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  Hubble Finds New Neptune Moon: Smallest Known Moon in the Neptunian System

  July 15, 2013 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting the distant blue-green planet Neptune, the 14th known to be circling the giant ... > full story
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  NASA's OPALS to Beam Data from Space Via Laser

  July 11, 2013 — NASA will use the International Space Station to test a new communications technology that could dramatically improve spacecraft communications, enhance commercial missions and strengthen ... > full story
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  Solar Tsunami Used to Measure Sun's Magnetic Field

  July 11, 2013 — A solar tsunami observed by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Japanese Hinode spacecraft has been used to provide the first accurate estimates of the Sun's magnetic ... > full story
• Black Holes
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  Stellar Monsters Do Not Collide: No Hope for a Spectacular Catastrophe

  July 11, 2013 — One might expect that collisions between the remains of monstrous stars, with masses reaching 200-300 times that of our Sun, would be among the most spectacular phenomena in the Universe. Perhaps ... > full story
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  Hubble Finds a True Blue Planet: Giant Jupiter-Sized Planet Located 63 Light-Years Away

  July 11, 2013 — Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have deduced the actual visible-light color of a planet orbiting another star 63 light-years away. If seen directly the planet, known as HD 189733b, ... > full story
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  Engineers Test Microelectronic Cooling System in Zero Gravity on Board the Novespace Airbus

  July 10, 2013 — Three years of preparation supported by NASA paid off this June for researchers who conducted experiments while floating weightless on a Novespace & European Space Agency (ESA) ... > full story
• Physics
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  Space Station Illuminates Dusty Plasmas for a Wide Range of Research

  July 10, 2013 — One of the most frequently-used physics laboratories on the International Space Station recently completed its final set of experiments. The Plasma Kristall Experiment (PK-3 Plus) lab, a ... > full story
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  IBEX Spacecraft Images the Heliotail, Revealing an Unexpected Structure

  July 10, 2013 — NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer spacecraft recently provided the first complete pictures of the solar system's downwind region, revealing a unique and unexpected ... > full story
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  Where Do Astronauts Go When They Need 'to Go?'

  July 10, 2013 — The first American man in space had no place "to go," and urinating in space was a tough problem for engineers to solve. A new article discusses the considerations necessary to accommodate this most ... > full story
• Mars
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  Science Team Outlines Goals for NASA's 2020 Mars Rover

  July 10, 2013 — The rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 should look for signs of past life, collect samples for possible future return to Earth, and demonstrate technology for future human exploration of the Red ... > full story

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