Astrobiology Tries to Unravel the Origins of Life
Where does life come from? Are we really just stardust? And is there life elsewhere than on this planet? A new form of science poses all…
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A Crescent Mars
The sight of the crescent Moon hanging in the sky above Earth is a familiar one, but this image taken by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft as it…
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Radiation Belt Storm Probes Record “Songs of the Earth”
In space, they say, no one can hear you scream. Nobody ever said anything about singing, though. A NASA spacecraft has just beamed back a beautiful…
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NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity, well into its ninth year on Mars, will work for the next several weeks or months at a site with some of…
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More on the Amazing September 21 Fireball
This report comes in from Terry Moseley of the Irish Astronomical Association (IAA): Reports are still coming in from all over Ireland about the amazing multiple…
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Catch a Glimpse of Asteroid Pallas
Surprisingly, most amateur astronomers have never seen as asteroid. But this week Asteroid 2 Pallas, the second one discovered, and the second biggest, will make a…
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NASA Mars Rover News: Ancient Streambed News Conference
NASA hosted a news conference on September 27, 2012 to present science findings from the Curiosity rover’s mission to Mars’ Gale Crater. Video streaming by Ustream…
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Hubble Takes Extreme Deep Field Image – Deepest View Into the Universe to Date
Like photographers assembling a portfolio of best shots, astronomers have assembled a new, improved portrait of mankind’s deepest-ever view of the universe. Called the eXtreme Deep…
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Ancient Streambed Found on Mars by Curiosity Rover
NASA’s Curiosity rover mission has found evidence a stream once ran vigorously across the area on Mars where the rover is driving. There is earlier evidence…
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New Comet C/2012 S1 Could Dazzle in 2013
There’s buzz around the newly-discovered Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) which is currently out beyond the orbit of Jupiter. It looks like the comet is heading for…
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