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  Discovering the Birth of an Asteroid Trail

  February 21, 2013 — Unlike comets, asteroids are not characterised by exhibiting a trail, but there are now ten exceptions. Researchers have observed one of these rare asteroids from the Gran Telescopio Canarias (Spain) ... > full story
• Stars
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  Simple View of Gravity Does Not Fully Explain the Distribution of Stars in Crowded Clusters

  February 20, 2013 — Gravity remains the dominant force on large astronomical scales, but when it comes to stars in young star clusters the dynamics in these crowded environments cannot be simply explained by the pull of ... > full story
• Stars
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  Sweeping Dust from a Cosmic Lobster

  February 20, 2013 — Located around 8000 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion), NGC 6357 -- sometimes nicknamed the Lobster Nebula due to its appearance in visible-light images -- is a region ... > full story
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  Radio Telescope, GPS Use Ionosphere to Detect Nuclear Tests

  February 19, 2013 — Analyzing radio telescope interferometry and GPS data recorded of the ionosphere, scientists are able to detect acoustic-gravity waves from surface and underground nuclear ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
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  Hunt for Distant Planets Intensifies

  February 18, 2013 — Armed with new tools, astronomers search for worlds like ... > full story
• Space Exploration
  NASA
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  Tiny CREPT Instrument to Study the Radiation Belts

  February 15, 2013 — A smaller version of an instrument now flying on NASA's Van Allen Probes has won a coveted spot aboard an upcoming NASA-sponsored Cubesat mission -- the perfect platform for this pint-size, ... > full story
• Galaxies
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  Hubble Sees Cosmic 'Flying V' of Merging Galaxies

  February 15, 2013 — The Hubble Space Telescope has taken an image of a large "flying V" that is actually two distinct objects -- a pair of interacting galaxies known as IC ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
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  Near-Earth Asteroid Makes Preview Appearance

  February 14, 2013 — Like trailers for the coming attraction, new images show asteroid 2012 DA14 on its way to a record-close approach to Earth on Feb. 15. One image, taken by amateur astronomer Dave Herald of ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
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  Russian Asteroid Strike: Numerous Injuries, Significant Damage

  February 15, 2013 — A space rock a few metres across exploded in Earth's atmosphere above the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia today (Feb. 15, 2013) at about 03:15 GMT. The numerous injuries and significant damage remind us ... > full story
• Cosmic Rays
  Nebulae
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  Supernova Remnants Produce Cosmic Rays

  February 14, 2013 — A new study reveals the first clear-cut evidence the expanding debris of exploded stars produces some of the fastest-moving matter in the universe. This discovery is a major step toward understanding ... > full story

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