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  First X-Class Solar Flares of 2013

  May 14, 2013 — On May 13, 2013, the sun emitted an X2.8-class flare, peaking at 12:05 p.m. EDT. This is the the strongest X-class flare of 2013 so far, surpassing in strength the X1.7-class flare that occurred 14 ... > full story

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  • Impacts of Strong Solar Flares
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  New Method of Finding Planets Scores Its First Discovery

  May 13, 2013 — Detecting alien worlds presents a significant challenge since they are small, faint, and close to their stars. The two most prolific techniques for finding exoplanets are radial velocity (looking for ... > full story
• Galaxies
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  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
   
  

  Hubble Tells a Tale of Galactic Collisions

  May 12, 2013 — When we look into the distant cosmos, the great majority of the objects we see are galaxies: immense gatherings of stars, planets, gas, dust, and dark matter, showing up in all kind of shapes. A new ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
  NASA
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  Sifting Through Atmospheres of Far-Off Worlds

  May 10, 2013 — Gone are the days of being able to count the number of known planets on your fingers. Today, there are more than 800 confirmed exoplanets -- planets that orbit stars beyond our sun -- and more than ... > full story
• Moon
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  Near-Earth Object Impacts
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  Moon and Earth Have Common Water Source

  May 9, 2013 — New research finds that water inside the moon's mantle comes from the same source as water on Earth. The Moon is thought to have formed after a giant impact to a still-forming Earth 4.5 million years ... > full story

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  • Water on Moon, Earth Came from Same Primitive Meteorites
• Stars
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  Kuiper Belt
   
  

  Dead Stars 'Polluted' With Planetary Debris: Signs of Earth-Like Planets Found

  May 9, 2013 — Astronomers have found signs of Earth-like planets in an unlikely place: the atmospheres of a pair of burnt-out stars in a nearby star cluster. The white dwarf stars are being polluted by debris from ... > full story
• Galaxies
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  Dark Matter
   
  

  Astronomers Discover Surprising Clutch of Hydrogen Clouds Lurking Among Our Galactic Neighbors

  May 8, 2013 — In a dark, starless patch of intergalactic space, astronomers have discovered a never-before-seen cluster of hydrogen clouds strewn between two nearby galaxies, Andromeda (M31) and Triangulum (M33). ... > full story
• Early Climate
  Fossils
  Origin of Life
  Astronomy
  Black Holes
  Bacteria
   
  

  First Biological Evidence of a Supernova

  May 8, 2013 — In fossil remnants of bacteria, researchers have found a radioactive iron isotope that they trace back to a supernova in our cosmic neighborhood. This is the first proven biological signature of a ... > full story
• Black Holes
  Astronomy
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  Milky Way Black Hole Snacks on Hot Gas

  May 7, 2013 — The Herschel space observatory has made detailed observations of surprisingly hot gas that may be orbiting or falling towards the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our Milky Way ... > full story
• Galaxies
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  Space Exploration
   
  

  Hubble Sees the Remains of a Star Gone Supernova

  May 6, 2013 — A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows delicate wisps of gas that make up an object known as SNR B0519-69.0, or SNR 0519 for short. The thin, blood-red shells are actually the remnants ... > full story

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