Astronomers Confounded By Massive Rocky World

(NASA) - At the Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) a team of astronomers from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics…

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Orbiting Carbon Observatory Delayed, Launch July 2, 2014

Update July 1, The launch was delayed 24 hours due to an issue with the rocket. A 24 hour recycle…

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Nearby Super-Earth with the Right Temperature but Extreme Seasons

Gliese 832 c is the nearest best habitable world candidate so far (PHL @ UPR Arecibo) - An international team of astronomers, led…

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Tour of Perseus from Chandra X-Ray Observatory – Video

(NASA) - A team of astronomers has used Chandra X-ray Observatory and XMM-Newton to study a large group of galaxy…

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NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Marks First Martian Year

(NASA) - Mars Curiosity rover will complete a Martian year -- 687 Earth days -- on June 24, having accomplished…

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Mars Curiosity Rover takes Self Portrait

On Sol 32 (Sept. 7, 2012) the Curiosity rover used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) located on its arm…

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Mercury Passes in Front of the Sun, as Seen From Mars

(JPL) - This is the first transit of the sun by a planet observed from any planet other than Earth,…

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Oldest Known Potentially Habitable Exoplanet Found

The planets around the nearby red-dwarf Kapteyn's star are over twice as old as Earth (PHL @ UPR Arecibo) -…

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Hubble Team Unveils Most Colorful View of Universe Captured by Space Telescope

(NASA) - Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have assembled a comprehensive picture of the evolving universe — among the…

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100 Million Planets in our Galaxy May Harbor Complex Life

One Percent of All Exoplanets May Be Suitable for Complex Organisms (PHL @ UPR Arecibo) - The number of planets on…

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