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The wheels come off Kepler
Space telescope's mission to find planets outside the Solar System is probably over.
24 hours ago from Nature News
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Researchers find winds on Uranus and Neptune confined to thin atmosphere layer
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers from the U.S. and Israel has deduced that the winds that blow on Uranus and Neptune are confined to relatively thin atmospheric layers. In their paper published ...
Thu 16 May 13 from Phys.org
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NASA's STEREO detects a CME from the sun
On 5:24 a.m. EDT on May 17, 2013, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection or CME, a solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of solar particles into space that can ...
Fri 17 May 13 from Phys.org
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Antarctic neutrino observatory detects unexplained high-energy particles
A preliminary analysis from the IceCube detector reveals more than two dozen neutrinos of unknown origin.
Mon 20 May 13 from Nature News
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"Einstein's planet" becomes first exoplanet discovered using new detection method
Due to their relative faintness compared to their parent stars, most known exoplanets have been discovered using indirect detection methods – that is, detecting the effects they have rather ...
Tue 14 May 13 from Gizmag
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NASA builds unusual testbed for analyzing X-ray navigation technologies
Pulsars have a number of unusual qualities. Like zombies, they shine even though they're technically dead, and they rotate rapidly, emitting powerful and regular beams of radiation that are ...
Mon 20 May 13 from Phys.org
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ScienceShot: The Secret of a Viper's Velvet Black Camouflage
Unique nanostructures allow the predator to fade into the shadows
21 hours ago from Science Now
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NASA launching experiment to examine the beginnings of the universe
(Phys.org) —Scientists will seek to gain answers to these questions with the launch of the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRIment (CIBER) on a Black Brant XII suborbital sounding rocket between ...
Tue 21 May 13 from Phys.org
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Orion's hidden fiery ribbon
(Phys.org) —This dramatic new image of cosmic clouds in the constellation of Orion reveals what seems to be a fiery ribbon in the sky. This orange glow represents faint light coming from grains ...
Wed 15 May 13 from Phys.org
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Galaxy's Ring of Fire
Johnny Cash may have preferred this galaxy's burning ring of fire to the one he sang about falling into in his popular song. The "starburst ring" seen at center in red and yellow hues is not ...
Sat 18 May 13 from Phys.org
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