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Solar Probe Plus To Plunge Directly Into Sun's AtmosphereHuntsville AL (SPX) Sep 03, 2010 NASA's daring plan to visit the sun took a giant leap forward with the selection of five key science investigations for the Solar Probe+ spacecraft. Slated to launch no later than 2018, the smart car-sized spacecraft will plunge directly into the atmosphere of the sun, aiming to solve some of the biggest mysteries of solar physics. The announcement means that researchers can begin building sensors for unprecedented in situ measurements of the solar system's innermost frontier. "Solar Probe+ ... read more |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 03, 2010Dawn's journey ever-deeper into the asteroid belt continues to go well, as the spacecraft carries out its familiar routine of thrusting gently with its ion propulsion system. But the interplanetary traveler has changed some of its habits, performing certain activities a little differently now from what its many followers have been accustomed to. Dawn is now so far from the sun, that even w ... more  
Beijing, China (XNA) Sep 03, 2010China's Ministry of Civil Affairs has published the official Chinese names for places on the earth's moon, in a first that eliminates confusion and will help the nation's lunar exploration efforts. The ministry published the Chinese names for 468 places and will publish more at a later date. The International Astronomical Union has given names to more than 9,000 places on the moon, s ... more 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 03, 2010On July 11th, amateur astronomers from around the world trekked to remote islands in the South Pacific to witness a total solar eclipse. They watched in awe as the Moon completely covered the Sun and revealed wispy, incandescent streamers in our star's million-degree atmosphere, the corona. These fleeting glimpses of the corona last just a few minutes and happen only every 19 months on ave ... more |
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Herschel Finds Water In Cosmic DesertPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 02, 2010 The Herschel infrared space observatory has discovered that ultraviolet starlight is the key ingredient for making water in space. It is the only explanation for why a dying star is surrounded by a gigantic cloud of hot water vapor. Herschel is a European Space Agency mission with important participation from NASA. Every recipe needs a secret ingredient. When astronomers discovered an unexpected cloud of water vapor around the old star IRC+10216 using NASA's Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite ... read more |
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