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Friday, February 8, 2013

Astronomical News

There is historic evidence for a gamma-ray burst hitting Earth over 1,200 years ago -- where did it come from?
Earth's gravity may not have the gravitas of Jupiter, but the planet regularly plucks small asteroids passing by and pins them into orbit -- now astronomers want to find them.
Dive deep into Orion's star factory with the help of NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).
A veteran NASA comet probe turned its sights on a new target, Comet ISON, which is barreling toward a close encounter with the sun this fall.
Giant aliens from super-exo-earths are in danger of evaporating in a puff of planetary science dust. A new model suggests super-Earths are really mini-Neptunes. 
According to Kepler data, the nearest 'Earth-like' exoplanet may be within 13 light-years from Earth.

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