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  Moon Radiation Findings May Reduce Health Risks to Astronauts

  June 11, 2013 — Space scientists report that data gathered by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show lighter materials like plastics provide effective shielding against the radiation hazards faced by astronauts ... > full story
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  Scientists Size Up Universe's Most Lightweight Dwarf Galaxy

  June 10, 2013 — The least massive galaxy in the known universe has now been measured, clocking in at just 1,000 or so stars with a bit of dark matter holding them ... > full story
• Nebulae
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  A Hubble View of NGC 1579: The Trifid of the North

  June 7, 2013 — Unlike the venomous fictional plants that share its name, the Trifid of the North, otherwise known as the Northern Trifid or NGC 1579, poses no threat to your vision. The nebula's moniker is inspired ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
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  Astronomers Gear Up to Discover Earth-Like Planets

  June 6, 2013 — Dust clouds around stars are thought to hide many undiscovered planets with conditions suitable for life, but observations have been hampered by the fact that only the brightest such clouds can be ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
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  2011 Draconid Meteor Shower Deposited a Ton of Meteoritic Material on Earth

  June 6, 2013 — About a ton of material coming from comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner was deposited in the Earth's atmosphere on October 8th and 9th, 2011 during one of the most intense showers of shooting starts in the ... > full story
• Stars
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  'Dust Trap' Around Young Star Solves Long-Standing Planet Formation Mystery

  June 6, 2013 — Astronomers have imaged a region around a young star where dust particles can grow by clumping together. This is the first time that such a dust trap has been clearly observed and modeled. It solves ... > full story
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  Cassini Sees Precursors to Aerosol Haze on Saturn's Largest Moon, Titan

  June 6, 2013 — Scientists working with data from NASA's Cassini mission have confirmed the presence of a population of complex hydrocarbons in the upper atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, that later evolve ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
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  Stars Don't Obliterate Their Planets (Very Often)

  June 6, 2013 — Stars have an alluring pull on planets, especially those in a class called hot Jupiters, which are gas giants that form farther from their stars before migrating inward and heating up. Now, a new ... > full story
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  NASA's Orion Spacecraft Proves Sound Under Pressure

  June 6, 2013 — After a month of being poked, prodded and pressurized in ways that mimicked the stresses of spaceflight, NASA's Orion crew module successfully passed its static loads tests on ... > full story
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  Black Holes Abundant Among the Earliest Stars

  June 5, 2013 — By comparing infrared and X-ray background signals across the same stretch of sky, astronomers have discovered evidence of a significant number of black holes that accompanied the first stars in the ... > full story

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