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Posted on April 3, 2015 by ST Editors

Submitted by David Kaplan except as noted Keeping up with Rosetta Rosetta’s comet is spinning down. The comet being observed by Europe’s Rosetta satellite is very gradually spinning down, most probably because its jets of gas and dust are acting … Continue reading →

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NASA Launches MMS Satellite Quartet to Orbit to Study Magnetic Reconnection in 3D

Posted on April 3, 2015 by ST Editors

by Dr. Ken Kremer, AAAP and Universe Today KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL –  NASA’s constellation of state-of-the-art magnetospheric science satellites successfully rocketed to orbit on March 12, during a spectacular nighttime launch on a mission to unravel the mysteries of … Continue reading →

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