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 | Soil layers with different compositions close to the surface led the rover science team to propose that thin films of water may have entered the ground from frost or snow.
By NASA/JPL
Published: October 29, 2010 |
 | The duo will make observations to study how solar wind electrifies, alters, and erodes the Moon's surface.
By NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: October 29, 2010 |
 | Buckyballs, also known as fullerenes, are soccer-ball-shaped molecules consisting of 60 linked carbon atoms.
By NASA/JPL
Published: October 28, 2010 |
 | Because HAWK-I, one of the Very Large Telescope’s newest and most powerful cameras, can study galaxies without the confusing effects of dust and glowing gas, it is ideal for studying the vast numbers of stars that make up spiral arms.
By ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: October 28, 2010 |
 | This finding means that several theoretical models for the internal composition of neutron stars now are ruled out.
By NRAO, Socorro, New Mexico
Published: October 27, 2010 |
 | Using the unparalleled data provided by Kepler, scientists are revolutionizing our understanding of stars and their structures.
By NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: October 27, 2010 |
 | Looking at the heart of Omega Centauri, a globular cluster in the Milky Way, scientists have calculated how the stars will move over the next 10,000 years.
By STScI/ESA
Published: October 26, 2010 |
 | Recent observations of Comet 103P/Hartley have scientists scratching
their heads while they anticipate a flyby of the small, icy world
November 4.
By NASA/JPL
Published: October 26, 2010 |
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The binary system was uncovered when an instrument on the International Space Station caught it in the act of erupting with a massive blast of X-rays.
By Penn State University, University Park
Published: October 25, 2010 |
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The two planets in NN Serpentis are not currently close to the binary stars, but the double-star system was not always as tight as it is now .
By McDonald Observatory at University of Texas, Austin
Published: October 25, 2010 |
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Research will improve astronomers' understanding of how massive stars evolve and interact with their host environment.
Provided by Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois
Published: October 22, 2010 |
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Researchers found water not only where it was supposed to be, but also where it’s not.
By University of Arizona-Tucson
Published: October 22, 2010 |
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Scientists decided in advance which observations they wanted to make while the spacecraft was cruising past all of Saturn's moons.
Published: October 21, 2010 |
 | The funds will be split among three universities to support their respective roles in the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment.
Provided by McDonald Observatory, Austin, Texas
Published: October 21, 2010 |
 | The Euuropean Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope confirmed that a galaxy spotted earlier using Hubble is the most remote object identified so far in the universe.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: October 20, 2010 |
 | Scientists found that an exoplanet's hot spot is over to the side of the planet instead of directly under the glare of the Sun.
Provided by JPL, Pasadena, California
Published: October 20, 2010 |
 | If life existed in martian underground systems, life-forms could have been brought up to the surface via the discharges of these deep-seated fluids.
Provided by Planetary Science Institute, Tucson
Published: October 19, 2010 |
 | If a star has a planet, and that planet has a moon, and both of them cross in front of their star, then scientists can measure their sizes and orbits to learn about the star.
Provided by Harvard-Smithsonian Center, Cambridge
Published: October 18, 2010 |
 | The black hole simulations might help verify general relativity, while studying dwarf galaxies.
Provided by Ohio Supercomputer Center
Published: October 15, 2010 |
 | This new mosaic shows the galaxy in different infrared hues.
Provided by NASA JPL
Published: October 15, 2010 |
 | The supernova released more energy than our Sun could produce in its entire lifetime.
Provided by Ohio State University, Columbus
Published: October 14, 2010 |
 | Scientists say giant galaxy clusters can be used to study how dark matter and dark energy influenced the growth of cosmic structures.
Provided by Harvard-Smithsonian Center, Cambridge
Published: October 14, 2010 |
 | Huchra was perhaps best known for his leadership, with his collaborator Margaret Geller, of the CfA Redshift Survey — a pioneering effort to map the large-scale structure of the universe.
Provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
Published: October 14, 2010 |
 | Scientists suggest that young galaxies can grow by sucking in cool streams of the hydrogen and helium gas that filled the early universe.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: October 13, 2010 |
 | The observations could tell scientists where some of the dust in our solar system comes from.
Provided by ESA, Garching, Germany
Published: October 13, 2010 |
 | Scientists are interested in dust that the New Horizons is expected to encounter in the Kuiper Belt, where they believe icy objects contain samples of ancient material.
Provided by University of Colorado, Boulder
Published: October 12, 2010 |
 | Scientists found carbonate minerals exist along with hydrated silicate minerals of a likely hydrothermal origin.
Provided by PSI, Tucson, Arizona
Published: October 12, 2010 |
 | Helium's re-ionization occurred at a transitional time in the universe's history when galaxies collided to ignite quasars.
Provided by NASA headquarters, Washington, DC
Published: October 11, 2010 |
 | Hubble's images will improve pointing instructions for the Dawn spacecraft as it moves into a polar orbit around the asteroid Vesta.
Provided by NASA headquarters, Washington, DC
Published: October 11, 2010 |
 | The chemistry occurring on Titan might be similar to that occurring on the young Earth that produced biological material and eventually led to the evolution of life.
Provided by University of Arizona, Tucson
Published: October 8, 2010 |
 | Wobble helps answer heating conundrum by generating about five times more heat in Enceladus' interior than tidal stress alone.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: October 8, 2010 |
 | Measurements may be used eventually to help make changes to orbit of Venus Express.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: October 7, 2010 |
 | The mission will probe the past climate of Mars, including its potential for harboring life over the ages.
Provided by the University of Colorado, Boulder
Published: October 6, 2010 |
 | The Hubble team is specifically searching for emissions from carbon monoxide and diatomic sulfur.
Provided by STScI, Baltimore, Maryland
Published: October 6, 2010 |
 | New data reveals conditions may be more dynamic than previously thought.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: October 5, 2010 |
 | WISE will now focus on our nearest neighbors — the asteroids and comets traveling together with our solar system's planets.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: October 5, 2010 |
 | The hypothesized gravity field from Vesta's irregular shape, combined with Dawn's slow changes in orbit, results in certain altitudes at which Dawn could experience significant orbital perturbations.
Provided by the Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona
Published: October 4, 2010 |
 | A new study argues that whether or not an extraterrestrial event occurred, nothing in the archaeological record indicates that the Clovis hunters suddenly disappeared along with the animals.
Provided by the University of Arizona, Tucson
Published: October 1, 2010 |
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