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Sign Of 'Embryonic Planets' Forming In Nearby Stellar Systems
October 1, 2007 Astronomers are pointing to three nearby stars they say may hold "embryonic planets" -- a missing link in planet-formation theories. As scientists try to piece together how our own planet came to be, ... > full story -
Pioneering NASA Spacecraft Mark Thirty Years Of Flight
August 29, 2007 NASA's two venerable Voyager spacecraft are celebrating three decades of flight as they head toward interstellar space. Their ongoing odysseys mark an unprecedented and historic accomplishment. ... > full story -
Charon: An Ice Machine In The Ultimate Deep Freeze
July 19, 2007 Frigid geysers spewing material up through cracks in the crust of Pluto's companion Charon, and recoating parts of its surface in ice crystals, could be making this distant world into the equivalent ... > full story -
Dwarf Planet Eris Is More Massive Than Pluto
June 17, 2007 Aptly named after the Greek goddess of conflict, the icy dwarf planet, Eris, has rattled the general model of our solar system. The object was discovered by astronomer Mike Brown of Caltech in the ... > full story -
Pluto-Bound New Horizons Provides New Look At Jupiter System
May 1, 2007 NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has provided new data on the Jupiter system -- stunning scientists with never-before-seen perspectives of the giant planet's atmosphere, rings, moons and ... > full story -
Rosetta And New Horizons Watch Jupiter
March 30, 2007 ESA's Rosetta and NASA's New Horizons are working together to observe Jupiter. A preliminary analysis of the data from Rosetta's Alice ultraviolet spectrometer indicates that the data quality is ... > full story -
Kuiper-Belt Object Was Broken Up By Massive Impact 4.5 Billion Years Ago
March 22, 2007 In the outer reaches of the solar system, there is an object known as 2003 EL61 that looks like and spins like a football being drop-kicked over the proverbial goalpost of life. Still awaiting a more ... > full story -
NASA Spacecraft Gets Boost From Jupiter For Pluto Encounter
February 28, 2007 NASA's New Horizons spacecraft successfully completed a flyby of Jupiter early this morning (Feb. 28), using the massive planet's gravity to pick up speed for its 3-billion mile voyage to Pluto and ... > full story -
Zooming To Pluto, New Horizons Spacecraft Approaches Jupiter
January 19, 2007 Just a year after it was dispatched on the first mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, the APL-built New Horizons spacecraft is on the doorstep of the solar system's largest planet -- about to swing ... > full story -
NASA Spacecraft En Route To Pluto Prepares For Jupiter Encounter
January 18, 2007 NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is on the doorstep of the solar system's largest planet. The spacecraft will study and swing past Jupiter, increasing speed on its voyage toward Pluto, the Kuiper Belt ... > full story
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