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  One of the Moon's Mysteries Solved: Origin of Mascon Basins

  May 30, 2013 — A mystery of the moon that imperiled astronauts and spacecraft on lunar missions has been solved. Large concentrations of mass lurk on the lunar surface that can change the gravity field and either ... > full story
• Astrophysics
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  Water-Rock Reaction May Provide Enough Hydrogen 'Food' to Sustain Life in Ocean's Crust or on Mars

  May 30, 2013 — A chemical reaction between iron-containing minerals and water may produce enough hydrogen "food" to sustain microbial communities living in pores and cracks within the enormous volume of rock below ... > full story
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  Comet ISON Is Hurtling Toward Uncertain Destiny With Sun

  May 30, 2013 — A new series of images from Gemini Observatory shows Comet C/2012 S1 racing toward an uncomfortably close rendezvous with the Sun. In late November the comet could present a stunning sight in the ... > full story
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  New Mathematical Model Links Space-Time Theories

  May 30, 2013 — Researchers have taken a significant step in a project to unravel the secrets of the structure of our ... > full story
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  Cassini Finds Hints of Activity at Saturn Moon Dione

  May 29, 2013 — From a distance, most of the Saturnian moon Dione resembles a bland cueball. Thanks to close-up images of a 500-mile-long (800-kilometer-long) mountain on the moon from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, ... > full story
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  NASA's WISE Mission Finds 'Lost' Asteroid Family Members

  May 29, 2013 — Data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to a new and improved family tree for asteroids in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. Astronomers used millions of infrared ... > full story
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  Weightlessness of Space Used to Design Better Materials for Earth

  May 29, 2013 — Scientists are using the weightlessness of space to design stronger materials here on ... > full story
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  'Low Sodium Diet' Key to Old Age for Stars: New Observations Challenge Current Stellar Theories

  May 29, 2013 — Astronomers expect that stars like the Sun will blow off much of their atmospheres into space near the ends of their lives. But new observations of a huge star cluster made using ESO's Very Large ... > full story
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  Cosmic Glitch: Astronomers Discover New Phenomenon in Neutron Star

  May 29, 2013 — The physics behind some of the most extraordinary stellar objects in the universe just became even more puzzling. A group of astronomers has discovered a new kind of glitch in the cosmos, ... > full story
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  NASA IRIS: Improving Our View of the Sun

  May 29, 2013 — In late June 2013, NASA will launch a new set of eyes to offer the most detailed look ever of the sun's lower atmosphere, called the interface region. This region is believed to play a crucial role ... > full story

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