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Fri May 17
jpl.nasa.gov [NASA]
Scientists say initial images from todays flyby of comet Hartley 2 provide new information about the comets volume and material spewing from its surface. [...]
Fri May 17
jpl.nasa.gov [ASTEROID]
The family of asteroids some believed was responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs is not likely the culprit according to new observations. [...]
Fri May 17
Universetoday [STAR]
The comet show is still not over! Early on May 16, 2013, astrophotographer Chris Schur from central Arizona was able to see two comets at once, Comet PANSTARRS AND Comet Lemmon. "We set up on our 14 foot tall balcony observing pad and was able to get the very low Comet Lemmon as it rose [...]
Fri May 17
Space [SPACE]
Dream Chasers first free-flight test is slated for later this year. [...]
Fri May 17
Space [MARS]
Electric vehicles have no real competitors for the Martian market. [...]
Fri May 17
Universetoday [MOON]
If you were looking up at the Moon on March 17, 2013 at 03:50:55 UTC, you might have seen one of the brightest “lunar flashes” ever witnessed. And it would have been visible with just the naked eye. (...)Read the rest of Super-Bright Explosion Seen on the Moon (669 words) © nancy for Universe Today, [...]
Fri May 17
jpl.nasa.gov [DARK]
Roughly half of the giant asteroid Vesta is expected to be so cold, with so little sunlight, that water ice could have survived there for billions of years. [...]
Fri May 17
jpl.nasa.gov [COMET]
Malcolm Hartley has seen a whole lot of the universe over the last 40 years, but hed never had a close-up view of a comet named after him. [...]
Fri May 17
jpl.nasa.gov [VESTA]
Something is forming intriguing gullies on the giant asteroid Vesta. Scientists with NASAs Dawn mission are trying to figure out what could be creating these features. [...]
Thu May 16
Universetoday [HADFIELD]
Astronaut Chris Hadfield described himself as a man who never looks back. Still, he spoke fondly of his five months in space during the first press conference with media today (May 16) after his return to Earth earlier this week. "I don't spend my life going gosh, I went to [space station] Mir in 1995 and [...]
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