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Most extreme white dwarf binary system found with orbit of just 5 minutes
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of astronomers, including Professor Tom Marsh and Dr Danny Steeghs from the University of Warwick, have shown that the two stars in the binary HM Cancri ...
22 hours ago from PhysOrg
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Untapped U.S. Reserves Could Safeguard Future Tech Innovation
The U.S. has its own largely untapped reserves of rare earths that could safeguard future tech innovation.
2 hours ago from FOXNews
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Stardust spacecraft may have found cosmic dust
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first specks of interstellar dust may have been found by NASA's Stardust spacecraft during its seven-year-long voyage. Interstellar dust is believed to form from gas ejected ...
Mon 8 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Buzz Aldrin Gears Up For 'Dancing with the Stars'
Buzz Aldrin, 80-year-old veteran of the Apollo 11 moon landing, is gearing up to compete in the new season of TV's Dancing With the Stars.
7 hours ago from SPACE.com
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Lonely galaxy is lonely. But it ate its friends.
Do cannibals have friends? I imagine some must… unless they have ...
Mon 8 Mar 10 from Discover Magazine
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Early Earth's Magnetic Field Was a Weakling
Early Earth's magnetic field weaker than today, likely led to water loss from atmosphere, bigger auroras.
Fri 5 Mar 10 from SPACE.com
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Herschel Finds Possible Life-Enabling Molecules in Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Herschel Space Observatory has revealed the chemical fingerprints of potentially life-enabling organic molecules in the Orion nebula, a nearby stellar nursery in our Milky ...
Thu 4 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Bully galaxy rules the neighborhood (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- In general, galaxies can be thought of as "social" - hanging out in groups and frequently interacting. However, this recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image highlights ...
Thu 4 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Delicate Nebula Looks Like a Cosmic Bat
A new photo of a small nebula hidden near the constellation Orion reveals gas in the shape of a bat spreading its wings.
Wed 3 Mar 10 from SPACE.com
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Fermi Telescope probes 'dragons' of the gamma-ray sky
One of the pleasures of perusing ancient maps is locating regions so poorly explored that mapmakers warned of dragons and sea monsters. Now, astronomers using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ...
Tue 2 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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