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  Station Astronauts Remotely Control Planetary Rover from Space

  July 30, 2013 — On June 17 and July 26, NASA tested the Surface Telerobotics exploration concept, in which an astronaut in an orbiting spacecraft remotely operates a robot on a planetary ... > full story
• Physics
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  Beam Me Up, Scotty! Would Teleporting Humans Into Space Be Possible?

  July 30, 2013 — In the science fiction show, Star Trek, teleportation is a regular and significant feature. But how much time and power is required to send the data needed to teleport a human ... > full story
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  Capturing Black Hole Spin Could Further Understanding of Galaxy Growth

  July 29, 2013 — Astronomers have found a new way of measuring the spin in supermassive black holes, which could lead to better understanding about how they drive the growth of ... > full story
• Astronomy
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  NASA's Chandra Sees Eclipsing Planet in X-Rays for First Time

  July 29, 2013 — For the first time since exoplanets, or planets around stars other than the sun, were discovered almost 20 years ago, X-ray observations have detected an exoplanet passing in front of its parent ... > full story
• Stars
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  Pulsating Star Sheds Light on Exoplanet

  July 29, 2013 — Astronomers have devised a way to measure the internal properties of stars —- a method that offers more accurate assessments of their orbiting ... > full story
• Galaxies
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  Hubble Eyes a Mysterious Old Spiral

  July 26, 2013 — A striking cosmic whirl is the center of galaxy NGC 524, as seen with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This galaxy is located in the constellation of Pisces, some 90 million light-years from ... > full story
• Cosmology
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  Removing Complexity Layers from the Universe's Creation

  July 26, 2013 — Understanding complexity in the early universe may require combining simpler models to interpret cosmological observations. Complicated statistical behavior observed in complex systems such as early ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
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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
• Astronomy
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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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