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March 15, 2011
MOON DAILY
Goddard's Chief Scientist Talks About The 'Supermoon' Phenomenon
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 15, 2011
Dr. James Garvin, chief scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, answers your questions about the 'supermoon' phenomenon. b>Question: What is the definition of a supermoon and why is it called that? /b> 'Supermoon' is a situation when the moon is slightly closer to Earth in its orbit than on average, and this effect is most noticeable when it occurs at the same time as a full moon. So, the moon may seem bigger although the difference in its distance from Earth is only a few percent ... read more

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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

NASA's Hubble Rules Out One Alternative To Dark Energy
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have ruled out an alternate theory on the nature of dark energy after recalculating the expansion rate of the universe to unprecedented accuracy. ... more
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IRON AND ICE

ESA Remembers The Night Of The Comet
Twenty-five years ago, ESA made its mark in deep space. A small spacecraft swept to within 600 km of Halley's comet. The Giotto probe was nearly destroyed by the encounter, but what it saw changed o ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Astronomers detect 'room temperature' star
U.S. astronomers have discovered a brown dwarf star that contradicts the perception of all stars being hot - this one is, in fact, room temperature, they say. ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

Celebrating 400 Years Of Sunspot Observations
In March of 1611, a German medical student named Johannes Fabricius left school at Leiden in Holland carrying several of the new-fangled telescopes that were beginning to appear in the Netherlands. ... more
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MOON DAILY

LRO Images Lunar Farside In Stunning Detail
Because the moon is tidally locked (meaning the same side always faces Earth), it was not until 1959 that the farside was first imaged by the Soviet Luna 3 spacecraft (hence the Russian names for pr ... more
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SKY NIGHTLY

An Old Galaxy Cluster Discovered In The Young Universe
Astronomers working with data from several observatories, including ESA's XMM-Newton, have discovered the most distant, mature galaxy cluster yet. The cluster is seen as it was when the Universe was ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

The Marangoni Effect: A Fluid Phenom
What do a wine glass on Earth and an International Space Station experiment have in common? Well, observing the wine glass would be one of few ways to see and understand the experiment being perform ... more
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Dogs of war: China touts killer robot 'wolves'
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Russia hints at deploying mid-range missiles after ending INF moratorium
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IRON AND ICE

Vesta - An Asteroid In 3D
What might asteroid Vesta look like? In a new animation, researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have recreated the asteroid in 3D. In the animati ... more
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TECH SPACE

HP looks to the 'cloud'
Hewlett-Packard plans to offer a complete range of cloud computing services, HP chief executive Leo Apotheker said Monday as he outlined his strategy for the US computer giant. ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

Toward Real Time Observation Of Electron Dynamics In Atoms And Molecules
Another step has been taken in matter imaging. By using very short flashes of light produced by a technology developed at the national infrastructure Advanced Laser Light Source (ALLS) located at IN ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

A Small Quantum Leap
Northwestern University researchers have developed a new switching device that takes quantum communication to a new level. The device is a practical step toward creating a network that takes advanta ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Baby Stars Born To 'Napping' Parents
Cardiff University astronomers believe that a young star's long "napping" could trigger the formation of a second generation of smaller stars and planets orbiting around it. It has long been s ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

The Most Distant Mature Galaxy Cluster
Astronomers have used an armada of telescopes on the ground and in space, including the Very Large Telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile to discover and measure the distance to the most re ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Speed Demon Creates A Shock
Just as some drivers obey the speed limit while others treat every road as if it were the Autobahn, some stars move through space faster than others. NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or W ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Hawaii Astronomers Keep Tabs On Asteroid Apophis
On January 31 University of Hawaii at Manoa astronomers used the UH 2.2-meter telescope on Mauna Kea to take the first new images in over three years of the potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroid ... more
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SMOS mission reveals 15-year global forest carbon storage trends
Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate action
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SOLAR SCIENCE

First Release Of Calibrated LYRA Data From PROBA-2
The first calibrated measurements of solar irradiance made by the LYRA instrument on ESA's second PROBA (PRoject for On-Board Autonomy) satellite are now available to the scientific community. Futur ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Dawn Gets Vesta Target Practice
There is an old chestnut about a pedestrian who once asked a virtuoso violinist near Carnegie Hall how to get to the famed concert venue. The virtuoso's answer: practice! The same applies to N ... more
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IRON AND ICE

A New Dawn Coming To Vesta
Deep in the asteroid belt, Dawn continues thrusting with its ion propulsion system. The spacecraft is making excellent progress in reshaping its orbit around the sun to match that of its destination ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

Celebrating 400 Years Of Sunspot Observations
In March of 1611, a German medical student named Johannes Fabricius left school at Leiden in Holland carrying several of the new-fangled telescopes that were beginning to appear in the Netherlands. ... more
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MERCURY RISING

MESSENGER Poised For Mercury Orbit Insertion
After more than a dozen laps through the inner solar system, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft will move into orbit around Mercury on March 17, 2011. The durable spacecraft--carrying seven science instrum ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Voyager Seeks The Answer Blowin' In The Wind
In which direction is the sun's stream of charged particles banking when it nears the edge of the solar system? The answer, scientists know, is blowing in the wind. It's just a matter of getting NAS ... more
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SATURN DAILY

Cassini Finds Enceladus Is A Powerhouse
Heat output from the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus is much greater than was previously thought possible, according to a new analysis of data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. T ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Abundant Ammonia In Ancient Asteroid
An important discovery has been made with respect to the possible inventory of molecules available to the early Earth. Scientists led by Sandra Pizzarello, a research professor at Arizona State Univ ... more
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Major climate-GDP study under review after facing challenge
Putin decree allows Russia to increase greenhouse gas emissions
Sticky business: India's purchases of Russian oil
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MOON DAILY

Astrobotic's Mission To The Moon Releases Guide For Payload Developers
Astrobotic Technology has released a new guide for researchers on preparation of their instruments for the company's robotic expedition to the surface of the Moon. The expedition, based on tec ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Report Identifies Priorities For Planetary Science 2013-2022
A new report from the National Research Council recommends a suite of planetary science flagship missions for the decade 2013-2022 that could provide a steady stream of important new discoveries abo ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Planetary Society Statement On Planetary Science Decadal Survey For 2013-2022
The Planetary Science Decadal Survey committee faced a nearly impossible task: to set priorities for NASA's robotic exploration within a tight budget. They did a great job in laying out a plan for s ... more
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SATURN DAILY

Moon of Saturn a 'hot' research subject
Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, is a veritable heat factory, pumping out heat energy equivalent to 20 coal-fueled power stations, U.S. researchers say. ... more
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TECH SPACE

UK Technology Scans The Skies For Space Hazards
UK space surveillance technology is being used in ESA's first co-ordinated space tracking campaign - part of a larger programme to provide up to date and accurate information on space hazards in Ear ... more
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JOVIAN DREAMS

Juno Spacecraft Currently Undergoing Environmental Testing
NASA's Juno spacecraft is currently undergoing environmental testing at Lockheed Martin's test facility near Denver, Colo. The solar-powered Juno will orbit Jupiter's poles 33 times to find out more ... more
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SKY NIGHTLY

Elephant Trunks In Space
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, captured this image of a star-forming cloud of dust and gas, called Sh2-284, located in the constellation of Monoceros. Lining up along the edges ... more
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EXO LIFE

NASA says 'no support' for claim of alien microbes
Top NASA scientists said Monday there was no scientific evidence to support a colleague's claim that fossils of alien microbes born in outer space had been found in meteorites on Earth. The US ... more
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