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Lightning Strike in Africa Helps Take Pulse of Sun
Scientists have developed a
more definitive and reliable
tool for measuring the Sun's
rotation when sunspots
aren't visible ---- and even
when they are -- based on
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Rosetta Bound for Outer Solar System After Final Earth Swingby
This morning, mission
controllers confirmed that
ESA's comet chaser Rosetta
had swung by Earth at 8:45
CET as planned, skimming
... > full story
LCROSS Impact Analysis Indicates Water on Moon
The argument that the moon
is a dry, desolate place no
longer holds water.
Preliminary data from the
Lunar CRater Observation and
Sensing Satellite, or
... > full story
ESA Spacecraft May Help Unravel Cosmic Mystery
When Europe's comet chaser
Rosetta swings by Earth on
Nov. 13 for a critical
gravity assist, tracking
data will be collected to
precisely measure the
... > full story
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Small Asteroid 2009 VA Whizzes By Earth
November 12, 2009 — A newly discovered asteroid designated 2009 VA, which is only about 7 meters in size, passed about 2 Earth radii (14,000 km) from Earth's surface Nov. 6 at around 16:30 EST. This is the third-closest ... > full story -
Are Earth's Oceans Made Of Extraterrestrial Material?
November 11, 2009 — Contrary to preconceived notions, the atmosphere and the oceans were perhaps not formed from vapors emitted during intense volcanism at the dawning of our planet. Scientists now suggest that water ... > full story -
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Sees Channels From Hale Crater
November 10, 2009 — A new image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows channels to the southeast of Hale crater on southern Mars. Taken by the orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, ... > full story -
Unsettled Youth: Spitzer Observes A Chaotic Planetary System
November 9, 2009 — Before our planets found their way to the stable orbits they circle in today, they wiggled and jostled about like unsettled children. Now, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found a young star with ... > full story -
Carbon Atmosphere Discovered On Neutron Star
November 5, 2009 — Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. This discovery resolves a ten-year mystery surrounding this object. In Earth's time frame, ... > full story -
'Ultra-Primitive' Particles Found In Comet Dust
November 2, 2009 — Dust samples collected from the stratosphere have yielded an unexpectedly rich trove of relics from the ancient cosmos, scientists report. The dust includes presolar grains and material from ... > full story -
Solar Winds Triggered By Magnetic Fields
November 2, 2009 — Solar wind generated by the sun is probably driven by a process involving powerful magnetic fields, according to a new study led by researchers based on the latest observations from the Hinode ... > full story -
E-Infrastructures Give Real Boost To Virtual Observatories
November 1, 2009 — New tools and systems developed by European researchers are helping astronomers access data centres from anywhere in the world. From charting new stars to finding new meaning in old stellar objects, ... > full story -
New Celestial Map Gives Directions For GPS
October 30, 2009 — Many of us have been rescued from unfamiliar territory by directions from a Global Positioning System navigator. GPS satellites send signals to a receiver in your GPS navigator, which calculates your ... > full story -
Soil Moisture And Ocean Salinity Satellite Ready For Launch
October 29, 2009 — A new European Earth observation satellite will be launched in the early hours of Monday November 2 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. The European Space Agency Soil Moisture and Ocean ... > full story
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