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Yale astronomers identify new exoplanet
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A Yale graduate student working in collaboration with a Yale professor and a researcher at NASA’s Ames Research Center recently discovered a previously overlooked planet 3,000 light years from Earth.
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Soyuz capsule docks with International Space Station
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A Soyuz space capsule carrying astronauts from Russia, Japan and the United States has docked with the International Space Station after a two-day voyage. The docking took place smoothly at 0406 GMT Saturday at a height of 412 kil
The Seattle Times: Home
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Planets stripped bare by host stars
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Astronomers have defined a class of planet that have had their atmospheres stripped away by their host stars.
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Comet Double-Whammy: A Lesson in Planetary Defense?
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We are in the middle of a double comet encounter -- do astronomers view this unprecedented event as a worrying near-miss? Or is it an exciting opportunity to learn more about these mysterious icy objects?
Discovery News - Top Stories
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Hubble sets new cosmic distance record
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The Hubble Space Telescope spies a galaxy that existed more than 13 billion years ago, very close to the dawn of star formation.
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Antarctic Fungus Survives in Mars-like Conditions
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After living for 18 months in a Mars-like environment outside the International Space Station, some Antarctic fungi were still living and dividing when examined by researchers back on Earth.
Discovery News - Top Stories
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30 years since Challenger: Teacher-in-Space finalists gather
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Dozens of educators who competed alongside Christa McAuliffe to become the first teacher in space gathered Thursday to remember the seven astronauts who perished aboard Challenger 30 years ago.
Denver Post: News: Breaking
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NASA to Announce Mars Mystery Solved
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NASA will detail a major science finding from the agency's ongoing exploration of Mars during a news briefing at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 28 at the James Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The event will be
NASA Breaking News
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New Horizons spacecraft still on track for Pluto flyby
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The New Horizons spacecraft is still on track for its historic July 14 flyby of Pluto despite experiencing a technical glitch Saturday.
In a statement released Sunday NASA said that New Horizons will resume normal science opera
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New NASA images may solve Ceres 'bright spot' puzzle
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series of new NASA images may explain the unusual bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres that have been puzzling scientists. The closest-yet images of Ceres were taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on May 3 and 4 from a distance of 8,4
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A Resupply Mission in Trouble, are Astronauts?
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The six astronauts aboard the International Space Station are having a little trouble getting new supplies.An uncrewed Russian cargo capsule carrying 6,000 pounds of food and other supplies for the space station is currently spinn
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Nine Hundred Percent Over Budget
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With the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope next week, people are again thinking about its big successor. The very first month that this part of Science 2.0, the communications portal, went live, in January of 2007, we
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Italian Espresso Machine Headed for Space Station
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The next space station grocery run will carry caffeine to a whole new level: Aboard the SpaceX supply ship is an authentic espresso machine straight from Italy.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch its unmanned rocket with the espress
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Mars rover Curiosity spots strange
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Climbing up Mt. Sharp in the middle of Gale Crater, NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has discovered two-tone veins of minerals that reveal multiple episodes of water flowing through rock — even after the lake that once filled the b
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Space Shuttle Alarm Forces Relocation
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A possible leak in the cooling system on the International Space Station has resulted in the evacuation of the U.S. crew from the American segment of the station to the Russian segment, NASA said Wednesday.
The U.S. astronauts
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Mystery of Exoplanet's Magnetic Field Unlocked
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Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope were thrilled to catch a view of the Jupiter-sized exoplanet HD 209454b as it passed across the face of its parent star, relative to the observatory’s line of sight.But what they found
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Philae touches down on the surface of a comet
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Touchdown! The Philae probe has landed on the surface of a comet, scientists from the European Space Agency (ESA) announced Wednesday.
It is the first time a soft landing has been achieved on a comet.
Led by ESA with a con
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This Isn't CGI, It's The International Space Station
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These days it can be hard to differentiate between computer generated imagery (CGI) and real life, particularly in a space setting. For example, the stunning computer renditions of space vistas and supermassive black hole in the b
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Private Rocket Launches to International Space Station
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A commercial supply ship bound for the International Space Station is ready to launch from the Eastern Shore of Virginia tonight (Oct. 27), and you can watch it live. If you live on the U.S. East Coast, you might even catch a glim
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To the Moon and Back: China Tests Space Program
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Up, up and away. Way away -- to the moon, in fact. China launched an experimental spacecraft early Friday that is scheduled to orbit the moon before returning to Earth, a first for the country's ambitious space program and conside
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Possible Landing Sites Selected for Europe's ExoMars
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European space officials are eyeing four possible landing sites on Mars for a life-seeking rover set to launch toward the Red Planet in 2018. All of the potential ExoMars rover landing sites are located near the Red Planet's equat
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Beautiful View of the Wild Duck Star Cluster in Flight
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A spectacular new photo shows a cluster of stars whose brightest objects form a triangle that has been likened to a flock of ducks in flight.
The European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory in Chile captured the beauti
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Titan's Polar Vortex is Packed with Toxic Cyanide
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Since NASA’s Cassini mission discovered the swirling polar vortex in Saturn’s moon Titan’s atmosphere, scientists have been fascinated by this apparently seasonal phenomenon. Now, scientists analyzing Cassini data have found
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Cubesats: A Space Junk Hazard?
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Cubesats provide a valuable, low-cost research space platform for institutions, universities, laboratories and space agencies, but could their use create a new hazard for the increasingly crowded orbital environment?
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Solar System's Water is Older Than the Sun
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Guess what Earth's been hiding from us, way down in its belly? Water! Lots and lots of water. So concludes a team of scientists who ran computer models comparing the ratios of hydrogen isotopes over time. Taking into account new i
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India's Mars Orbiter Mission Arrives at the Red Planet
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India has joined the Mars club. Could small amounts of liquid water exist on the surface of Mars? Salt may be a key to answering that question.
India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) probe was captured by the Red Planet's gravity
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Cassini Admires Trio of 'Oddball' Saturn Moons
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There’s no denying it, Saturn has an astonishing array of moons of different shapes, sizes and compositions. In this newly-released observation from the 10 year-old NASA Cassini mission, the orbiter managed to capture three of t
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Pair of Spacecraft -- Plus Comet -- Arriving at Mars
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A new investigation in the quest to learn if Mars ever supported life begins this weekend with the arrival of NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft. Unlike previous orbiters, landers and rovers, MAVEN’s focus is on Mars’ upper atmosphere.
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Mystery Signal Could be Dark Matter Hint in ISS Detector
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Analysis of 41 billion cosmic rays striking the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle detector aboard the International Space Station shows an unknown phenomena that is “consistent with a dark matter particle” known as a neutra
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Dino-Killing Meteorite Gave Way to Leafy Forests
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The meteorite that killed off the dinosaurs 66 million years ago had more of an effect on evergreens and led plants that lose their leaves to dominate forests, reports a new study. The event wiped out about half of plant species,
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