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STEREO Reveals the Anatomy of a Solar Storm in 3D
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Apr 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Observations from NASA's twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft have allowed scientists to reveal for the first time the speed, trajectory, and three-dimensional shape of solar explosions ...
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New findings on the birth of the solar system
Jul 20, 2009 |
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A team of international astrophysicists, including Dr Maria Lugaro from Monash University, has discovered a new explanation for the early composition of our solar system.
Science with the solar space observatory Hinode
Mar 20, 2008 |
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The solar space observatory Hinode was launched in September 2006, with the name "Hinode" meaning sunrise in Japanese. The Hinode satellite carries a solar optical telescope (SOT), an X-ray telescope (XRT), ...
Cosmic connections: Scientist locates the origin of cosmic dust
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The origin of the microscopic meteorites that make up cosmic dust has been revealed for the first time in new research out today (1 September 2008).
Exploring planets in distant space and deep interiors
Feb 14, 2009 |
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In recent years researchers have found hundreds of new planets beyond our solar system, raising questions about the origins and properties of these exotic worlds—not to mention the possible presence of life. Speaking at a ...
Evidence of liquid water in comets reveals possible origin of life
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Jul 30, 2009 |
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Comets contained vast oceans of liquid water in their interiors during the first million years of their formation, a new study claims.
Chemical clues point to dusty origin for Earth-like planets
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Jun 19, 2008 |
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Higher than expected levels of sodium found in a 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite suggest that the dust clouds from which the building blocks of the Earth and neighboring planets formed were much denser than previously supposed. ...
C1XS catches first glimpse of X-ray from the moon
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Jan 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The C1XS X-ray camera, jointly developed by the UK's STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has successfully detected its first X-ray signature ...
Meteorites rich with information, expert says
Mar 28, 2007 |
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A Purdue University professor on Wednesday (March 28) said at national convention that meteorites hold many clues into the creation and evolution of the solar system. Michael Lipschutz, a professor of inorganic chemistry and ...
New computer simulations show how special the solar system is
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Prevailing theoretical models attempting to explain the formation of the solar system have assumed it to be average in every way. Now a new study by Northwestern University astronomers, using recent data from the 300 exoplanets ...
Solar Wind Challenge: Two BU Astronomers Research Profs Will Debate Differing Theories Of Origin
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May 26, 2008 |
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The solar wind -- a stream of electrically-charged particles and magnetic fields that blows outward from the sun and streams past Earth and through the solar system in all directions at speeds of a million miles per hour ...
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