Saturday, December 21, 2013

Astronomical News

Flying robotic missions into space is expensive, but winning the $636 million jackpot would go a long, long way.
Astronomers scoping-out the vicinity of the famous star Fomalhaut have discovered that its mysterious stellar sister is also sporting a rather attractive ring of comets.
Scientists have found organics from Earth's swamp trapped inside of glass created by a meteor impact almost a million years ago.
NASA on Tuesday postponed a cargo mission to the International Space Station and instead scheduled three spacewalks so that astronauts can fix a broken cooling system at the research outpost.
In new images of Vesta, an unusual, yet beautiful, look at the massive asteroid's mineral history has been made possible.
A NASA spacecraft that last month began measuring gases and dust coming off the surface of the moon got a science bonus this weekend with the arrival of China’s Chang’e 3 lander and Yutu rover.
By combining two cutting-edge astronomical techniques, researchers have been able to, for the first time, resolve the visible light of the two stars in the famous Capella binary system -- could the same be done for exoplanets?

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