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Habitable Exoplanets Could be Common in Our Galaxy
blog.wired.com — By observing the remains of smashed up asteroids around dead stars, astronomers were able to deduce their chemical composition. They found that the dust of many chewed-up asteroids resembles the materials inside Earth and the other small, rocky inner planets of our solar system.More… (Space)
Top 10 Things Launched Into Space Last Year
blog.wired.com — Space is getting crowded. The last 12 months have seen everything from a high profile space tourist, a powerful new space telescope, and everyone's favorite cuddly-looking microbes launched into space. Here are this year's tops.More… (Space)
Spectacular New Images Showcase Saturn's Rings
livescience.com — The Cassini space probe snapped a series of images during two hours in July that have been put together to create a full, natural color view of the planet, its rings, and six of its moons.More… (Space)
Quite Possibly the Best Panoramic Shot of the Milky Way view!
Obama is Dead Serious About Quickly Going Back to the Moon
fanboy.com — Early in the campaign trail Obama sent mixed signals on his support for manned exploration and as a NASA supporter I admit that I was fearing the worst: But now the good news is that it turns out that not only is Obama dead serious about not only going back to the moon, but trying to beat China. The second Space Race has begun! More… (Space)
Does This Perihelion Make My Sun Look Fat?
blogs.discovermagazine.com — If you’ve been staring at the Sun lately, then you may have noticed it looks a wee bit bigger today than it did a few days ago. That’s not because the UV light from the Sun is frying your retina; it’s actually true. Today is perihelion, the time when the Earth is closest to the Sun in its orbit.More… (Space)
APOD:Breaking Distant Light view!
Astronomers Say Time Travel Happens All The Time
wickedlocal.com — Time travel seems like stuff of science fiction, but in a sense, astronomers do it all the time.More… (Space)
APOD: Double Cluster in Perseus view!
APOD: Alpine Conjunction view!
New Evidence of Meteor Bombardment
nytimes.com — Researchers say that an abrupt cooling of the Earth about 12,900 years ago may have been caused by one or more meteors that slammed into North America.More… (Space)
NASA chief's wife to Obama: Don't fire my husband
physorg.com — Late on Christmas Eve, one last wish was sent, by e-mail: Please let NASA Administrator Michael Griffin keep his job. It was from his wife. Rebecca Griffin, who works in marketing, sent her message with the subject line "Campaign for Mike" to friends and family.More… (Space)
NASA Faults Equipment in Columbia Shuttle Disaster
cnn.com — A NASA report on the last minutes of Space Shuttle Columbia cited problems with the crew's helmets, spacesuits and restraints, which resulted in "lethal trauma" to the seven astronauts aboard.More… (Space)
Celestial Show Set for New Year's Eve
news.yahoo.com — Space.com – Tue Dec 30, 11:47 am ETA delightful display of planets and the moon will occur on New Year's Eve for anyone wishing to step outside and look up just after sunset. Venus, brighter than all other planets and stars, will dangle just below the thin crescent moon in the southwestern sky...More… (Space)
Mars Rovers approaching five years of service, still kicking
tgdaily.com — The two Mars rovers operating right now on the surface of Mars, Spirit and Opportunity, will turn five the 3rd and 24th respectively. Their original 90-days of service has been surpassed by more than 20x as both rovers still carry out missions even today on the red planet - weather permitting, of course.More… (Space)
