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  Hubble Sees a Planetary Nebula in the Making

  October 11, 2012 — The Universe is filled with mysterious objects. Many of them are as strange as they are beautiful. Among these, planetary nebulae are probably one of the most fascinating objects to behold in the ... > full story
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  Focus on Space Debris: Envisat

  October 11, 2012 — Space debris came into focus last week at the International Astronautical Congress in Naples, Italy. Envisat, the European Space Agency's largest Earth observation satellite, ended its mission last ... > full story
• Saturn
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  Bouncing on Saturn's Moon Titan

  October 11, 2012 — ESA’s Huygens probe bounced, slid and wobbled its way to rest in the 10 seconds after touching down on Saturn’s moon, Titan, in January 2005, a new analysis reveals. The findings provide ... > full story

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  • Bounce, Skid, Wobble: How Huygens Landed on Titan
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  Saturn's Ever-Changing F Ring

  October 10, 2012 — The Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn's ever-changing F ring, showing its bright core, another strand of ring material, and a breakaway clump of material close to the ... > full story
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  Dead Stars Could Be the Future of Spacecraft Navigation

  October 9, 2012 — Scientists are investigating the feasibility of using dead stars to navigate spacecraft in deep space. If feasible, this technique may in future revolutionize the way spacecraft navigate in the outer ... > full story
• Stars
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  Large Water Reservoirs at the Dawn of Stellar Birth

  October 9, 2012 — The European Space Agency's Herschel space observatory has discovered enough water vapor to fill Earth's oceans more than 2000 times over, in a gas and dust cloud that is on the verge of collapsing ... > full story
• Mars
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  Mars Express to Relay First Science Data from Mars Curiosity

  October 6, 2012 — For 15 minutes, the NASA rover will transmit scientific data up to MEX, which will store it on board for a time. Then, two hours later, MEX will line up again, this time pointing its High Gain ... > full story
• Stars
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  Hubble Sees Cosmic Riches

  October 5, 2012 — A dazzling new image shows the globular cluster Messier 69, or M 69 for short, as viewed through the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Globular clusters are dense collections of old stars. In this ... > full story
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  New 3-D Camera for Space Missions

  October 3, 2012 — A new 3-D camera has been developed for space missions. Researchers are now completing a study identifying alternatives to the cameras currently deployed on spacecrafts and space ... > full story
• Venus
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  A Curious Cold Layer in the Atmosphere of Venus

  October 2, 2012 — Venus Express has spied a surprisingly cold region high in the planet's atmosphere that may be frigid enough for carbon dioxide to freeze out as ice or ... > full story

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