Space

  1. Space

    New moon view

    Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter releases detailed images

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  2. Space

    Galaxies that go the distance

    Using a new camera on the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have found what appear to be the most distant known galaxies in the universe.

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  3. Astronomy

    Rock solid planet

    Researchers have found the first compelling evidence for a rocky planet beyond the solar system.

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  4. Space

    Stellar panorama

    A newly released portrait of the cosmos provides a 360-degree, human’s-eye view of the entire sky.

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  5. Space

    Defogging Titan’s methane mystery

    Researchers have discovered fog just above Saturn’s moon Titan, indicating how methane cycles between the atmosphere and the surface of the moon.

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  6. Space

    Metamaterials mock the heavens

    Proposed materials offer a way for physicists to study black holes and chaotic planetary orbits in the laboratory.

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  7. Astronomy

    New images and spectra from a rejuvenated Hubble

    Newly released images provide graphic evidence that repairs have transformed the Hubble Space Telescope into a brand new observatory.

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  8. Earth

    Atmospheric rollercoaster followed Great Oxidation Event

    Analyses of chromium isotopes in banded iron formations suggest oxygen levels fell for a period after the Great Oxidation Event.

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  9. Space

    Panel reports on human spaceflight

    Panel suggests how to get human spaceflight program off the ground.

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  10. Planetary Science

    Celestial population boom

    Large meteoroids are probably more common than telescopic surveys suggest, new analyses find.

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  11. Space

    The Status Quark

    Murray Gell-Mann reflects on matter’s building blocks and scientists’ resistance to new ideas.

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  12. Space

    Particle imbalance may upset the apple cart

    An asymmetry that the standard model of particle physics may not account for hints at the existence of a new and massive elementary particle.

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