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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

ScienceDaily: Nebulae News

Organic conundrum in Large Magellanic Cloud

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 06:23 AM PDT

A group of organic chemicals that are considered carcinogens and pollutants today on Earth, but are also thought to be the building blocks for the origins of life, may hold clues to how carbon-rich chemicals created in stars are processed and recycled in space.

3-D map shows dusty structure of the Milky Way

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 06:23 AM PDT

Astronomers have created a detailed three-dimensional map of the dusty structure of the Milky Way – the star-studded bright disc of our own galaxy – as seen from Earth's northern hemisphere.

Monday, June 23, 2014

Curiosity Rover Marks First Martian Year | Titan's Building Blocks Might Pre-date Saturn

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NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Marks First Martian Year

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover will complete a Martian year -- 687 Earth days -- on June 24, having accomplished the mission's main goal of determining whether Mars once offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life.

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Titan's Building Blocks Might Pre-date Saturn

A combined NASA and European Space Agency (ESA)-funded study has found firm evidence that nitrogen in the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan originated in conditions similar to the cold birthplace of the most ancient comets from the Oort cloud.

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ScienceDaily: Astronomy News

Time to think big: A call for a giant space telescope

Posted: 22 Jun 2014 07:22 AM PDT

In the nearly 25 years since the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers and the public alike have enjoyed ground-breaking views of the cosmos and the suite of scientific discoveries that followed. The successor to HST, the James Webb Telescope should launch in 2018 but will have a comparatively short lifetime.

ScienceDaily: Stars News

Time to think big: A call for a giant space telescope

Posted: 22 Jun 2014 07:22 AM PDT

Sunday, June 22, 2014

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News

NASA selects studies for the asteroid redirect mission

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 11:37 AM PDT

NASA has selected 18 proposals for studies under the Asteroid Redirect Mission Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). These six-month studies will mature system concepts and key technologies and assess the feasibility of potential commercial partnerships to support the agency's Asteroid Redirect Mission, a key part of the agency's stepping stone path to send humans to Mars.

Saturday, June 21, 2014

ScienceDaily: Extrasolar Planets News

Jupiter's moons remain slightly illuminated, even in eclipse

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 07:23 AM PDT

Astronomers have found that Jupiter's Galilean satellites (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto) remain slightly bright (up to one millionth of their normal state) even when in the Jovian shadow and not directly illuminated by the Sun. The effect is particularly pronounced for Ganymede and Callisto.

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News

Jupiter's moons remain slightly illuminated, even in eclipse

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 07:23 AM PDT

NASA's swift satellite tallies water production of Mars-bound comet

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:54 PM PDT

In late May, NASA's Swift satellite imaged comet Siding Spring, which will brush astonishingly close to Mars later this year. These optical and ultraviolet observations are the first to reveal how rapidly the comet is producing water and allow astronomers to better estimate its size.