The Solar System

Speeding Galaxies Distorted by Space Winds

Updated: 2009-09-30 15:30:16

A new set of images from the Hubble Space Telescope, taken before its recent servicing mission, reveals strong winds ripping through a pair of galaxies, distorting their shape and halting star formation.

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NASA Probe Snaps Photos of Mercury But Suffers Minor Glitch

Updated: 2009-09-30 15:30:16

A NASA spacecraft that completed its third and final flyby of the planet Mercury yesterday, snapping new pictures of the innermost planet, had a small data hiccup that has delayed release of the images.

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Magnetic Fields Guide Star Birth

Updated: 2009-09-30 15:30:16

Magnetic fields more important in stellar birth than turbulence in gas clouds.

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Out There: Water, Water Everywhere

Updated: 2009-09-30 15:30:16

Water is all over the solar system and the rest of the galaxy. What's it mean to the search for life?

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NASA Probe Zooms by Mercury in Last Flyby

Updated: 2009-09-30 15:30:16

NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is set to make a close approach to the planet Mercury, revealing new views along the way.

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Dance of the Dawn Planets

Updated: 2009-09-30 15:30:16

Night Sky column for September 25.

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Cosmic Rays Hit 50-Year High

Updated: 2009-09-30 15:30:16

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News: MESSENGER's Third Gravity Assist Successful, But "Safe Mode" Interrupts Science

Updated: 2009-09-30 05:00:00

MESSENGER's Third Gravity Assist Successful, But "Safe Mode" Interrupts Science (from Planetary News)

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News: Indian Orbiter Produces Long-Sought Evidence for Water on the Moon

Updated: 2009-09-25 05:00:00

Indian Orbiter Produces Long-Sought Evidence for Water on the Moon (from Planetary News)

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Press Release: Planetary Society Applauds New Water Findings in the Solar System

Updated: 2009-09-24 05:00:00

On the Planetary Society web site: Planetary Society Applauds New Water Findings in the Solar System

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News: MESSENGER's Final Flyby of Mercury: Old Territory, New Science

Updated: 2009-09-23 05:00:00

MESSENGER's Final Flyby of Mercury: Old Territory, New Science (from Planetary News)

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News: Snapshots from Saturn's Equinox

Updated: 2009-09-21 05:00:00

Snapshots from Saturn's Equinox (from Planetary News)

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News: LCROSS Mission Selects Crater Cabeus A As Target for October 9 Impact

Updated: 2009-09-11 05:00:00

LCROSS Mission Selects Crater Cabeus A As Target for October 9 Impact (from Planetary News)

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Comets and Life On Earth

Updated: 2009-08-18 00:18:00

Donald Yeomans With the recent discovery of the amino acid glycine in the comet dust samples returned to Earth by the Stardust spacecraft, it is becoming a bit more clear how life may have originated on Earth. Water is a well-known ingredient in both comets and living organisms, and now it appears that amino acids [...]

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Five ‘Holy Grails’ of Distant Solar Systems

Updated: 2009-06-11 19:44:57

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