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IBEX Releases First-Ever All-Sky Map

Saturday, October 17th, 2009 - 14:52:18 - Anuradha Menon

IBEX spacecraft has made it possible for scientists to construct the first comprehensive sky map of our solar system and its location in the Milky...

Expedition 21 Crew Arrives at the ISS

Friday, October 2nd, 2009 - 10:15:50 - Anuradha Menon

Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev along with spaceflight participant Guy Laliberté have arrived at the International Space Station...

New Ring Quirks Found During Saturn Equinox

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 - 10:36:34 - Anuradha Menon

NASA scientists are marveling over the extent of ruffles and dust clouds revealed in the rings of Saturn during the planet's equinox last month...

Rare Meteorite Found Using New Camera

Sunday, September 20th, 2009 - 19:38:16 - Ehud Rattner

Researchers have discovered an unusual kind of meteorite in the Western Australian desert and have uncovered where in the Solar System it came from...

Saturn Lightning Storm Breaks Record

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 - 09:01:42 - Anuradha Menon

A lightning storm has been raging on Saturn since mid-January, making the tempest the longest-lasting storm ever detected in our solar system...

Unraveling Saturn Rings
Monday, September 14th, 2009 - Anuradha Menon
In this simulated image of Saturn's rings, color is used to represent information about ring particle sizes in different...

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New Method for Discovering Extrasolar Planets
Monday, July 27th, 2009 - Janice Karin
Researchers at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias in Tenerife have captured spectroscopic information from light...

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All Eyepieces on Jupiter After a Big Impact

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 - 14:21:35 - Anuradha Menon

Astronomers were scrambling to get big telescopes turned to Jupiter on Tuesday to observe the remains of what looks like the biggest smashup in the...

Ulysses' Farewell
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 - Anuradha Menon
The European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA have shut down Ulysses, one of the longest serving solar orbiters in history...

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When the Sun Ceases to Exist
Saturday, June 27th, 2009 - Sarah Gingichashvili
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. The Earth and other matter orbit the Sun, which by itself accounts...

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