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  Famous Supernova Reveals Clues About Crucial Cosmic Distance Markers

  March 18, 2013 — A new study using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory points to the origin of a famous supernova. This supernova, discovered in 1604 by Johannes Kepler, belongs to an important class of ... > full story
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  Leaping Lunar Dust: Electrically Charged Dust Near Shadowed Craters Can Get Lofted Above Moon's Surface

  March 18, 2013 — Electrically charged lunar dust near shadowed craters can get lofted above the surface and jump over the shadowed region, bouncing back and forth between sunlit areas on opposite sides, according to ... > full story
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  NASA's Webb Telescope Gets Its Wings

  March 18, 2013 — A massive backplane that will hold the primary mirror of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope nearly motionless while it peers into space is another step closer to completion with the recent assembly of ... > full story
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  Hubble Gazes on One Ring to Rule Them All

  March 18, 2013 — Galaxies can take many forms -- elliptical blobs, swirling spiral arms, bulges, and disks are all known components of the wide range of galaxies we have observed using telescopes like the NASA/ESA ... > full story
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  Panorama from NASA Mars Rover Shows Mount Sharp

  March 18, 2013 — Rising above the present location of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, higher than any mountain in the 48 contiguous states of the United States, Mount Sharp is featured in new imagery from the ... > full story
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  A Youthful 'Star Wreck': Youngest-Known Supernova Remnants in Our Milky Way Galaxy

  March 15, 2013 — While performing an extensive X-ray survey of our galaxy's central regions, NASA's Swift satellite has uncovered the previously unknown remains of a shattered star. Designated G306.3.9 after the ... > full story
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  NASA's First Laser Communication System Integrated, Ready for Launch

  March 14, 2013 — A new NASA-developed, laser-based space communication system will enable higher rates of satellite communications similar in capability to high-speed fiber optic networks on ... > full story
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  'Hot Spots' Ride a Merry-Go-Round on Jupiter

  March 14, 2013 — In the swirling canopy of Jupiter's atmosphere, cloudless patches are so exceptional that the big ones get the special name "hot spots." Exactly how these clearings form and why they're only found ... > full story
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  Particles and Fields Package Integrated on Upcoming Mars-Bound Spacecraft

  March 14, 2013 — The six science instruments that comprise the Particles and Fields Package that will characterize the solar wind and ionosphere of Mars have been integrated aboard NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile ... > full story
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  NASA Rover Finds Conditions Once Suited for Ancient Life on Mars

  March 12, 2013 — An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA's Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes. Scientists identified sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and ... > full story

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