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NASA considers sending a telescope to outer solar system
Light pollution in our inner solar system, from both the nearby glow of the Sun and the hazy zodiacal glow from dust ground up in the asteroid belt, has long stymied cosmologists looking for a clearer take ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Via research aircraft instead of dog sled
With dog food and a pack of huskies Dr. Veit Helm would not get far on his Antarctic expeditions. Instead, the geophysicist at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association conducts ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Geminid meteor shower 2011
Its the finale of this year’s meteor showers: The Geminids will start appearing on Dec. 7 and should reach peak activity around the 13th and 14th. This shower could put on a display of up to 100+ meteors ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Swift finds a gamma-ray burst with a dual personality (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A peculiar cosmic explosion first detected by NASA's Swift observatory on Christmas Day 2010 was caused either by a novel type of supernova located billions of light-years away or an unusual ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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NASA says comet Elenin gone and should be forgotten
(PhysOrg.com) -- Comet Elenin is no more.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Saturn's geyser moon Enceladus shows off for Cassini
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully completed its Oct. 1 flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus and its jets of water vapor and ice. At its closest approach, the spacecraft flew approximately ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 04, 2011 |
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Enceladus weather: Snow flurries and perfect powder for skiing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Global and high resolution mapping of Enceladus confirms that the weather forecast for Saturn's unique icy moon is set for ongoing snow flurries. The superfine ice crystals that coat Enceladus's ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Water supersaturation in the Martian atmosphere discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- New analysis of data sent back by the SPICAM spectrometer on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft has revealed for the first time that the planet's atmosphere is supersaturated with water vapour. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Saturn's moon Enceladus spreads its influence
(PhysOrg.com) -- Chalk up one more feat for Saturn's intriguing moon Enceladus. The small, dynamic moon spews out dramatic plumes of water vapor and ice -- first seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in 2005. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 22, 2011 |
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SOHO watches a comet fading away
On Nov. 4, 2010, NASA's EPOXI spacecraft came within 450 miles of Comet Hartley 2, a small comet not even a mile in diameter, which takes about six and a half years to orbit the sun. Designated officially ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 28, 2011 |
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