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• Pluto
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  Names for New Pluto Moons Accepted

  July 2, 2013 — The International Astronomical Union has officially recognized the names Kerberos and Styx for the fourth and fifth moons of Pluto respectively (formerly known as P4 and P5). These names were backed ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Astronomy
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Sun
  Space Telescopes
   
  

  Comet ISON Brings Holiday Fireworks

  July 2, 2013 — Superficially resembling a skyrocket, Comet ISON is hurtling toward the Sun at 48,000 miles per hour. In May 2013, the comet was 403 million miles from Earth, between the orbits of Mars and ... > full story
• Geomagnetic Storms
  Atmosphere
  Solar Flare
  Sun
  Astronomy
  Renewable Energy
   
  

  Cluster Spacecraft Detects Elusive Space Wind

  July 2, 2013 — A new study provides the first conclusive proof of the existence of a space wind first proposed theoretically over 20 years ago. By analysing data from the European Space Agency’s Cluster ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
  Astronomy
  Stars
  Kuiper Belt
  Eris (Xena)
  Jupiter
   
  

  Astronomer Uncovers the Hidden Identity of an Exoplanet

  July 1, 2013 — Hovering about 70 light-years from Earth –- that's "next door" by astronomical standards –– is a star astronomers call HD 97658, which is almost bright enough to see with the naked ... > full story
• Astronomy
  Galaxies
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
  Solar System
   
  

  NASA Decommissions Its Galaxy Hunter Spacecraft

  July 1, 2013 — NASA has turned off its Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) after a decade of operations in which the venerable space telescope used its ultraviolet vision to study hundreds of millions of galaxies ... > full story
• Sun
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Astronomy
  Space Missions
  Solar Flare
   
  

  NASA Launches Satellite to Study How Sun's Atmosphere Is Energized

  June 28, 2013 — NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft launched Thursday at 7:27 p.m. PDT (10:27 p.m. EDT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The mission to study the solar atmosphere was ... > full story
• Space Missions
  Space Exploration
  Space Probes
  NASA
  Astronomy
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
   
  

  'Shields to Maximum, Mr. Scott': Simulating Orbital Debris Impacts on Spacecraft and Fragment Impacts on Body Armor

  June 27, 2013 — Running hundreds of simulations on TACC supercomputers, University of Texas mechanical engineering professor Eric Fahrenthold assisted NASA in the development of ballistic limit curves that predict ... > full story
• Mars
  Space Missions
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Solar System
  Astronomy
   

  Sterilizing Mars Spacecraft Is Largely a Waste of Money, Two Experts Argue

  June 27, 2013 — Two university researchers say environmental restrictions have become unnecessarily restrictive and expensive -- on ... > full story
• Geology
  Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Earth Science
  Volcanoes
  Geography
   
  

  Location of Upwelling in Earth's Mantle Discovered to Be Stable

  June 26, 2013 — A new study shows that large-scale upwelling within Earth's mantle mostly occurs in only two places: Beneath Africa and the Central Pacific. These upwelling locations have remained remarkably stable ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
  Solar System
  Astronomy
   
  

  Ten Thousandth Near-Earth Object Discovered in Space

  June 25, 2013 — More than 10,000 asteroids and comets that can pass near Earth have now been discovered. The 10,000th near-Earth object, asteroid 2013 MZ5, was first detected on the night of June 18, 2013, by the ... > full story

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