Astronomy

  1. Space

    Titan’s haze is dropping

    Change in elevation of cloudy layer suggests seasonal cycles on Saturn’s moon.

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  2. Space

    Ancient impact may explain moon’s magnetic mystery

    Anomalies near crater suggest scattering of iron-rich debris.

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  3. Astronomy

    Distant planet an exotic water-world

    Orb is unlike anything in the solar system.

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  4. Astronomy

    Gravitational lens

    grah-vih-TAY-shun-al LENZ n.

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  5. Space

    Spacecraft captures dust from interstellar wind

    Measurements of the particles reveal clues about the composition of space beyond the solar system.

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  6. Space

    Solar storm

    A solar flare sets off auroras around the Arctic Circle.

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  7. Space

    More like Faux-malhaut b

    The Spitzer Space Telescope fails to find a visible planet circling where Hubble saw one four years ago.

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  8. Astronomy

    Toasty planets circle stellar heart

    Roasted remains orbit former red giant.

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  9. Space

    First Earth-sized planets netted

    The Kepler space telescope gets one step closer to its mission of discovering habitable worlds by finding two orbs of terrestrial proportions orbiting a distant sunlike star.

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  10. Space

    Distant world looks too ripe for life

    The first extrasolar planet to be discovered in its star’s habitable zone is probably inhospitably hot.

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  11. Space

    Distant world looks ripe for life

    Extrasolar planet hunt spots its most Earthlike orb yet.

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  12. Astronomy

    Supernova may have kicked off solar system

    Force of explosion could explain chemical mysteries contained within asteroids.

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