A Star Just Ripped Comet Halley’s Massive Cousin to Shreds0
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- February 15, 2017
The Hubble Space Telescope has found a white dwarf star consuming a huge comet, scattering its remains throughout its atmosphere.
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NASA Plans 1st Robotic Mission to Search for Life on Jupiter’s Ocean Moon, Europa — Will Defy Arthur C. Clark’s Warning: “Attempt No Landing There”0
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- February 15, 2017
In September of 2016, astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope imaged what may be water vapor plumes erupting off the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa.
Astronomers Just Found More Evidence of a New Type of Black Hole0
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- February 14, 2017
Black holes keep getting stranger.
White-Dwarf Solar System Discovered That Mirrors Ours –“Rich in Life’s Building Blocks”0
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- February 14, 2017
a UCLA-led team of scientists reports that it has discovered the existence of a white dwarf star whose atmosphere is rich in carbon and nitrogen, as well as in oxygen and hydrogen, the components of water.
Ice, Ice Everywhere, says New Study on Ceres0
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- February 14, 2017
As the single-largest body in the Asteroid Belt, Ceres has long been a source of fascination to astronomers.
NASA Mystery: Scientists Baffled By Pluto’s Intense X-Ray Emissions –“No Natural Means for Emitting Them”0
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- February 14, 2017
Something very odd is going on around Pluto.
Researchers Are Pretty Sure They’ve Found A New Planet In Our Solar System0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 10, 2017
Researchers are now pretty certain there’s a ninth planet in the solar system.
Japan’s troubled ‘space junk’ mission fails0
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- February 10, 2017
An experimental Japanese mission to clear ‘space junk’ or rubbish from the Earth’s orbit has ended in failure, officials said Monday, in an embarassment for Tokyo.
Sandia researchers offer explanation for hissing and popping noises heard from meteors0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 10, 2017
A team of researchers working at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico has found an explanation for the variety of sounds people hear when witnessing a falling meteor—sounds that should not be heard until minutes later due to the long distances involved.
Water spotted in the atmosphere of nearby hot Jupiter exoplanet0
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- February 9, 2017
A FARAWAY world is steaming. Astronomers have found water vapour in the atmosphere of an exoplanet called 51 Pegasi b — and achieved the feat using a brand new technique.
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