Could Comet ISON Produce a Meteor Shower?
Anticipation is building as Comet ISON plunges into the inner solar system for a close encounter with the sun in November 2013. Blasted at point-blank range…
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Smallest Earth-Like Planets to Date Discovered by Kepler Space Telescope
NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the “habitable zone,” the range of distance from a star where…
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Galaxy Evolution Theory Challenged by Star Formation in Distant Galaxy
ESA’s Herschel space observatory has discovered an extremely distant galaxy making stars more than 2000 times faster than our own Milky Way. Seen at a time…
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Solar Activity Produces Stunning Aurora
This beautiful aurora illuminates the sky over the snow-clad landscape near Tromsø, Norway. Bright aurora illuminating the sky over Norway (near Tromsø) on 17 February 2013.…
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Mars Remaining Atmosphere Still Remains Dynamic
Mars has lost much of its original atmosphere, but what’s left remains quite active, recent findings from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity indicate. Rover team members reported…
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Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity Meets Kepler Space Telescope
NASA’s Kepler space telescope has witnessed the effects of a dead star bending the light of its companion star. The findings are among the first detections…
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Ozone – a Poisonous Gas That’s Necessary for Life
Ozone stinks. People who breathe it gag as their lungs burn. The EPA classifies ground-level ozone as air pollution. Yet without it, life on Earth would…
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NASA to Launch “Sunjammer” 13,000 Sq. Foot Solar Sail in 2014
Navigating space isn’t easy—there’s no air, water, or earth to push your spacecraft in another direction. Rocket fuels and gravity assist have been our best tools…
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Saturn’s Moons and Rings Are Gently Worn Vintage Goods From Around the Time of Our Solar System’s Birth
The Cassini spacecraft observes three of Saturn’s moons set against the darkened night side of the planet. Saturn is present on the left this image but…
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Comet PANSTARRS Moves Into the Northern Hemisphere This Weekend
Comets visible to the naked eye are a rare delicacy in the celestial smorgasbord of objects in the nighttime sky. Scientists estimate that the opportunity to…
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