Stealing Sedna
Turns out, our seemly placid star had a criminal youth of cosmic proportions.
Astronomy
Aug 7, 2015
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News tagged with international astronomical union
Astronomers gather in Hawaii amid telescope tensions
More than 2,500 astronomers from around the world are descending on Hawaii for a conference at a time when telescope construction is a sensitive issue in the state.
Space Exploration
Jul 31, 2015
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New names and insights at Ceres
Colorful new maps of Ceres, based on data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, showcase a diverse topography, with height differences between crater bottoms and mountain peaks as great as 9 miles (15 kilometers).
Space Exploration
Jul 29, 2015
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Japan space scientists hunting for new asteroid name
Japanese space scientists are on the hunt for a new name for an asteroid that may contain the secret of life, with a public competition beginning Wednesday.
Space Exploration
Jul 22, 2015
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New Horizons finally gets up close with Pluto – for 15 minutes
As I began typing this column, NASA's New Horizon mission was on its final approach to its primary target, Pluto. By the time I finished composing my deathless prose, the main mission was over. And I'm not a slow writer.
Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2015
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NASA spacecraft whizzes by Pluto in historic flyby (Update)
An unmanned NASA spacecraft whizzed by Pluto on Tuesday, making its closest approach in the climax of a decade-long journey to explore the dwarf planet for the first time, the US space agency said.
Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2015
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Why we need to keep adding leap seconds
Today at precisely 10am Australian Eastern Standard time, something chronologically peculiar will take place: there'll be an extra second between 09:59:59 and 10:00:00.
Space Exploration
Jul 1, 2015
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Work-experience schoolboy discovers a new planet
A 15-yr-old schoolboy has discovered a new planet orbiting a star 1000 light years away in our galaxy. Tom Wagg was doing work-experience at Keele University when he spotted the planet by finding a tiny dip in the light of ...
Astronomy
Jun 10, 2015
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Leonard nimoy's legacy lives on in the asteroid belt
"Fascinating, Captain." If he were alive today, Leonard Nimoy, who played the half Vulcan-half human Mr. Spock in the Star Trek TV and movies series, would undoubtedly have raised an eyebrow and uttered a signature "fascinating" ...
Space Exploration
Jun 8, 2015
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Mercury crater-naming contest winners announced
The MESSENGER Education and Public Outreach (EPO) Team, coordinated through the Carnegie Institution for Science, has announced the winners from its competition to name five impact craters on Mercury after artist's. Entries ...
Space Exploration
Apr 30, 2015
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