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Planets can survive extreme roasting by their stars
Gas giant planets can get twice as close to their stars as Mercury is to the Sun without evaporating, a new computer simulation suggests. The work suggests the 'hot Jupiters' discovered on tight orbits around their stars are in no immediate danger of boiling away into space.
Gas giant planets can get twice as close to their stars as Mercury is to the Sun without evaporating, a new computer simulation suggests. The work suggests the 'hot Jupiters' discovered on tight orbits around their stars are in no immediate danger of boiling away into space.
Astronomy
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:47am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:47am
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Groups Go After Moon Prize
Odyssey Moon, a commercial consortium based on the Isle of Man, is the first official entrant for the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize – and the team’s leader says he hopes to mount more than one private-sector mission to the moon.
Odyssey Moon, a commercial consortium based on the Isle of Man, is the first official entrant for the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize – and the team’s leader says he hopes to mount more than one private-sector mission to the moon.
Decades-old photos help modern moon mission
Despite being more than 40 years old, images taken by five spacecraft that orbited the moon in the 1960's are proving invaluable in planning for humankind's return to the moon.
Despite being more than 40 years old, images taken by five spacecraft that orbited the moon in the 1960's are proving invaluable in planning for humankind's return to the moon.
Mars rover Spirit escapes from sandy 'dungeon'
NASA's Mars rover Spirit has freed itself from the loose soil it had been stuck in for about two weeks, but over the next month it will have to navigate similarly treacherous terrain to reach a safe spot to ride out the coming Martian winter.
NASA's Mars rover Spirit has freed itself from the loose soil it had been stuck in for about two weeks, but over the next month it will have to navigate similarly treacherous terrain to reach a safe spot to ride out the coming Martian winter.
Space
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:30am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:30am
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Sun-like stars get a kick out of death
Stars like the Sun may drift into space like ghosts when they die, Hubble Space Telescope observations reveal. But what propels them is still a mystery.
Stars like the Sun may drift into space like ghosts when they die, Hubble Space Telescope observations reveal. But what propels them is still a mystery.
Astronomy
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007, 11:20am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007, 11:20am
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One Last Ride to the Hubble
Next August, after 20 years of hype, disappointment, blunders, triumphs and peerless glittering vistas of space and time, and four years after NASA decided to leave the Hubble Space Telescope to die in orbit, setting off public and Congressional outrage, a group of astronauts will ride to the telescope aboard the space shuttle Atlantis with wrenches in hand.
Next August, after 20 years of hype, disappointment, blunders, triumphs and peerless glittering vistas of space and time, and four years after NASA decided to leave the Hubble Space Telescope to die in orbit, setting off public and Congressional outrage, a group of astronauts will ride to the telescope aboard the space shuttle Atlantis with wrenches in hand.
Is Mercury's magnetic field sapped by solar wind?
Mercury's puny magnetic field may be so weak thanks to constant wrangles with the solar wind.
Mercury's puny magnetic field may be so weak thanks to constant wrangles with the solar wind.
Space
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Dec 03, 2007, 11:29am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Dec 03, 2007, 11:29am
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Death By Cosmic Pinball
The dinosaurs’ fate may have been sealed by a piece of shrapnel from a cosmic collision that occurred long before the asteroid smashed into the Yucatán Peninsula 65 million years ago.
The dinosaurs’ fate may have been sealed by a piece of shrapnel from a cosmic collision that occurred long before the asteroid smashed into the Yucatán Peninsula 65 million years ago.
Space
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Monday, Dec 03, 2007, 11:28am
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Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Monday, Dec 03, 2007, 11:28am
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The device NASA is leaving behind
The instrument, which would detect and measure cosmic rays in a new way, took 500 physicists from around the world 12 years to build. But with room on the 10 remaining shuttle missions to the space station in short supply, many fear that it will remain forever warehoused on Earth, becoming the most sophisticated and costly white elephant of the space era.
The instrument, which would detect and measure cosmic rays in a new way, took 500 physicists from around the world 12 years to build. But with room on the 10 remaining shuttle missions to the space station in short supply, many fear that it will remain forever warehoused on Earth, becoming the most sophisticated and costly white elephant of the space era.
The device NASA is leaving behind
The instrument, which would detect and measure cosmic rays in a new way, took 500 physicists from around the world 12 years to build. But with room on the 10 remaining shuttle missions to the space station in short supply, many fear that it will remain forever warehoused on Earth, becoming the most sophisticated and costly white elephant of the space era.
The instrument, which would detect and measure cosmic rays in a new way, took 500 physicists from around the world 12 years to build. But with room on the 10 remaining shuttle missions to the space station in short supply, many fear that it will remain forever warehoused on Earth, becoming the most sophisticated and costly white elephant of the space era.
The salt flat with curious curves
Mapping one of the flattest parts of the planet will help satellite calibration.
Mapping one of the flattest parts of the planet will help satellite calibration.
Holiday wishes from the Hubble Space Telescope
Astronomy
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Friday, Nov 30, 2007, 7:38am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Friday, Nov 30, 2007, 7:38am
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Organic 'Building Blocks' Of Life Discovered In Titan's Atmosphere
Space
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 29, 2007, 10:19pm
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Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 29, 2007, 10:19pm
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Shooting gallery: How moons get rocked
Space
Source: USA Today
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 28, 2007, 8:33am
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Source: USA Today
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 28, 2007, 8:33am
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Going the distance in space
Astronomy
Source: LA Times
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 27, 2007, 8:56am
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Source: LA Times
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 27, 2007, 8:56am
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A Spaceport for Treehuggers
Space
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Monday, Nov 26, 2007, 12:24pm
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Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Monday, Nov 26, 2007, 12:24pm
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Earth keeps Moon walkers from harm
Space
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Sunday, Nov 25, 2007, 8:14am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Sunday, Nov 25, 2007, 8:14am
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Can Airplanes Fly into Outer Space?
Space
Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Saturday, Nov 24, 2007, 3:27pm
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Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Saturday, Nov 24, 2007, 3:27pm
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Pro football in past, the stars his destination
Space
Source: USA Today
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 22, 2007, 7:23am
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Source: USA Today
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 22, 2007, 7:23am
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What space telescopes of tomorrow will see
Astronomy
Source: MSNBC
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 22, 2007, 7:23am
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Source: MSNBC
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 22, 2007, 7:23am
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Chinese lunar orbiter to begin observations
Space
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 20, 2007, 11:31am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 20, 2007, 11:31am
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Sun may be smaller than thought
Space
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Nov 19, 2007, 4:21pm
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Nov 19, 2007, 4:21pm
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7 Things You Didn't Know About Moon Rocks
Space
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Friday, Nov 16, 2007, 9:02am
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Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Friday, Nov 16, 2007, 9:02am
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