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Boulder-sized Asteroid Will Burn Up in Earth's Atmosphere Tonight
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Oct 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A tiny asteroid discovered just hours ago at an Arizona observatory will enter Earth's atmosphere harmlessly at approximately 10:46 p.m. Eastern time tonight (2:46 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time). ...
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Transit Search Finds Super-Neptune
Jan 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered a planet somewhat larger and more massive than Neptune orbiting a star 120 light-years from Earth. While Neptune ...
MESSENGER Returns Images from Oct. 6 Mercury Fly-By
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Oct 07, 2008 |
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MESSENGER is the first mission sent to orbit the planet closest to the sun. On Oct. 6, 2008, at roughly 4:40 a.m. ET, MESSENGER flew by Mercury for the second time this year. During the encounter, the probe ...
NASA and Google Launch Virtual Exploration of Mars
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and Google announced Monday the release of a new Mars mode in Google Earth that brings to everyone's desktop a high-resolution, three-dimensional view of the Red Planet.
Predicted Planet Seen -- First Since Neptune 162 Years Ago
Dec 09, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2006, astronomer Alice Quillen of the University of Rochester predicted that a planet of a particular size and orbit must lie within the dust of a nearby star. That planet has now been photographed by ...
Baby Jupiters must gain weight fast
Jan 05, 2009 |
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The planet Jupiter gained weight in a hurry during its infancy. It had to, since the material from which it formed probably disappeared in just a few million years, according to a new study of planet formation ...
Scientists discover new planet orbiting dangerously close to giant star
Nov 18, 2008 |
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A team of astronomers from Penn State and Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland has discovered a new planet that is closely orbiting a red-giant star, HD 102272, which is much older than our own Sun. The ...
Kepler Detects Atmosphere of Hot World
Aug 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's new exoplanet-hunting Kepler space telescope has detected the atmosphere of a known giant gas planet, demonstrating the telescope's extraordinary scientific capabilities. The discovery ...
Astronomers get a sizzling weather report from a distant planet
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Astronomers have observed the intense heating of a distant planet as it swung close to its parent star, providing important clues to the atmospheric properties of the planet. The observations enabled astronomers ...
The Hot Saturn Exoplanet
Oct 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Of the roughly 350 known exoplanets (i.e., extrasolar planets), the one orbiting the star HD149026 is unique.
Jupiter-like planets could form around twin suns
Jan 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Life on a planet ruled by two suns might be a little complicated. Two sunrises, two sunsets. Twice the radiation field.
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