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Posted on October 4, 2016 by ST Editors

compiled by David Kaplan Rosetta Mission Ends With Spacecraft’s Dive Into Comet Rosetta, the first spacecraft to orbit a comet, is dead, setting down in a final embrace with its companion of the past two years. Radio signals from Rosetta … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 9, 2016 by ST Editors

compiled by David Kaplan South African Telescope Spots 1,300 Unknown Galaxies. A patch of sky about as big as the full moon where the MeerKAT telescope discerned the radio glow of about 200 galaxies. Only a few (circled) had been … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 3, 2016 by ST Editors

compiled by David Kaplan One Star Over, a Planet That Might Be Another Earth Another Earth could be circling the star right next door to us. Astronomers announced on Wednesday that they had detected a planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 6, 2016 by ST Editors

compiled by David Kaplan A new, expandable “room” has been opened up on the space station.The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (Beam) is a demonstrator for the type of habitats that may be used to build future orbiting labs. Kepler telescope … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 18, 2016 by ST Editors

Compiled by David Kaplan, Michael Wright and William Gray Firefighters forced to backtrack on meteorite fire claim Firefighters in Maryland backtrack after blaming a meteorite for a brush fire. Extending the New Horizons mission “We call this mission to explore … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 22, 2016 by ST Editors

compiled by Michael Wright and David Kaplan What We’ve Learned About Pluto The story of Pluto is largely a story of ice. On Earth, the only ice is frozen water. On Pluto, nitrogen, methane and carbon monoxide also freeze solid. The most … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 18, 2016 by ST Editors

Compiled by David Kaplan and Michael Wright China Telescope to Displace 9,000 Villagers in Hunt for Extraterrestrials Thousands of villagers in Guizhou Province are being relocated to make room for a $184 million telescope to detect signs of alien life. … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 14, 2016 by ST Editors

compiled by Michael Wright and David Kaplan NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Breaks Solar Power Distance Record NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter has broken the record to become humanity’s most distant solar-powered emissary. The milestone occurred at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST, 19:00 UTC) … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 20, 2015 by ST Editors

Compiled by David Kaplan and Michael Wright Hubble Maps Show Jupiter Changes and Prepare for Juno: New maps of Jupiter, produced using images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, provide a detailed window on the giant planet’s dynamic features. The views come … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 28, 2015 by ST Editors

Compiled by Michael Wright and David Kaplan Evidence of liquid water on Mars: Scientists looked to dark streaks that form each summer on the slopes of Martian mountains, craters and canyons. NYTimes.com Telescope promising insight into universe’s origins  As India launches … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 19, 2015 by ST Editors

Compiled by David Kaplan and Michael Wright Politician wants to renew legislation to ban green lasers: Blinded by the light: Who is shining laser pointers into planes over N.J.? NJ.com 12 planes hit by blinding lasers in N.J. among dozens … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 30, 2015 by ST Editors

Compiled  by David Kaplan and Michael Wright Galaxies die by slow ‘strangulation’ – A study suggests that when most galaxies stop forming stars, this death is a slow process that gradually chokes them of the necessary cool gases. BBC The Quiet Zone: … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 3, 2015 by ST Editors

Contributed by David Kaplan Our esteemed member, Freeman Dyson, has a new book, “Dreams of Earth and Sky“. The physicist, mathematician and author says the best books he knows about mathematics and physics are nearly a hundred years old. The Large … Continue reading →

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