Patchy Clouds on Kepler 7b Identified by Kepler and Spitzer
Astronomers using data from NASA’s Kepler and Spitzer space telescopes have created the first cloud map of a planet beyond our solar system, a sizzling, Jupiter-like…
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Sun Releases Magnificent Eruption
On Sept. 29th, a long filament of magnetism in the sun’s northern hemisphere erupted, producing a magnificent CME and the must-see movie above from NASA’s Solar…
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Ingredient of Household Plastic Discovered on Titan by Cassini
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected propylene, a chemical used to make food-storage containers, car bumpers and other consumer products, on Saturn’s moon Titan. This is the…
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Comet ISON May Be Comet of the Year, Not the Century
The countdown clock is ticking to comet ISON’s hair-raising passage around the sun on Nov. 28, as it grazes the sun at a distance of only…
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Virgin Boss Richard Branson Hints “Another Idea” for Cheaper Space Travel
In an interview earlier this week, Virgin boss Richard Branson hinted that he has “another idea” for cheaper space travel. “The next ten years will be…
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Meteor Explodes Over Ohio on Sept. 27th
Just before midnight on Sept. 27-28, sky watchers in more than a dozen US states witnessed a bright flash of light. NASA all-sky cameras recorded a…
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Diverse Landing Area of NASA Mars Rover Provides Many Clues About Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover is revealing a great deal about Mars, from long-ago processes in its interior to the current interaction between the Martian surface and atmosphere.…
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Densest Nearby Galaxy May Have Been Found by Hubble and Chandra
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory and telescopes on the ground may have found the most crowded galaxy in our part of…
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A useful point of comparison is Comet Lovejoy, which put on a grand show after it brushed the sun in 2011. People in the southern hemisphere…
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ESA’s space missions are getting ready to observe an icy visitor to the inner Solar System: Comet ISON, which might also be visible in the night…
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