The Taurid Meteor Shower Is Under Way
Earth is passing through a stream of gravelly debris from Comet Encke, source of the annual Taurid meteor shower. Because the debris stream is not very…
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Space Weather Hazards Take Center Stage With ESA
ESA’s Space Situational Awareness programme is taking centre stage during the ninth European Space Weather Week, with experts showcasing a recently opened space weather service centre…
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New NASA Service Lets You Spot the Space Station Over Your Backyard
On the 12th anniversary of crews continuously living and working aboard the International Space Station, NASA announced Friday a new service to help people see the…
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AAVSO Alert Notice 473: T Tauri Stars Observing Campaign
AAVSO Alert Notice 473 T Tauri stars observing campaign November 6, 2012 Darryl Sergison (University of Exeter) has requested AAVSO assistance with a campaign he is…
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Earth’s Magnetosphere Sieves the Solar Wind
ESA’s quartet of satellites studying Earth’s magnetosphere, Cluster, has discovered that our protective magnetic bubble lets the solar wind in under a wider range of conditions…
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Curiosity Provides Clues as to How Mars May Have Lost Much of Its Original Atmosphere
NASA’s car-sized rover, Curiosity, has taken significant steps toward understanding how Mars may have lost much of its original atmosphere. This picture shows a lab demonstration…
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Asteroid Belts Friendly to Life Need to Be in Just the Right Place
Solar systems with life-bearing planets may be rare if they are dependent on the presence of asteroid belts of just the right mass, according to a…
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Mars Is Like Hawaii – at Least in Some Respects!
New results from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity show that the mineralogy of Martian soil is similar to weathered basaltic soils of volcanic origin in Hawaii. The…
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Titan Glowing in the Dark
A literal shot in the dark by imaging cameras on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has yielded an image of a visible glow from Titan, emanating not just…
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Ghostly Face Glows in X-Rays
The cosmic cauldron has brewed up a Halloween trick in the form of a ghostly face that glows in X-rays, as seen by ESA’s XMM-Newton space…
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