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  Purple Bacteria on Earth Could Survive Alien Light

  July 23, 2013 — Purple bacteria contain pigments that allow them to use sunlight as their source of energy, hence their color. Physicists recently found that these organisms can also survive in the presence of ... > full story
• Black Holes
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  New Record for Cosmic X-Ray Sightings: Exploring Extreme Universe With Rich New Resource

  July 23, 2013 — Scientists have set a new record for cosmic X-ray sources ever sighted -- creating an unprecedented cosmic X-ray catalog that will provide a valuable resource allowing astronomers to explore the ... > full story
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  NASA Releases Images of Earth by Two Interplanetary Spacecraft

  July 22, 2013 — Color and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two NASA interplanetary spacecraft on July 19 show our planet and its moon as bright beacons from millions of miles away in space. NASA's Cassini ... > full story
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  Large Coronal Hole Near the Sun's North Pole

  July 19, 2013 — Astronomers captured an image of a gigantic coronal hole hovering over the sun's north pole on July 18, 2013, at 9:06 a.m. EDT. Coronal holes are dark, low density regions of the sun's outermost ... > full story
• Quantum Physics
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  New Large Hadron Collider Discovery: Measurement of Predicted Particle Decay With Implications for Dark Matter Search

  July 19, 2013 — Scientists have now observed B-sub-s meson decay as predicted by the Standard Model of Particle Physics. The discovery at the Large Hadron Collider will impact scientists' search for dark matter in ... > full story
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  A Warmer Planetary Haven Around Cool Stars, as Ice Warms Rather Than Cools

  July 19, 2013 — In a bit of cosmic irony, planets orbiting cooler stars may be more likely to remain ice-free than planets around hotter stars. This is due to the interaction of a star’s light with ice and ... > full story
• Quantum Physics
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  New Results from T2K Conclusively Show Muon Neutrinos Transform to Electron Neutrinos

  July 19, 2013 — Scientists have announced the definitive observation of muon neutrino to electron neutrino transformation. In 2011, the collaboration announced the first indication of this process, a new type of ... > full story

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  How Mars' Atmosphere Got So Thin: Reports Detail Curiosity Clues to Atmosphere's Past

  July 18, 2013 — A pair of new papers report measurements of the Martian atmosphere's composition by NASA's Curiosity rover, providing evidence about loss of much of Mars' original ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
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  Snow in an Infant Solar System: A Frosty Landmark for Planet and Comet Formation

  July 18, 2013 — A snow line has been imaged in a far-off infant solar system for the very first time. The snow line, located in the disc around the Sun-like star TW Hydrae, promises to tell us more about the ... > full story
• Mars
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  MAVEN Spectrometer Opens Window to Red Planet’s Past

  July 18, 2013 — When NASA's MAVEN mission begins its journey to the Red Planet later this year, it will be equipped with a special instrument to take the planet back in ... > full story

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