Close-up view of galaxies prompts re-think on star formation
Astronomers have identified for the first time one of the key components of many stars, a study suggests. A type of gas found in the voids between galaxies - known as atomic gas - appears to be part ... more
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Putin on Space Industry: Russian Rockets Must Be Reliable and Competitive
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday urged the development of Russia's satellite grouping and the strengthening of Russia's position on space launch market as immediate priorities for the country's ... more
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For sale: unique piece of land in strategic Arctic archipelago
Daily ice loss in Greenland tracked by new GPS method
Brazil's Porto Alegre: a flood disaster waiting to happen
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NASA's Beach Ball Coronagraph
What's better at blocking sunlight: a traditional flat occulter disk or a beach ball? NASA scientist Phillip Chamberlin is putting his money on the latter. He and his team at NASA's Goddard Space Fl ... more
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A new explanation for the explosive nature of magnetic reconnection
Magnetic reconnection, which occurs when magnetic lines of force break apart and reconnect with a violent burst of energy, gives rise to many beautiful and powerful phenomena in the natural world. T ... more
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Mercury Gets a Meteoroid Shower from Comet Encke
The planet Mercury is being pelted regularly by bits of dust from an ancient comet, a new study has concluded. This has a discernible effect in the planet's tenuous atmosphere and may lead to a new ... more
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Medicines do not seem to degrade faster in space
The results of an opportunistic, pilot-scale study led by Virginia Wotring of the Center for Space Medicine and Department of Pharmacology at Baylor College of Medicine in the U.S. suggest that medi ... more
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New Results from GPI Exoplanet Survey
The Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey (GPIES) is an ambitious three-year study dedicated to imaging young Jupiters and debris disks around nearby stars using the GPI instrument installed on the ... more
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