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Meteors Might Add Methane to Exoplanet AtmospheresMoffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 18, 2012 Meteoroids slamming against the atmospheres of alien worlds could add organic gases that make them look inhabited by life even if they are not, researchers say. In recent years, astronomers have detected hundreds of extrasolar planets. Many of these exoplanets lie within habitable zones, the zones around their stars warm enough for liquid water to persist on a planet's surface, raising hopes that life as we know it might live on these distant worlds. Ground-based observatories and proposed-b ... read more |
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  European industry develops space safety radar ESA will boost European industrial expertise by developing a new radar as part of the Agency's Space Situational Awareness programme. The radar will test future debris monitoring techniques, helping ... more | .. |
  Stars "Missing In Action" Now Counted Almost one in five exploding stars in nearby galaxies is simply not seen, astronomers have determined. For galaxies further out, that fraction doubles. This finding clears the way for these stellar ... more | .. |
  Spacetime ripples from dying black holes could help reveal how they formed Researchers from Cardiff University have discovered a new property of black holes: their dying tones could reveal the cosmic crash that produced them. Black holes are regions of space where gravity ... more | .. |
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 World's most powerful digital camera opens eye, records first images in hunt for dark energy Eight billion years ago, rays of light from distant galaxies began their long journey to Earth. That ancient starlight has now found its way to a mountaintop in Chile, where the newly-constructed Da ... more | .. |
  Basic solar system measure redefined Astronomers meeting in Beijing say they've agreed on a new definition of the fundamental unit of distance between objects in the solar system. ... more | .. |
  Curious About Life: Interview with Chris McKay In this interview, Chris McKay describes how he'll use two of Curiosity Rover's instruments: he'll help determine what ChemCam should focus its laser on, and then compare the organic analysis by the ... more | .. |
  MESSENGER Data from Second Full Mercury Solar Day in Orbit Released by Planetary Data System MESSENGER Data from Second Full Mercury Solar Day in Orbit Released by Planetary Data System Late last week, the Planetary Data System (PDS) released data collected during MESSENGER's seventh ... more |
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China says no ambition to build South Pacific military base
US, Japan, India, Australia pledge mineral cooperation on China jitters
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  Remains of astronaut legend Neil Armstrong buried at sea The cremated remains of legendary American astronaut Neil Armstrong were scattered at sea Friday, in a ceremony aboard a US aircraft carrier paying final tribute to the first man to set foot on the moon, NASA said. ... more | .. |
 Two 'hot Jupiters' found in star cluster: NASA US scientists have for the first time found proof that planets can form and survive around sun-like stars within dense star clusters, NASA said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Extreme Life Forms Might be Able to Survive on Eccentric Exoplanets Astronomers have discovered a veritable rogues' gallery of odd exoplanets- from scorching hot worlds with molten surfaces to frigid ice balls. And while the hunt continues for the elusive "blue dot" ... more | .. |
 Public maps out an A to Z of galaxies Members of the public have constructed an A to Z of galaxies in the night sky. Volunteers participating in the Galaxy Zoo project have been helping scientists gain new insights by classifying galaxi ... more |
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 University of Toronto scientists cast doubt on renowned uncertainty principle Werner Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, formulated by the theoretical physicist in 1927, is one of the cornerstones of quantum mechanics. In its most familiar form, it says that it is impossible ... more | .. |
 Was Kepler's Supernova Unusually Powerful? In 1604, a new star appeared in the night sky that was much brighter than Jupiter and dimmed over several weeks. This event was witnessed by sky watchers including the famous astronomer Johannes Kep ... more | .. |
 Planets not like Earth could harbor life Extreme forms of life could exist on eccentric planets outside the solar system with conditions unlike those on Earth, U.S. scientists say. ... more | .. |
 Memorial service honors 'man on the moon' Armstrong Top NASA officials, fellow astronauts, relatives and well-wishers paid a final tribute to Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, in a somber memorial ceremony Thursday in the US capital. ... more |
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Deep-sea mining negotiators to meet under Trump shadow
'Happy suffering': the Brazilian gold rush that spawned iconic pictures
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 Planets Can Form in the Galactic Center At first glance, the center of the Milky Way seems like a very inhospitable place to try to form a planet. Stars crowd each other as they whiz through space like cars on a rush-hour freeway. Superno ... more | .. |
 Curious about Life: Interview with Danny Glavin The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover has 10 science instruments, and each will be used in the coming weeks and months to help characterize the environment of Mars and determine if the planet ... more | .. |
  Hubble Watching Ancient Orbs This sparkling picture taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the center of globular cluster M 4. The power of Hubble has resolved the cluster into a multitude of glowing orbs, each a co ... more | .. |
 System will seek orbiting space debris The European Space Agency says it will help develop a radar system to test space debris monitoring to help European satellite operators avoid orbiting hazards. ... more |
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 Crews complete first block of North America's most advanced neutrino experiment Today, technicians in Minnesota will begin to position the first block of a detector that will be part of the largest, most advanced neutrino experiment in North America. The NuMI Off-Axis Neutrino ... more | .. |
 Chandrayaan II may be delayed, says ISRO Chief India's quest for the moon, by the name of "Chandrayaan II," planned for 2013-14, may be delayed. Indicating this at a news conference organised after the successful launch of "PSLV-C21", the 100th ... more | .. |
 Notre Dame astrophysicists publish new approach to cosmic lithium in the early universe J. Christopher Howk, Nicolas Lehner and Grant Mathews of the Center for Astrophysics at the University of Notre Dame published a paper this week in the journal Nature titled "Observation of interste ... more | .. |
  Vesta in Dawn's Rear View Mirror NASA's Dawn mission is releasing two parting views of the giant asteroid Vesta, using images that were among the last taken by the spacecraft as it departed its companion for the last year. Th ... more |
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UK lab promises air-con revolution without polluting gases
BRICS nations to denounce Trump tariffs
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First man on moon to be buried at sea: Armstrong family The first man on the moon will be buried at sea, a spokesman for Neil Armstrong's family said Thursday. ... more | .. |
Russian deputy PM proposes Moon station A top Russian official on Tuesday proposed setting up a space station on the Moon to revive Moscow's struggling space programme, a day after the prime minister ripped into its failures. ... more | .. |
  Does Triton Have a Subsurface Ocean? Triton was discovered in 1846 by the British astronomer William Lassell, but much about Neptune's largest moon still remains a mystery. A Voyager 2 flyby in 1989 offered a quick peak at the satellit ... more | .. |
 Estonian first graders to learn computer code Tech-savvy Estonia has launched a project encouraging public schools to teach pupils, including first graders, to write computer code, the project's authors said Thursday. ... more |
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 HiSCORE project: Most extreme Universe near Lake Baikal An advanced new facility that specializes in catching elusive cosmic rays was initiated within the framework of a joint Russian-German-Italian project. A Tunca-Hi-SCORE observatory will be built nea ... more | .. |
 Quantum physics at a distance Physicists at the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences have achieved quantum teleportation over a record distance of 143 km. The experiment is a major step towards satellite-bas ... more | .. |
  35 years on, Voyager 'dancing on edge' of outer space NASA's Voyager 1, launched in 1977, is nearing the outer boundary of the solar system and may already be "dancing on the edge" of outer space, the experts behind the pioneering craft said. ... more | .. |
 Mankind's messenger at the final frontier It looks like a dustbin lid strapped to a cluster of fishing rods. Its computer is so puny it could not even start up your iPhone. And if E.T. wants to listen to the message it brings, he'll need a gramophone to play it on. ... more |
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