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Saturday, May 25, 2013

Astronomical News

NASA may not be going to the moon anytime soon, but private companies plan to do so.
In brand new observations made by Hubble of the famous Ring Nebula, astronomers have discovered its true shape.
NASA on Thursday posted a “For Lease” sign on one of its space shuttle launch pads, as it continues to downsize and revamp the Kennedy Space Center following the program’s retirement. 
Future space observatories could detect biological tracers in exoplanetary atmospheres, but we won't be able to definitively find life until we physically visit those alien worlds.
The venerable Mars rover Opportunity, the older and smaller cousin of Curiosity, has discovered another water-weathered rock hinting that the Red Planet could have supported life in its ancient past.
The first topographic map of the surface of Titan gives a fascinating new insight into Saturn's giant moon.

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