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Fri May 17



NASA EPOXI Flyby Reveals New Insights Into Comet Features
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



Origin of Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Remains a Mystery
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



Comets PANSTARRS and Lemmon Still Linger for Early Morning Views
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



Private Space Plane Arrives in California for Key Flight Tests
Space [SPACE]
Dream Chasers first free-flight test is slated for later this year. [...]




Fri May 17



Electric Cars on Earth and Mars: How They Stack Up
Space [MARS]
Electric vehicles have no real competitors for the Martian market. [...]




Fri May 17



Super-Bright Explosion Seen on the Moon
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



Vesta Likely Cold and Dark Enough for Ice
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



The Man Behind Comet Hartley 2
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



What is Creating Gullies on Vesta?
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



Hadfield’s Return to Earth: ‘I’m Still Learning How To Walk Again’
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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