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ScienceDaily: Astronomy News

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News


Nine-year-old Mars rover passes 40-year-old record

Posted: 17 May 2013 09:09 AM PDT

While Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited Earth's moon for three days in December 1972, they drove their mission's Lunar Roving Vehicle 19.3 nautical miles (22.210 statute miles or 35.744 kilometers). That was the farthest total distance for any NASA vehicle driving on a world other than Earth until yesterday.

South Africa's new radio telescope reveals giant outbursts from binary star system

Posted: 16 May 2013 07:52 AM PDT

An international team of astronomers have reported the first scientific results from the Karoo Array Telescope (KAT-7) in South Africa.

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