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July 13, 2016

Planetary Defense
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 12, 2016
Dinosaurs were fearsome creatures. Some had thick scales, sharp teeth, and, in many cases, lightning-fast reflexes. One thing they didn't have: a planetary defense office. When an asteroid targeted Earth 65 million years ago, it took those masters of Earth by complete surprise. While we know of no large object that is on a collision course with Earth in the next 100 years, descendants of survivors from that catastrophic impact are determined not to make the same mistake. In 2016, human astronomers ... read more

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				Dawn Maps Ceres Craters Where Ice Can Accumulate Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission have identified permanently shadowed regions on the dwarf planet Ceres. Most of these areas likely have been cold enough to trap water ice for a billion years, su ... more		Russian New Soyuz-MS Spacecraft Docks With ISS for First Time Russian new Soyuz-MS spacecraft for the first time docked with the International Space Station on Saturday, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. The docking was carried out in automatic mo ... more

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Twinkle, Twinkle, GPS Go outside tonight and behold the stars - especially bright stars low on the horizon. They twinkle as irregularities in Earth's atmosphere pass by. Unseen to the human eye, the same thing happens to ... more		Researchers discover distant dwarf planet beyond Neptune A new dwarf planet has been discovered orbiting among the icy ring of debris beyond Neptune. The object was named 2015 RR245 by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center. ... more		Manta Ray UUV moves closer to operational readiness after successful tests Russian, Chinese defense ministers tout close bilateral ties during meeting China's new aircraft carrier conducts first sea trials: state media		Sensor Technology Could Revolutionize What You Sleep On Susan Bernard was at a NASA Tech Days event in Cleveland when she saw something that caught her attention. "They were describing sensor technology," said Bernard, who at the time had a five-month-ol ... more
				NASA Highlights Space Station Research Benefits, Opportunities at San Diego Conference NASA astronauts, engineers and scientists will be joined by CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, retired astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly, and other special guests, for a three-day, in-depth conversation about th ... more		Frosty Cold Nights Year-Round on Mars May Stir Dust Some dusty parts of Mars get as cold at night year-round as the planet's poles do in winter, even regions near the equator in summer, according to new NASA findings based on Mars Reconnaissance Orbi ... more

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The air up there A Class I-E 5x2015 Project, Personal CO2 Monitors, seek to take the guesswork out of deciphering air quality around astronauts. For every breath crew members take aboard the International Space Stat ... more		Mars Canyons Study Adds Clues about Possible Water Puzzles persist about possible water at seasonally dark streaks on Martian slopes, according to a new study of thousands of such features in the Red Planet's largest canyon system. The study publish ... more		Graduate researchers lead exoplanet discoveries Graduate students supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) helped helm two separate exoplanet discoveries that could expand researchers' understanding of how planets form and orbit stars. ... more		New Kind of Black Hole Now Firmly Within Observers' Sight Astronomers Aaron Smith and Volker Bromm of The University of Texas at Austin, working with Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, have discovered evidence for an unusual kind ... more

	Study Explains Why Galaxies Stop Creating Stars Galaxies come in three main shapes - elliptical, spiral (such as the Milky Way) and irregular. They can be massive or small. To add to this mix, galaxies can also be blue or red. Blue galaxies are s ... more		A new look at the galaxy-shaping power of black holes Data from a now-defunct X-ray satellite is providing new insights into the complex tug-of-war between galaxies, the hot plasma that surrounds them, and the giant black holes that lurk in their centr ... more

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Moons of Mars probably formed by giant impact

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