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TRAPPIST Participated in the Detection of Ten Percent of All Transiting Exoplanets Known to Date
April 25, 2013 — Among the many planets detected orbiting other stars (exoplanets) over the last twenty years, a little less than three hundred periodically pass in front of their star. This is what astronomers call ... > full story -
Jupiter's Atmosphere Still Contains Water Supplied by the Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet Impact
April 23, 2013 — Researchers are reporting Herschel observations of water in Jupiter's stratosphere. It is a clear remnant of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet impact on Jupiter nearly 20 years ... > full story -
Grains of Sand from Ancient Supernova Found in Meteorites: Supernova May Have Been the One That Triggered the Formation of the Solar System
April 22, 2013 — Scientists have discovered two tiny grains of silica (SiO2; the most common constituent of sand) in meteorites that fell to earth in Antarctica. Because of their isotopic composition these two grains ... > full story -
Three Super-Earth-Size Planets Found in 'Habitable Zone'
April 18, 2013 — NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the "habitable zone," the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of ... > full storyMore: -
How to Target an Asteroid
April 17, 2013 — Like many of his colleagues at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., Shyam Bhaskaran is working a lot with asteroids these days. And also like many of his colleagues, the deep space ... > full story -
For the Very First Time, Two Spacecraft Will Fly in Formation With Millimeter Precision
April 16, 2013 — A new project aims to demonstrate that two satellites can move as one single object with sub-millimeter precision. This configuration will enable the creation of enormous space telescopes with the ... > full story -
Titan's Methane: Going, Going, Soon to Be Gone?
April 15, 2013 — By tracking a part of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan over several years, NASA's Cassini mission has found a remarkable longevity to the hydrocarbon lakes on the moon's ... > full story -
NASA-Funded Asteroid Tracking Sensor Passes Key Test
April 15, 2013 — An infrared sensor that could improve NASA's future detecting and tracking of asteroids and comets has passed a critical design ... > full story -
Where Are the Best Windows Into Europa's Interior?
April 15, 2013 — The surface of Jupiter's moon Europa exposes material churned up from inside the moon and also material resulting from matter and energy coming from above. If you want to learn about the deep ... > full story -
Update: Comet to Make Close Flyby of Red Planet in October 2014
April 15, 2013 — New observations of comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) have allowed NASA's Near-Earth Object Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. to further refine the comet's ... > full story
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