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January 28, 2015

Dawn ahead!
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 29, 2015
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned the sharpest images ever seen of the dwarf planet Ceres. The images were taken 147,000 miles (237,000 kilometers) from Ceres on Jan. 25, and represent a new milestone for a spacecraft that soon will become the first human-made probe to visit a dwarf planet. "We know so little about our vast solar system, but thanks to economical missions like Dawn, those mysteries are being solved," said Jim Green, Planetary Science Division Director at NASA Headquarters in Wash ... read more

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Kepler astronomers discover ancient star with 5 Earth-size planets Astronomers poring over four years of data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft have discovered a star that's 11.2 billion years old and has at least five Earth-size planets. "We thus show that Earth ... more		Galactic bubbles offer clues to dark matter Compared to other galaxies, the Milky Way is a peaceful place. But it hasn't always been so sleepy. In 2010, a team of scientists working at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovere ... more		What are yellowballs Some four years ago, a citizen scientist helping the Milky Way Project study Spitzer Space Telescope images for the tell-tale bubble patterns of star formation noticed something else. "Any ide ... more
				Surface composition of BL86 studies during Earth flyby Planetary Science Institute researchers Vishnu Reddy and Driss Takir studied the surface composition of near-Earth asteroid 2004 BL86 during its close flyby of Earth early this morning. Remote ... more		An Astro-archaeological find from the dawn of time Scientists led by University of Birmingham asteroseismologists have discovered a solar system with 5 Earth-sized planets dating back to the dawn of the Galaxy. Thanks to the NASA Kepler missio ... more

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Exotic, gigantic molecules fit inside each other like Russian nesting dolls University of Chicago scientists have experimentally observed for the first time a phenomenon in ultracold, three-atom molecules predicted by Russian theoretical physicsist Vitaly Efimov in 1970. In ... more		Ancient star system has Earth-sized planets forming near start of universe A Sun-like star with orbiting planets, dating back to the dawn of the Galaxy, has been discovered by an international team of astronomers. At 11.2 billion years old it is the oldest star with earth- ... more		EU states to hold talks on 'drone wall' to protect bloc Denmark military intel fails to identify source of drone flights Lithuania eases rules on shooting down drones		Black Hole Chokes on a Swallowed Star A five-year analysis of an event captured by a tiny telescope at McDonald Observatory and followed up by telescopes on the ground and in space has led astronomers to believe they witnessed a giant b ... more
				Russian Scientists Study Cosmic Dust at Unique Open-Air Lab in Antarctic The laboratory, which is located inland near Russia's Vostok Station in Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctic, will help scientists explore cosmic dust particles, the Russian online newspaper Gazeta.ru ... more		SOHO and Hinode Offer New Insight Into Solar Eruptions The sun is home to the largest explosions in the solar system. For example, it regularly produces huge eruptions known as coronal mass ejections - when billions of tons of solar material erupt off t ... more

Something Special in the Air The earliest stages of our Pluto encounter have begun, and New Horizons remains healthy and on course. Already, the SWAP, PEPSSI and SDC instruments are taking daily science data - measuring the cha ... more		Scientists set quantum speed limit University of California, Berkeley, scientists have proved a fundamental relationship between energy and time that sets a "quantum speed limit" on processes ranging from quantum computing and tunnel ... more		NASA ISRO radar satellite beams first Earth images from space Morocco High Atlas whistle language strives for survival China warns Papua New Guinea over Australian defence deal		DSCOVR set for voyage to "far out" orbit Many satellites that monitor the Earth orbit relatively close to the planet, while some satellites that monitor the sun orbit our star. DSCOVR will keep an eye on both, with a focus on the sun. To c ... more
Swarm of microprobes to head for Jupiter A swarm of tiny probes each with a different sensor could be fired into the clouds of Jupiter and grab data as they fall before burning up in the gas giant planet's atmosphere. The probes would last ... more		In theory black holes exist with unbounded speeds of propagation Lorentz invariance (LI) is a cornerstone of modern physics, and strongly supported by observations. In fact, all the experiments carried out so far are consistent with it, and no evidence to show th ... more		Asteroid That Flew Past Earth Has Moon Scientists working with NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, California, have released the first radar images of asteroid 2004 BL86. The images show the asteroid, ... more		Gigantic ring system around J1407b much larger, heavier than Saturn's Astronomers at the Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands, and the University of Rochester, USA, have discovered that the ring system that they see eclipse the very young Sun-like star J1407 is of enor ... more

	Scientists befuddled by mysterious white spot on Ceres Everyday, NASA's Dawn probe gets a bit closer to the dwarf planet Ceres. They're hoping this history-making flyby can answer questions and offer scientists a new and improved understanding of the glorified asteroid. But so far, Ceres is all mystery. ... more		Cosmic puzzle settled: Comets give us shooting stars Suspicions that shooting stars come from comet dust, transformed into fiery streaks as they hit Earth's atmosphere, have been bolstered by Europe's Rosetta space mission, scientists reported Monday. ... more

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New Horizons ready for planet's beyond beyond

Getting to know Rosetta's comet

Rosetta Comet 'Pouring' More Water Into Space

Updated Charts for Asteroid 2004 BL86 Earth Flyby on Jan 26, 2015

Gullies on Vesta Suggest Past Water-Mobilized Flows

Maneuver Delays Messenger's Impact, Extends Orbital Operations

Only the lonely...(reveal the secrets of atomic nuclei)

Planets outside our solar system more hospitable to life than thought

Death of a dynamo -- A hard drive from space

Messages from space -- hidden magnetic messages uncovered

Rejigging the Cluster quartet

SDO collects its 100-millionth image of Sun

Planetary building blocks evolved from porous to hard objects

Snapshot of cosmic burst of radio waves

Telescope To Seek Dust Where Other Earths May Lie

Ocean floor dust gives new insight into supernovae

Atoms can be in 2 places at the same time

Three nearly Earth-size planets found orbiting nearby star

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