013 at 11:23pm
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Russia to Move Angara Rocket to Plesetsk Center by June
18 May 2013 at 7:31am
MOSCOW – Russia’s new super-heavy class Angara carrier rocket will be delivered to the Plesetsk space center for further testing by June, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said. “The work on the rocket at the Khrunichev space company is almost completed,” Rogozin said at a meeting with Moscow... Read more...
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