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  X-Rays From Saturn Pose Puzzles

  March 9, 2004 — The first clear detection of X-rays from the giant, gaseous planet Saturn has been made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Chandra's image shows that the X-rays are concentrated near ... > full story
• Space Exploration
  Nuclear Energy
  NASA
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  Los Alamos Leading Fast-Paced Reactor Research To Power Planned Journey To Jupiter's Icy Moons

  February 12, 2004 — A proposed U.S. mission to investigate three ice-covered moons of Jupiter will demand fast-paced research, fabrication and realistic non-nuclear testing of a prototype nuclear reactor within two ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
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  Mathematics
   

  Old Equation May Shed New Light On Planet Formation

  January 6, 2004 — New work with an old equation may help scientists calculate the thickness of ice covering the oceans on Jupiter's moon Europa and ultimately provide insight into planet ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
  Kuiper Belt
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  Astronomy
   

  Planet-Formation Model Indicates Earthlike Planets Might Be Common

  December 11, 2003 — Astrobiologists disagree about whether advanced life is common or rare in our universe. But new research suggests that one thing is pretty certain – if an Earthlike world with significant water ... > full story
• Solar System
  Saturn
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  Recycling Of Orbiting Debris May Extend Lifetimes Of Planets' Rings

  December 9, 2003 — Although rings around planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are relatively short-lived, new evidence implies that the recycling of orbiting debris can lengthen the lifetime of such rings, ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
  Solar System
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  Neptune
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  New Evidence For Solar-Like Planetary System Around Nearby Star

  December 1, 2003 — Astronomers at the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Councils UK Astronomy Technology Centre (ATC) at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh have produced compelling new evidence that Vega, one of ... > full story
• Astronomy
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  Saturn
   

  Cassini Captures Jupiter In Close-Up Portrait

  November 14, 2003 — Jupiter, our solar system's most massive planet, has been captured in the most detailed global color view ever seen, courtesy of NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Cassini acquired the view during ... > full story
• Astronomy
  Solar System
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  Space Exploration
  Extrasolar Planets
   

  Let Gravity Assist You...

  October 23, 2003 — Imagine if every time you drove by a city, your car mysteriously picked up speed or slowed down. Substitute a spacecraft and a planet for the car and the city, and this is called a 'gravity ... > full story
• Jupiter
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  First Extrasolar Planets, Now Extrasolar Moons

  October 10, 2003 — The European Space Agency is now planning a mission that can detect moons around planets outside our Solar System, those orbiting other ... > full story
• Uranus
  Solar System
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  Hubble Uncovers Smallest Moons Yet Seen Around Uranus

  September 26, 2003 — Astronomers have discovered two of the smallest moons yet found around Uranus. The new moons, uncovered by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, are about 8 to 10 miles across (12 to 16 km) — ... > full story

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