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- NASA's Kepler provides insights on enigmatic planets
- Recently reactivated NASA spacecraft spots its first new asteroid
- 'Hand of God': Dead star and distant black holes dazzle in X-rays
| NASA's Kepler provides insights on enigmatic planets Posted: 13 Jan 2014 10:07 AM PST More than three-quarters of the planet candidates discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft have sizes ranging from that of Earth to that of Neptune, which is nearly four times as big as Earth. Such planets dominate the galactic census but are not represented in our own solar system. Astronomers don't know how they form or if they are made of rock, water or gas. |
| Recently reactivated NASA spacecraft spots its first new asteroid Posted: 13 Jan 2014 10:01 AM PST NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) spacecraft has spotted a never-before-seen asteroid -- its first such discovery since coming out of hibernation last year. |
| 'Hand of God': Dead star and distant black holes dazzle in X-rays Posted: 13 Jan 2014 09:58 AM PST Two new views from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, showcase the telescope's talent for spying objects near and far. One image shows the energized remains of a dead star, a structure nicknamed the "Hand of God" after its resemblance to a hand. Another image shows distant black holes buried in blankets of dust. |
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