Flame Nebula Burns Brightly in New WISE Image
A new image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, shows the candle-like Flame nebula lighting up a cavern of dust. The Flame nebula is…
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NBC’s Rock Center Reports on the ALMA Observatory
In northern Chile, at 16,500 feet above sea level, scientists from around the world are building the world’s largest radio telescope. When completed in 2013, sixty-six…
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AAVSO Alert Notice 463: Nova Sagittarii 2012 No. 3 = PNV J17522579-2126215
AAVSO Alert Notice 463 Nova Sagittarii 2012 No. 3 = PNV J17522579-2126215 July 3, 2012 Discovered independently by: – Koichi Itagaki (Yamagata, Japan, reported by Hitoshi…
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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Reveals Ice Content in Shackleton Crater
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has returned data that indicate ice may make up as much as 22 percent of the surface material in a…
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Earth’s Magnetic Field Has Hidden Portals
A favorite theme of science fiction is “the portal”–an extraordinary opening in space or time that connects travelers to distant realms. A good portal is a…
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Titan Likely Harbors a Layer of Liquid Water Under Its Ice Shell
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have revealed Saturn’s moon Titan likely harbors a layer of liquid water under its ice shell. Researchers saw a large amount…
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First-Ever Changes in an Exoplanet Atmosphere Detected by Hubble and Swift Telescopes
An international team of astronomers using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has made an unparalleled observation, detecting significant changes in the atmosphere of a planet…
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Impact Crater Studies Reveal Mars Water Ran Deep
By studying rocks blasted out of impact craters, ESA’s Mars Express has found evidence that underground water persisted at depth for prolonged periods during the first…
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Houston Workshop Marks Key Step in Forging a New Mars Strategy in the Coming Decades
A recent workshop conducted for NASA by the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston, marked a key step in the agency’s effort to forge a…
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