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Hubble Reveals the Ring Nebula’s True Shape
The Ring Nebula's
distinctive shape makes it a
popular illustration for
astronomy books. But new
observations by NASA's
Hubble Space Telescope of
... > full story
Magnetic Field Misbehavior in Solar Flares Explained: The Culprit Is Turbulence
When a solar flare erupts
from the sun, its magnetic
fields sometime break a
widely accepted rule of
physics. Why? Now we know. ... > full story
Model of Sun's Magnetic Field Created
Researchers have uncovered
an important mechanism
behind the generation of
astrophysical magnetic
fields such as that of the
Sun. ... > full story
NASA’s BARREL Mission Launches 20 Balloons
In Antarctica in January,
2013 -- the summer at the
South Pole -- scientists
released 20 balloons, each
eight stories tall, into the
air to help answer an
... > full story
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NASA's IRIS Mission Readies for a New Challenge
May 21, 2013 — NASA is getting ready to launch a new mission, a mission to observe a largely unexplored region of the solar atmosphere that powers its dynamic million-degree outer atmosphere and drives the solar ... > full story -
Weather on the Outer Planets Only Goes So Deep
May 16, 2013 — What is the long-range weather forecast for the giant planets Uranus and Neptune? These planets are home to extreme winds blowing at speeds of over 1000 km/hour, hurricane-like storms as large around ... > full story -
Scientists Shape First Global Topographic Map of Saturn's Moon Titan
May 15, 2013 — Scientists have created the first global topographic map of Saturn's moon Titan, giving researchers a valuable tool for learning more about one of the most Earthlike and interesting worlds in the ... > full story -
Entrepreneur Giving Space Shuttle Truss New Uses
May 14, 2013 — A truss design devised to help workers process space shuttles continues to find new uses as a space shuttle engineer-turned-entrepreneur adapts it to everything from a solar-powered electric ... > full story -
First X-Class Solar Flares of 2013
May 14, 2013 — On May 13, 2013, the sun emitted an X2.8-class flare, peaking at 12:05 p.m. EDT. This is the the strongest X-class flare of 2013 so far, surpassing in strength the X1.7-class flare that occurred 14 ... > full storyMore: -
Moon and Earth Have Common Water Source
May 9, 2013 — New research finds that water inside the moon's mantle comes from the same source as water on Earth. The Moon is thought to have formed after a giant impact to a still-forming Earth 4.5 million years ... > full storyMore: -
Dead Stars 'Polluted' With Planetary Debris: Signs of Earth-Like Planets Found
May 9, 2013 — Astronomers have found signs of Earth-like planets in an unlikely place: the atmospheres of a pair of burnt-out stars in a nearby star cluster. The white dwarf stars are being polluted by debris from ... > full story -
NASA's Spitzer Puts Planets in a Petri Dish
May 6, 2013 — Our galaxy is teeming with a wild variety of planets. In addition to our solar system's eight near-and-dear planets, there are more than 800 so-called exoplanets known to circle stars beyond our sun. ... > full story -
Mars Opportunity Rover in Standby as Commanding Moratorium Ends
April 30, 2013 — During a moratorium on commanding this month while Mars passed nearly behind the sun -- a phase called solar conjunction -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity entered a type of standby ... > full story -
Astronomer Studies Far-Off Worlds Through 'Characterization by Proxy'
April 26, 2013 — An astronomer is using Earth's interstellar neighbors to learn the nature of certain stars too far away to be directly measured or observed, and the planets they may ... > full story
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