Opportunity Mars Rover Close to Completing First Martian Marathon
With all the fanfare about Mars rover Curiosity landing on the Red Planet in August 2012, it’s easy to forget that there’s already a rover on…
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Watch Live as Asteroid 2002 AM31 Flys by Earth on Sunday
Watch live this weekend as an asteroid the size of a city block flies past the Earth. Asteroid 4179 Toutatis passed by the Earth in 2004.…
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AAVSO Alert Notice 465 Nova Sagittarii 2012 No. 5 = PSN J18193700-1907400
AAVSO Alert Notice 465 Nova Sagittarii 2012 No. 5 = PSN J18193700-1907400 July 20, 2012 Discovered by: Tadashi Kojima (Tsumagoi, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan) (reported by S.…
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Exoplanet Smaller Than Earth Detected by Spitzer Space Telescope
Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have detected what they believe is a planet two-thirds the size of Earth. The exoplanet candidate, called UCF-1.01, is located…
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Palomar Observatory Still Beckons Scientists With Its 200-Inch Telescope
If you want to talk big scientific breakthroughs, how about quasars and supernovae? Those are just two of the most important discoveries in the long, very…
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What Are the Best Ways for Astronauts to Explore an Asteroid?
ESA astronaut Tim Peake recently spent 12 days underwater with three other aquanauts to look at the best ways for astronauts to explore an asteroid. Behind…
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Did Rare Earth Elements Arrive in a Meteorite Bombardment 200 Million Years Ago?
In 2011, a University of Bristol (UK) study determined that the Earth’s reserve of rare earth metals came from a meteorite bombardment that happened 200 million…
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Scientists Discover Pioneer Probe Anomaly Is Caused by Heat
The unexpected slowing of NASA’s Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft – the so-called “Pioneer Anomaly” – turns out to be due to the slight, but detectable…
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NASA Curiosity Rover Nears Daring Landing on Mars
NASA’s most advanced planetary rover is on a precise course for an early August landing beside a Martian mountain to begin two years of unprecedented scientific…
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Magnetar or Pulsar? a Rare Breed of Dead, Spinning Star Has Been Identified
Is it a magnetar or is it a pulsar? A second member of a rare breed of dead, spinning star has been identified thanks to an…
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