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  Goldstone Radar Snags Images of Asteroid 2013 ET

  March 19, 2013 — A sequence of radar images of asteroid 2013 ET was obtained on March 10, 2013, by NASA scientists using the 230-foot (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., when the asteroid was ... > full story
• Earth Science
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  Computer Models Show How Deep Carbon Could Return to Earth's Surface

  March 18, 2013 — Computer simulations of water under extreme pressure are helping geochemists understand how carbon might be recycled from hundreds of miles below the Earth's ... > full story
• Geology
  Earth Science
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  Earth's Interior Cycles Contribute to Long-Term Sea-Level and Climate Change, Researchers Find

  March 18, 2013 — Ancient rises in sea levels and global warming are partially attributable to cyclical activity below Earth's surface, researchers have concluded in an analysis of geological studies. However, changes ... > full story
• Fish
  Marine Biology
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  Antarctica's First Whale Skeleton Found With Nine New Deep-Sea Species

  March 18, 2013 — Marine biologists have, for the first time, found a whale skeleton on the ocean floor near Antarctica, giving new insights into life in the sea depths. The discovery was made almost a mile below the ... > full story
• Moon
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  Leaping Lunar Dust: Electrically Charged Dust Near Shadowed Craters Can Get Lofted Above Moon's Surface

  March 18, 2013 — Electrically charged lunar dust near shadowed craters can get lofted above the surface and jump over the shadowed region, bouncing back and forth between sunlit areas on opposite sides, according to ... > full story
• Nature of Water
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  Extreme Water in Earth's Interior

  March 13, 2013 — Earth is the only known planet that holds water in massive quantities and in all three of the main phase states. But the earthly, omnipresent compound water has very unusual properties that become ... > full story
• Stars
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  Astrophysics
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
   
  

  Earth-Sized Planets in Habitable Zones Are More Common Than Previously Thought

  March 12, 2013 — The number of potentially habitable planets is greater than previously thought, according to a new analysis by a Penn State researcher, and some of those planets are likely lurking around nearby ... > full story
• Stars
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  Closest Star System Found in a Century

  March 11, 2013 — A pair of newly discovered stars is the third-closest star system to the Sun and the closest discovered since 1916. At 6.5 light years, it is so close that Earth's television transmissions from 2006 ... > full story
• Space Exploration
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  Cassini Makes Last Close Flyby of Saturnian Moon Rhea

  March 8, 2013 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be swooping close to Saturn's moon Rhea on Saturday, March 9, the last close flyby of Rhea in Cassini's mission. The primary purpose will be to probe the internal ... > full story
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  Comet PANSTARRS Rises to the Occasion Mid-March

  March 8, 2013 — Comets visible to the naked eye are a rare delicacy in the celestial smorgasbord of objects in the nighttime sky. Scientists estimate that the opportunity to see one of these icy dirtballs ... > full story

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