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The Fertile Crescent of Space Exploration
Thursday, April 16, 2015
The new image of Ceres that NASA released today is doubly thrilling. It unveils more of the landscape of this mysterious in-betweener world--an object classified both as a giant asteroid and as a dwarf planet, a type of object never before observed...
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Winter Postcard from Antarctica: A Green Auroral Lightning Bolt From the Blue
By Tom Yulsman
Saturday, April 11, 2015
A green lightning bolt zapping a British habitation module on Mars? Well, of course not. It's actually a display of the aurora australis setting the winter sky on fire above the Halley Research Station in Antarctica. The aurora australis is the S...
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Alan Stern on Pluto’s Wonders, New Horizons’ Lost Twin, and That Whole "Dwarf Planet" Thing
Sunday, March 29, 2015
You don't have to wonder what is on Alan Stern's mind. The planetary scientist and former NASA associate administrator is a relentless champion of all things Pluto; he is both the principal investigator and the prime mover behind the New Horizons m...
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In Praise of NASA's Ambitious Asteroid Grab
Friday, March 27, 2015
If you pay attention to news about space exploration, you may have seen some skeptical stories about NASA's proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission. (And even if you don't follow such things, you might well have been dismayed by headlines announcing a "...
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Go With the Flow
Thursday, April 02, 2015
Physicists spur flocking behavior in a lifeless system.
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Rosetta Gets Up Close With a Comet
By Brian Jones
Thursday, April 02, 2015
Photos from the Rosetta mission reveal some interesting features on the surface of Comet 67P.
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Scientists Prepare to Study Samples from Mars
By Brenda Poppy
Thursday, April 02, 2015
Labs don't yet exist, but the technology has come a long way.
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