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  Centaurs: NASA's WISE Finds Mysterious Centaurs May Be Comets

  July 25, 2013 — The true identity of centaurs, the small celestial bodies orbiting the sun between Jupiter and Neptune, is one of the enduring mysteries of astrophysics. Are they asteroids or comets? A new study of ... > full story
• Sun
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  NASA's IRIS Telescope Offers First Glimpse of Sun's Mysterious Atmosphere

  July 25, 2013 — The moment when a telescope first opens its doors represents the culmination of years of work and planning -- while simultaneously laying the groundwork for a wealth of research and answers yet to ... > full story
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  Image of Sun-Approaching Comet ISON

  July 25, 2013 — In this Hubble composite image taken in April 2013, the sun-approaching Comet ISON floats against a seemingly infinite backdrop of numerous galaxies and a handful of foreground ... > full story
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  NASA's Van Allen Probes Discover Particle Accelerator in the Heart of Earth’s Radiation Belts

  July 25, 2013 — Scientists have discovered a massive particle accelerator in the heart of one of the harshest regions of near-Earth space, a region of super-energetic, charged particles surrounding the globe called ... > full story
• Mars
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  'International Beam Team' Solves Martian Meteorite-Age Puzzle

  July 24, 2013 — By directing energy beams at tiny crystals found in a Martian meteorite, geologists have proven that the most common group of meteorites from Mars is almost four billion years younger than many ... > full story
• Galaxies
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  Shedding New Light on the Brightest Objects in the Universe

  July 24, 2013 — Astrophysicists have documented the immense power of quasar radiation, reaching out for many thousands of light years to the limits of the quasar's ... > full story
• Satellites
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  Seeing Photosynthesis from Space: NASA Scientists Use Satellites to Measure Plant Health

  July 24, 2013 — NASA scientists have established a new way to use satellites to measure what's occurring inside plants at a cellular level. Plants grow and thrive through photosynthesis, a process that converts ... > full story
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  Curiosity Mars Rover Gleams in View from Orbiter

  July 24, 2013 — An image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter released today shows NASA's Curiosity Mars rover and the wheel tracks from its landing site to the "Glenelg" area where the rover worked for the first ... > full story
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  Boeing Unveils CST-100 Mock-Up, Astronauts Climb Aboard

  July 24, 2013 — Two NASA astronauts conducted flight suit evaluations inside a fully outfitted test version of The Boeing Company's CST-100 spacecraft July 22, the first time the world got a glimpse of the crew ... > full story
• Nature of Water
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  Space Station Research Exposing the Salty Truth of Supercritical Water Transitions

  July 24, 2013 — There is a moment when everything changes. Something familiar crosses a boundary and suddenly behaves in new ways. Take water for example. In middle school science class, you probably learned about ... > full story

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