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Links / Astronomy
Solar Butterfly Effect
Changes on one side of the sun can trigger flares and coronal mass ejections on other side
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Climate Satellite Fails to Reach Orbit
A launch malfunction sent the Glory satellite crashing into the ocean, almost exactly mimicking the 2009 loss of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory.
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Fossilized Bacteria Found In Meteorite?
Dr. Hoover has discovered evidence of microfossils similar to Cyanobacteria, in freshly fractured slices of the interior surfaces of the Alais, Ivuna, and Orgueil CI1 carbonaceous meteorites.
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Record-Setting Asteroid 'Near Miss'
On February 4, the meter-size rock flew over the Pacific at an altitude of about 5,500 kilometers—about one-seventieth the distance between Earth and the moon and well below the orbit of some high-flying satellites.
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NASA's Technology Wish List
From antimatter rockets to flying robots, NASA's wish list of technologies for space exploration stretches the imagination.
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Lightning Crackles On Saturn
Audio clip of sounds created via lightning in Saturn's upper atmosphere, courtesy of NASA and Cassini.
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New Way To Launch Rockets Proposed
Space launches have evoked the same image for decades: bright orange flames exploding beneath a rocket as it lifts, hovers and takes off into the sky. But an alternative propulsion system proposed by some researchers could change that vision.
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