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  Marks on Martian Dunes May Be Tracks of Dry-Ice Sleds

  June 11, 2013 — NASA research indicates hunks of frozen carbon dioxide -- dry ice -- may glide down some Martian sand dunes on cushions of gas similar to miniature hovercraft, plowing furrows as they go. Researchers ... > full story
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  Shining a Light on Cool Pools of Gas in the Galaxy

  June 11, 2013 — Newly formed stars shine brightly, practically crying out, "Hey, look at me!" But not everything in our Milky Way galaxy is easy to see. The bulk of material between the stars in the galaxy -- the ... > full story
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  Black Hole Naps Amidst Stellar Chaos

  June 11, 2013 — Nearly a decade ago, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory caught signs of what appeared to be a black hole snacking on gas at the middle of the nearby Sculptor galaxy. Now, NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic ... > full story
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  Moon Radiation Findings May Reduce Health Risks to Astronauts

  June 11, 2013 — Space scientists report that data gathered by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show lighter materials like plastics provide effective shielding against the radiation hazards faced by astronauts ... > full story
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  Martian Clay Contains Chemical Implicated in the Origin of Life, Astrobiologists Find

  June 10, 2013 — Researchers have discovered high concentrations of boron in a Martian meteorite. When present in its oxidized form (borate), boron may have played a key role in the formation of RNA, one of the ... > full story
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  A Hubble View of NGC 1579: The Trifid of the North

  June 7, 2013 — Unlike the venomous fictional plants that share its name, the Trifid of the North, otherwise known as the Northern Trifid or NGC 1579, poses no threat to your vision. The nebula's moniker is inspired ... > full story
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  Mars Rover Opportunity Trekking Toward More Layers

  June 7, 2013 — Approaching its 10th anniversary of leaving Earth, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is on the move again, trekking to a new study area still many weeks away. The destination, called ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
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  Radar Movies Highlight Asteroid 1998 QE2 and Its Moon

  June 7, 2013 — Scientists working with NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have released a second, longer, more refined movie clip of asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon. The ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
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  Astronomers Gear Up to Discover Earth-Like Planets

  June 6, 2013 — Dust clouds around stars are thought to hide many undiscovered planets with conditions suitable for life, but observations have been hampered by the fact that only the brightest such clouds can be ... > full story
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  NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Nears Turning Point

  June 6, 2013 — NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission is approaching its biggest turning point since landing its rover, Curiosity, inside Mars' Gale Crater last summer. Curiosity is finishing investigations in an ... > full story

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