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Cassini and IBEX Set to Rewrite the Textbooks on the Solar System
Science's understanding of the physics of our own solar system is due for an overhaul. Recent papers from the IBEX and Cassini teams are set to overturn existing models. Those models failed to predict significant... NASA Telescope Finds New Ring Around Saturn
The largest ring in the solar system has been found around Saturn by NASA's Spitzer Telescope. The source of the debris comprising the ring is thought to be Saturn's moon Phoebe that could release debris if hit by... Titan, Earth Weather is Similar
""In fact, Titan looks more like the Earth than any other body in the Solar System, despite the huge differences in temperature and other environmental conditions.""Titan is a fascinating moon, big enough to be a... Amateur astronomer discovers Jupiter collision
21 July, 2009– " Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, sits behind the solar system's largest planet, April 2007. Ganymede completes an orbit around Jupiter every seven days. (NASA: ESA/E Karkoschka (University of Arizona), fileman) " " An amateur astronomer from the small...
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Moons and Jupiter
A nice picture of the earth's moon with the planet of Jupiter in the background. "Explanation: Earth's Moon and planet Jupiter made a beautiful pairing in the night sky late last week. This skyscape recorded... An Earth-like planet is discovered in our solar system
Scientists in Hatfield, England, have discovered what they say is an 'Earth-like' planet. Scientists were looking at two planets, one that is the same size as Earth and one that is in the right place to support life.... Green Comet Lulin Passing by Earth Next Week
A green Comet called Lulin is set to pass by Earth next week, and the way that it travels looks like it is going backwards. This will be the only trip toward the sun that Lulin will take from the outer reaches of... Small, hot earth-like planet discovered in space
A small, hot, earth-like planet has been discovered just outside our solar system, by the astronomers of the French Space Agency, and it even has a surface to walk on. Using the COROT space telescope, the... DURBAN UNIVERSITY ALIEN RADIO SIGNAL
It has been brought to my attention that this amazing signal find first located on July 28th 2008 by Professor MacPhearson and his students will be readily availible in the coming weeks for all to hear with common... 227 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Mars' two-faced riddle 'solved'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7473128.stm The impact would have hit the northern half of Mars The puzzle of why the northern and southern hemispheres of Mars look so different may now have been solved. Mars' crust is... PRESS RELEASE: Two Tickets to the Stars - See the Beauty of Space
Well it's official - and I predict that it's going to be the ultimate honeymoon destination for very wealthy, adventurous young couples.Ok, so maybe I'm projecting my own fantasies, but if I had the money I'd... Crashed probe yields Sun secrets
" Scientists have measured the composition of oxygen at the birth of the Solar System. The discovery is a vital piece of data for reconstructing the evolution of our cosmic neighbourhood. Nasa's Genesis... New Mercury pics blow scientists' minds
The latest Mercury images from the Messenger spacecraft are creating a stir within the astronomy community. Apparently, some of what scientists had previously thought about the planet turns out to be wrong.I... Space agency one step closer to Mercury
The first planet from the sun has never been so hot. First it was new Mercury photos making headlines this week, and now a contract to make a Mercury-bound spacecraft. It's exciting stuff--more giant... Messenger reveals Mercury's dark side
New pictures of our solar system's smallest planet have been graciously provided by the Messenger probe. No one's seen this side of Mercury before--formerly we'd only seen its party piece.A large version of...
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