Saturday, December 7, 2013

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News


Laser instrument on NASA Mars rover tops 100,000 zaps

Posted: 06 Dec 2013 11:42 AM PST

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has passed the milestone of 100,000 shots fired by its laser. It uses the laser as one way to check which chemical elements are in rocks and soils.

Intricacy of Comet Lovejoy's tail captured

Posted: 06 Dec 2013 06:09 AM PST

An international team of astronomers has captured an image of the intricate flow of Comet Lovejoy's ion tail.

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