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Closest Star System Found in a Century
March 11, 2013 — A pair of newly discovered stars is the third-closest star system to the Sun and the closest discovered since 1916. At 6.5 light years, it is so close that Earth's television transmissions from 2006 ... > full story -
Comet PANSTARRS Rises to the Occasion Mid-March
March 8, 2013 — Comets visible to the naked eye are a rare delicacy in the celestial smorgasbord of objects in the nighttime sky. Scientists estimate that the opportunity to see one of these icy dirtballs ... > full story -
Hubble Finds 'Birth Certificate' of Oldest Known Star
March 7, 2013 — Astronomers have taken an important step closer to finding the birth certificate of a star that's been around for a very long time. The star could be as old as 14.5 billion years (plus or minus 0.8 ... > full story -
Bright Comet in the Evening Sky
March 7, 2013 — Skywatchers in the northern hemisphere should enjoy a rare treat in the next few weeks, as Comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS enters the evening sky. Although the brightness of comets is notoriously difficult ... > full story -
Modeling Jupiter and Saturn's Possible Origins
March 5, 2013 — New theoretical modeling provides clues to how the gas giant planets in our solar system -- Jupiter and Saturn -- might have formed and ... > full story -
Cassini Spies Bright Venus from Saturn Orbit
March 4, 2013 — A distant world gleaming in sunlight, Earth's twin planet, Venus, shines like a bright beacon in images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around ... > full story -
NASA's Van Allen Probes Reveal a New Radiation Belt Around Earth
February 28, 2013 — NASA's Van Allen Probes mission has discovered a previously unknown third radiation belt around Earth, revealing the existence of unexpected structures and processes within these hazardous regions of ... > full story -
Birth of a Giant Planet? Candidate Protoplanet Spotted Inside Its Stellar Womb
February 28, 2013 — Astronomers have obtained what is likely the first direct observation of a forming planet still embedded in a thick disc of gas and dust. If confirmed, this discovery will greatly improve our ... > full story -
NASA Deciphering the Mysterious Math of the Solar Wind
February 21, 2013 — The sun and its prodigious stream of solar particles, called the solar wind, can be particularly tricky to model since as the material streams to the outer reaches of the solar system it carries ... > full story -
Faraday Cup Critical Part of Audacious Mission to the Sun
February 21, 2013 — A critical instrument on a mission to the sun is being tested. The flight's experiments could answer the question: How can the sun be hot at its core yet stay relatively cool at its surface, while at ... > full story
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