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  Asteroid Belts of Just the Right Size Are Friendly to Life

  November 1, 2012 — Solar systems with life-bearing planets may be rare if they are dependent on the presence of asteroid belts of just the right mass, according to a new study. Researchers suggest that the size and ... > full story
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  Giant Impact Scenario May Explain the Unusual Moons of Saturn

  October 17, 2012 — Among the oddities of the outer solar system are the middle-sized moons of Saturn, a half-dozen icy bodies dwarfed by Saturn's massive moon Titan. According to a new model for the origin of the ... > full story
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  Jupiter: Turmoil from Below, Battering from Above

  October 17, 2012 — Jupiter, the mythical god of sky and thunder, would certainly be pleased at all the changes afoot at his namesake planet. As the planet gets peppered continually with small space rocks, wide belts of ... > full story
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  NASA's WISE Colors in Unknowns on Jupiter Asteroids

  October 15, 2012 — Scientists using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, have uncovered new clues in the ongoing mystery of the Jovian Trojans -- asteroids that orbit the sun on the same path ... > full story
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  Juno's Two Deep Space Maneuvers Are 'Back-to-Back Home Runs'

  September 18, 2012 — NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully executed a second Deep Space Maneuver, called DSM-2 last Friday, Sept. 14. The 30 minute firing of its main engine refined the Jupiter-bound spacecraft's ... > full story
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  Hubble Resolves Globular Cluster M 4 Into Multitude of Glowing Orbs

  September 7, 2012 — A sparkling picture taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the center of globular cluster M 4. The power of Hubble has resolved the cluster into a multitude of glowing orbs, each a ... > full story
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  NASA's Jupiter-Bound Juno Changes Its Orbit

  August 30, 2012 — Earlier today, navigators and mission controllers for NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter watched their computer screens as their spacecraft successfully performed its first deep-space maneuver. This ... > full story
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  Voyager at 35: Break on Through to the Other Side

  August 20, 2012 — Thirty-five years ago Aug. 20, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, the first Voyager spacecraft to launch, departed on a journey that would make it the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune and the ... > full story
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  First Evidence Discovered of Planet's Destruction by Its Star

  August 20, 2012 — The first evidence of a planet's destruction by its aging star has been discovered by an international team of astronomers. A similar fate may await the Earth and other inner planets in our solar ... > full story
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  Orientation of Far-Off Multiplanet System Has Orientation Very Similar to Our Own Solar System

  July 26, 2012 — Our solar system exhibits a remarkably orderly configuration: The eight planets orbit the sun much like runners on a track, circling in their respective lanes and always keeping within the same ... > full story

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