 Space voyaging rock reveals insight into detecting life on other planetsOct 02, 2008
Photo courtesy R. Demets/F. Brandstatter - Spacecraft after landing in Kazakhstan after the experiment. Samples, including Orkney sample, are screwed onto the outside. |
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 A Star That Bursts, Blinks and DisappearsSep 30, 2008
This illustration shows a flare from magnetar Swift J195509+261406. A starquake is probably what triggered the object's 40 optical flares. Credit: NASA/Swift/Sonoma State University/A. Simonnet |
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 Hubble Snaps Close-up Views of Diverse GalaxiesSep 30, 2008
These images taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are close-up views of four galaxies from a large survey of nearby galaxies. The galaxies have very different masses and sizes and showcase the diversity of galaxies found ... |
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 Oldest Known Rock on Earth DiscoveredSep 26, 2008
Bedrock along the northeast coast of Hudson Bay, Canada, has the oldest rock on Earth. Credit: Jonathan O'Neil |
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 Astronomers discover dusty remains of two terrestrial planetsSep 24, 2008
An artist's rendering depicts planets colliding in a sun-like binary system about 300 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Aries. Artwork by Lynette R. Cook. |
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