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Planet Found in Nearest Star System to Earth: HARPS Instrument Finds Earth-Mass Exoplanet Orbiting Alpha Centauri B
October 16, 2012 — European astronomers have discovered a planet with about the mass of Earth orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri system -- the nearest to Earth. It is also the lightest exoplanet ever discovered ... > full story -
New Type of Cosmic Ray Discovered After 100 Years
October 16, 2012 — Using the European X-ray astronomy satellite XMM-Newton, researchers have discovered a new source of cosmic rays. In the vicinity of the remarkable Arches cluster, near the center of the Milky Way, ... > full story -
Curiosity Rover's Second Scoop Discarded, Third Scoop of Martian Soil Commanded
October 15, 2012 — Commands will be sent to Curiosity today instructing the rover to collect a third scoop of soil from the "Rocknest" site of windblown Martian sand and dust. Pending evaluation of this Sol 69 (Oct. ... > full story -
NASA's WISE Colors in Unknowns on Jupiter Asteroids
October 15, 2012 — Scientists using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, have uncovered new clues in the ongoing mystery of the Jovian Trojans -- asteroids that orbit the sun on the same path ... > full story -
Scientists Provide Window on Space Radiation Hazards
October 15, 2012 — Astrophysicists have created the first online system for predicting and forecasting the radiation environment in near-Earth, lunar, and Martian space environments. The near real-time tool will ... > full story -
Solar Wind Particles Likely Source of Water Locked Inside Lunar Soils
October 14, 2012 — The most likely source of the water locked inside soils on the moon's surface is the constant stream of charged particles from the sun known as the solar wind, new research ... > full story -
Studying Stars on Earth: Physicists Simulate Gigantic Magnetic Fields That Occur on Neutron Stars
October 11, 2012 — Scientists have developed a method to simulate gigantic magnetic fields that normally occur on neutron stars only. The physicists show that when small particles in complex plasmas are set into ... > full story -
Surprising Spiral Structure Spotted by Astronomers
October 10, 2012 — Astronomers have discovered a surprising spiral structure in the gas around the red giant star R Sculptoris. This means that there is probably a previously unseen companion star orbiting the star. ... > full storyMore: -
Prototype of Lunar Water-Prospecting Robot to Search for Water Ice at Moon's Northern Pole
October 9, 2012 — A robotics technology company has completed assembly of a full-size prototype of Polaris, a solar-powered robot that will search for potentially rich deposits of water ice at the moon's poles. The ... > full story -
Dead Stars Could Be the Future of Spacecraft Navigation
October 9, 2012 — Scientists are investigating the feasibility of using dead stars to navigate spacecraft in deep space. If feasible, this technique may in future revolutionize the way spacecraft navigate in the outer ... > full story
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