Space
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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- Astronomy
Invisible clumps in the galaxy
Model finds dark matter nearby and might shed light on the invisible material’s composition.
- Space
Surprising signal
Potential contaminant found on Red Planet does not rule out its prospect for habitability.
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- Astronomy
The Universe in a Mirror
The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It.
- Space
Officially ice
Phoenix Mars Lander detects water, a landmark that, along with other successes, prompts NASA to extend the mission.
- Space
How a star is born
Researchers have developed a new and accurate simulation of the birth of the first stars in the universe.
- Astronomy
Save the date: solar eclipse
NASA will broadcast and webcast the next total solar eclipse Aug. 1, live from China
- Archaeology
Greeks followed a celestial Olympics
A Greek gadget discovered more than a century ago in a 2,100-year-old shipwreck not only tracked the motion of heavenly bodies and predicted eclipses, but also functioned as a sophisticated calendar and mapped the four-year cycle of the ancient Greek Olympics.
- Planetary Science
Cassini finds liquid ethane on Titan
After years of speculation, planetary scientists have now confirmed that Titan has at least one lake made of liquid ethane.
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Makemake makes the list
The International Astronomical Union announces name of a fourth dwarf planet.
- Astronomy
Science Future for August 2, 2008
August 16–24 Australia celebrates National Science Week. Visit www.scienceweek.info.au September 18 and 19 University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Holtz Center presents “Climate Change is Global.” Visit www.sts.wisc.edu October 8 Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch as part of the final mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Visit www.nasa.gov/missions
