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  Rocket Powered by Nuclear Fusion Could Send Humans to Mars

  April 4, 2013 — Scientists are building components of a fusion-powered rocket aimed to clear many of the hurdles that block deep space travel, including long times in transit, exorbitant costs and health ... > full story
• Origin of Life
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  Origin of Life: Power Behind Primordial Soup Discovered

  April 4, 2013 — Researchers may have solved a key puzzle about how objects from space could have kindled life on ... > full story
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  Hubble Breaks Record in Search for Farthest Supernova

  April 4, 2013 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found the farthest supernova so far of the type used to measure cosmic distances. Supernova UDS10Wil, nicknamed SN Wilson after American President Woodrow Wilson, ... > full story
• Galaxies
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  Green Pea Galaxies Could Help Astronomers Understand Early Universe

  April 3, 2013 — The rare Green Pea galaxies discovered by the general public in 2007 could help confirm astronomers' understanding of reionization, a pivotal stage in the evolution of the early ... > full story
• Dark Matter
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  Search for Dark Matter: Experiment Measures Antimatter Excess in Cosmic Ray Flux

  April 3, 2013 — The international team running the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) today announced the first results in its search for dark matter. They report the observation of an excess of positrons in the ... > full story

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  Taken Under the 'Wing' of the Small Magellanic Cloud: First Detection of X-Ray Emission from Young Stars With Masses Similar to Our Sun Outside Our Milky Way Galaxy

  April 3, 2013 — The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors. In fact, it was so bright that many navigators used this object to make their way across the oceans. A new ... > full story
• Alternative Fuels
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  Breakthrough in Hydrogen Fuel Production Could Revolutionize Alternative Energy Market

  April 3, 2013 — Researchers have discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant, a breakthrough that has the potential to bring a low-cost, environmentally friendly fuel source to the ... > full story
• Galaxies
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  New Insights on How Spiral Galaxies Get Their Arms

  April 2, 2013 — Spiral galaxies are some of the most beautiful and photogenic residents of the universe. Our own Milky Way is a spiral. Our solar system and Earth reside somewhere near one of its filamentous arms. ... > full story
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  Hubble Sees J 900 Masquerading as a Double Star

  April 2, 2013 — A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows Jonckheere 900 or J 900, a planetary nebula -- glowing shells of ionized gas pushed out by a dying star. Discovered in the early 1900s by astronomer ... > full story
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  Supernova Remnant 1987A Continues to Reveal Its Secrets

  April 1, 2013 — A team of astronomers has succeeded in observing the death throes of a giant star in unprecedented detail. In February of 1987, astronomers observing the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf ... > full story

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