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  • Kepler has caught hundreds of asteroids

    Kepler has had managed to ‘catch’ many meteors and asteroids in its mission to observe stars, and some astronomers have decided to use this data.

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  • Charon at 40: Four Decades of Discovery on Pluto’s Largest Moon

    The largest of Pluto’s five moons, Charon, was discovered 40 years ago today by James Christy and Robert Harrington at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona – only about six miles from where Pluto itself was discovered at Lowell Observatory. They weren’t even looking for satellites of Pluto – Christy was trying to refine Pluto’s orbit around the Sun.

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  • Lockheed Martin unveils reusable water-powered Mars lander

    Governments and private firms are collaborating on projects to send humans to new frontiers, with NASA planning missions to the space between the earth and moon to prepare for trips to Mars.

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  • NASA Study: First Direct Proof of Ozone Hole Recovery Due to Chemicals Ban

    For the first time, scientists have shown through direct satellite observations of the ozone hole that levels of ozone-destroying chlorine are declining, resulting in less ozone depletion.

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