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  Astronomers Pin Down Origins of 'Mile Markers' for Expansion and Acceleration of Universe

  November 19, 2012 — A study using a unique new instrument on the world's largest optical telescope has revealed the likely origins of especially bright supernovae that astronomers use as easy-to-spot "mile markers" to ... > full story
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  Astrophysicists Identify a 'Super-Jupiter' Around Massive Star

  November 19, 2012 — Astrophysicists have discovered a 'super-Jupiter' around the massive star Kappa Andromedae. It represents the first new imaged exoplanet system in almost four years, has a mass about 13 times that of ... > full story

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  Snap the Stars to See Your Photo on ESA Portal

  November 16, 2012 — Have you taken an interesting astronomical photo this year? From planets and moons to the Sun, stars and galaxies, we’d like you to send us your images to feature as our Space Science Image of ... > full story
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  Born-Again Star Foreshadows Fate of Solar System

  November 15, 2012 — Astronomers have found evidence for a dying Sun-like star coming briefly back to life after casting its gassy shells out into space, mimicking the possible fate our own Solar System faces in a few ... > full story
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  Total Solar Eclipse, Nov. 13, 2012: Hinode to Support Ground-Based Observations

  November 13, 2012 — On Nov. 13, 2012, certain parts of Earth will experience a total solar eclipse. The eclipse will only be seen from a narrow corridor in the southern hemisphere that is mostly over the ocean but also ... > full story
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  NASA Sees Sun Emit a Mid-Level Flare

  November 13, 2012 — On Nov. 13, 2012, the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 9:04 pm EST. This flare is classified as an M6 flare. M-class flares are the weakest flares that can still cause some space ... > full story
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  Van Allen Probes: NASA Renames Radiation Belt Mission to Honor Pioneering Scientist

  November 11, 2012 — NASA has renamed a recently launched mission that studies Earth's radiation belts as the Van Allen Probes in honor of the late James Van Allen. Van Allen was the head of the physics department at the ... > full story
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  Scientists Monitor Comet Breakup

  November 4, 2012 — The Hergenrother comet is currently traversing the inner-solar system. Amateur and professional astronomers alike have been following the icy-dirt ball over the past several weeks as it has been ... > full story
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  Our Solar System Is Not Quite as Special as Once Believed, New Research Suggests

  November 2, 2012 — Some 4.567 billion years ago, our solar system's planets spawned from an expansive disc of gas and dust rotating around the sun. While similar processes are witnessed in younger solar systems ... > full story
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  NASA's SAMPEX Mission: A Space Weather Warrior

  November 1, 2012 — NASA's very first small explorer, the Solar, Anomalous, and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer or SAMPEX, was launched July 3, 1992 to study the zoo of particles and cosmic rays surrounding Earth. ... > full story

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