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Hubble Spots Interacting Galaxies in Close Encounter
June 20, 2013 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a vivid new image of a pair of interacting galaxies known as Arp 142. When two galaxies stray too close to each other they begin to interact, causing ... > full story -
Metamorphosis of Moon's Water Ice Explained
June 19, 2013 Using data gathered by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, scientists believe they have solved a mystery from one of the solar system's coldest regions -- a permanently shadowed crater on ... > full story -
Mars Had Oxygen-Rich Atmosphere 4,000 Million Years Ago
June 19, 2013 Differences between Martian meteorites and rocks examined by a NASA rover can be explained if Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere 4,000 million years ago -- well before the rise of atmospheric oxygen ... > full story -
Small Satellites Soar in High-Altitude Demonstration
June 18, 2013 Four tiny spacecraft soared over the California desert June 15 in a high-altitude demonstration flight that tested the sensor and equipment designs created by NASA engineers and student launch ... > full story -
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Finding All Asteroid Threats to Human Populations: NASA Announces Asteroid Grand Challenge
June 18, 2013 NASA has announced a Grand Challenge focused on finding all asteroid threats to human populations and knowing what to do about them. The challenge is a large-scale effort that will use ... > full story -
Cassini Probe to Take Photo of Earth from Deep Space
June 18, 2013 NASA's Cassini spacecraft, now exploring Saturn, will take a picture of our home planet from a distance of hundreds of millions of miles on July 19. NASA is inviting the public to help acknowledge ... > full story -
The Turbulent, High-Energy Sky Is Keeping NuSTAR Busy
June 18, 2013 NuSTAR has been busy studying the most energetic phenomena in the universe. Recently, a few high-energy events have sprung up, akin to "things that go bump in the night." When one telescope catches a ... > full story -
Evidence for Extrasolar Planet Under Construction
June 13, 2013 The keen vision of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected a mysterious gap in a vast protoplanetary disk of gas and dust swirling around the nearby star TW Hydrae, located 176 light-years away in ... > full story -
Mars Water-Ice Clouds Are Key to Odd Thermal Rhythm
June 12, 2013 Researchers using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have found that temperatures in the Martian atmosphere regularly rise and fall not just once each day, but ... > full story -
NASA's Chandra Turns Up Black Hole Bonanza in Galaxy Next Door
June 12, 2013 Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered an unprecedented bonanza of black holes in the Andromeda Galaxy, one of the nearest galaxies to the Milky Way. Using more ... > full story
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