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Earth's Cloudy Past Could Reveal Exoplanet DetailsMoffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 24, 2012 Two astronomers from Spain are trying to determine how brightly Earth would shine in the age of the dinosaurs. Their results not only reveal how Earth would look to a distant observer, but could also help astronomers determine the layout of landforms on faraway planets. Rather than relying on climate models, the pair analyzed the relationship between cloud cover and landforms to calculate how clouds would gather over different regions. "When you look at the planet...it has a given distributi ... read more |
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  The two faces of Titan's dunes A new analysis of radar data from the international Cassini spacecraft has revealed regional variations amongst Titan's sand dunes. The result yields new clues to the giant moon's climatic and geolo ... more | .. |
 Mimas And Dione Saturn's moon Mimas peeks out from behind the night side of the larger moon Dione in this Cassini image captured during the spacecraft's Dec. 12, 2011, flyby of Dione. Dione is 698 miles, or 1 ... more | .. |
  Comet Corpses in the Solar Wind A paper published in Science raises an intriguing new possibility for astronomers: unearthing comet corpses in the solar wind. The new research is based on dramatic images of a comet disintegrating ... more | .. |
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  Extreme Life at the Bottom of a Glacier The bottom of a glacier is not the most hospitable place on Earth, but at least two types of bacteria happily live there, according to researchers. The bacteria - Chryseobacterium and Paenispo ... more | .. |
  ASU acquires exotic piece of Mars ASU's Center for Meteorite Studies has acquired a significant new sample for its collection: a rare Martian meteorite that fell in southern Morocco in July 2011. It is the first Martian fall in abou ... more | .. |
  Australia joins the fight against space junk Australia is backing a proposal to minimise the amount of 'space junk' circling the planet. The plan has been put forward by the EU, and calls for an international code of conduct for outer sp ... more | .. |
  Biggest solar storm since 2005 pummels Earth A potent solar flare has unleashed the biggest radiation storm since 2005 and could disrupt some satellite communications in the polar regions, US space weather monitors said Monday. ... more |
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China, India should work towards 'win-win' cooperation: Chinese FM
US delays Patriot arms deliveries to Switzerland in switch to Ukraine
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  The Helix in New Colors ESO's VISTA telescope, at the Paranal Observatory in Chile, has captured a striking new image of the Helix Nebula. This picture, taken in infrared light, reveals strands of cold nebular gas that are ... more | .. |
 Scientists Make First-Ever Observations Of Comet's Demise Deep Inside Solar Atmosphere In a paper to be published tomorrow in the journal Science, for the first time ever scientists at the Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL) at the Advanced Technology Center (ATC ... more | .. |
  Planck Telescope Warms up as Planned The High Frequency Instrument aboard the Planck space telescope has completed its survey of the remnant light from the Big Bang explosion that created our universe. The sensor ran out of coolant on ... more | .. |
 Hardy bacteria help make case for life in the extreme The bottom of a glacier is not the most hospitable place on Earth, but at least two types of bacteria happily live there, according to researchers. The bacteria - Chryseobacterium and Paenispo ... more |
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  Roscosmos Revives Permanent Moon Base Plans Russian Space Agency Roscosmos is in talks with its European and U.S. partners on the creation of manned research bases on the Moon, the agencies chief, Vladimir Popovkin, said on Thursday. "W ... more | .. |
 Catching a Comet Death on Camera On July 6, 2011, a comet was caught doing something never seen before: die a scorching death as it flew too close to the sun. That the comet met its fate this way was no surprise - but the chance to ... more | .. |
 Most Distant Dwarf Galaxy Detected Scientists have long struggled to detect the dim dwarf galaxies that orbit our own galaxy. So it came as a surprise on Jan. 18 when a team of astronomers using Keck II telescope's adaptive optics an ... more | .. |
 Quantum physics enables perfectly secure cloud computing Researchers have succeeded in combining the power of quantum computing with the security of quantum cryptography and have shown that perfectly secure cloud computing can be achieved using the princi ... more |
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New deep sea mining rules lack consensus despite US pressure
Lightning strikes kill 33 people in eastern India
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 Faint 'satellite galaxy' discovered A faint "satellite galaxy" 10 billion light years from Earth is the lowest-mass object ever detected at such a distance, says University of California, Davis, physics professor Chris Fassnacht, who ... more | .. |
 Science Nugget: SDO Helps Measure Magnetic Fields on the Sun's Surface A subset of data that helps map out the sun's magnetic fields was recently released from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Observations that measure the strength and direction of magnetic ... more | .. |
 Gas Ring Around Young Star Raises Questions Astronomers have detected a mysterious ring of carbon monoxide gas around the young star V1052 Cen, which is about 700 light-years away in the southern constellation Centaurus. The ring is par ... more | .. |
  Voyager Instrument Cooling After Heater Turned off In order to reduce power consumption, mission managers have turned off a heater on part of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, dropping the temperature of its ultraviolet spectrometer instrument more than ... more |
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 A New View of an Icon The Eagle Nebula as never seen before. In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope's 'Pillars of Creation' image of the Eagle Nebula became one of the most iconic images of the 20th century. Now, two of ESA ... more | .. |
 Meteorite from Mars fell in Morocco: scientists Rare and expensive fragments of a Mars meteorite fell from the sky in July over Morocco, a team of international scientists confirmed on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Russia talks of permanent moon base Russia's space agency Roscosmos says it is in talks with European and U.S. partners about creating permanent manned research bases on the moon. ... more | .. |
 Spooky action at distance in particle physics Physicists have developed the first conclusive test to better understand high-energy particles correlations. Researchers have devised a proposal for the first conclusive experimental test of a pheno ... more |
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One billion Africans being harmed by cooking pollution
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 Montana Students Pick Winning Names for Moon Craft Twin NASA spacecraft that achieved orbit around the moon New Year's Eve and New Year's Day have new names, thanks to elementary students in Bozeman, Mont. Their winning entry, "Ebb and Flow," was se ... more | .. |
 Scientists Prepare to Take First-Ever Picture of a Black Hole Astronomers, physicists and scientists from related fields across the world will convene in Tucson, Ariz. Jan. 18-20 to discuss an endeavor that only a few years ago would have been regarded as noth ... more | .. |
 Are you certain, Mr. Heisenberg? Heisenberg's Uncertainty principle is arguably one of the most famous foundations of quantum physics. It says that not all properties of a quantum particle can be measured with unlimited accuracy. U ... more | .. |
 Saturn moon more Earth-like than thought Saturn's moon Titan may be more like Earth-like than previously thought with a layered atmosphere just like our planet, European researchers said. ... more |
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 Space station to dodge superfast debris The International Space Station will need to dodge a small but superfast piece of orbiting communication debris Friday morning, the U.S. Space Command said. ... more | .. |
 Students rename NASA moon probes Ebb and Flow A pair of unmanned NASA spacecraft that are orbiting the Moon were renamed Ebb and Flow on Tuesday by a middle school class in Montana, the US space agency announced. ... more | .. |
 A new dawn over Laguna Negra A team of scientists has traveled to remote Laguna Negra in the central Andes of Chile to test technologies that could one day be used to explore the lakes of Titan. The Planetary Lake Lander (PLL) ... more | .. |
 Another Russian Mars Mission Fails The ill-fated Russian Phobos-Grunt Mars probe reentered on Sunday at 1745 GMT (12:45 p.m. EST). Most of the surviving pieces reportedly fell into the Pacific Ocean. About two months ago Phobos ... more |
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