Astronomy :: Scientists Canvas

NASA-backed fusion engine could cut Mars trip down to 30 days.
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Astronomers Detect Extremely Rare Triple Quasar

[scinews.com-]

Mar 19, 2013

Astronomers Detect Extremely Rare Triple Quasar.
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New Star System Found, Third Closest To Us, First Found in a Century. Only 6.5 Light Years Away!

[dailygalaxy.com]

Mar 12, 2013

New Star System Found, Third Closest To Us, First Found in a Century. Only 6.5 Light Years Away!.
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NASA Telescopes Spy Ultra-Distant Galaxy Amidst Cosmic Dark Ages

[spaceindustrynews.com]

Feb 19, 2013

NASA Telescopes Spy Ultra-Distant Galaxy Amidst Cosmic Dark Ages.
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New Canadian telescope to make massive 3D map of the Universe

[cbc.ca]

Jan 25, 2013

New Canadian telescope to make massive 3D map of the Universe.
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Tau Ceti System May Contain A Rocky Planet Within Its Habitable Zone

[sciencecom]

Dec 21, 2012

Tau Ceti System May Contain A Rocky Planet Within Its Habitable Zone.
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Space-time waves may be hiding in dead star pulses

[newscientist.com]

Dec 07, 2012

Space-time waves may be hiding in dead star pulses.
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Oddball Galaxy Contains the Biggest Black Hole Yet Discovered

[universetoday.com]

Nov 28, 2012

Oddball Galaxy Contains the Biggest Black Hole Yet Discovered.
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Planet Not Orbitting Any Star Found Floating in Space

[science.time.com]

Nov 14, 2012

Planet Not Orbitting Any Star Found Floating in Space.
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Dark matter hides light from lonely stars

[abc.net.au]

Oct 29, 2012

Dark matter hides light from lonely stars.
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Ancient Quasar Shines Brightly, But All the Galaxys Stars Are Missing

[universetoday.com]

Oct 24, 2012

Ancient Quasar Shines Brightly, But All the Galaxys Stars Are Missing.
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Alpha Centauri, the Solar Systems Closest Neighbor, Has a Planet!

[discovermagazine.com]

Oct 17, 2012

Alpha Centauri, the Solar Systems Closest Neighbor, Has a Planet!.
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SpaceX reaches International Space Station safely with precious cargo

[zmescience.com]

Oct 10, 2012

SpaceX reaches International Space Station safely with precious cargo.
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NASAs Chandra Shows Milky Way is Surrounded by Halo of Hot Gas

[nasa.gov]

Oct 01, 2012

NASAs Chandra Shows Milky Way is Surrounded by Halo of Hot Gas.
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NASA Rover Finds Old Streambed on Martian Surface

[jpl.nasa.gov]

Sep 27, 2012

NASA Rover Finds Old Streambed on Martian Surface.
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New comet will light up the sky, nearly as bright as the full moon yet 6 times as far from the Earth

[astronomy.com]

Sep 27, 2012

New comet will light up the sky, nearly as bright as the full moon yet 6 times as far from the Earth.
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Milky Ways missing atoms may be in a hot cloud surrounding us

[arstechnica.com]

Sep 26, 2012

Milky Ways missing atoms may be in a hot cloud surrounding us.
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Strange Lithium Star Found in Globular Cluster Messier 4 Orbiting Milky Way

[dailygalaxy.com]

Sep 05, 2012

Strange Lithium Star Found in Globular Cluster Messier 4 Orbiting Milky Way.
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Sugars and Other Building Blocks of Life Found Around Young Sun-like Star

[spaceref.com]

Aug 31, 2012

Sugars and Other Building Blocks of Life Found Around Young Sun-like Star.
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NASA twin satellites RBSP to probe mysteries of the Van Allen belts

[cnet.com]

Aug 30, 2012

Launch image found on Reddit, credit to Ben Cooper. Read the article on Cnet here.

Tattooine Might In Fact Be Real: Two Alien Planets Found With Twin Suns

[msnbc.msn.com]

Aug 29, 2012

Tattooine Might In Fact Be Real: Two Alien Planets Found With Twin Suns.
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NASA InSight mission has been approved: we are heading back to Mars in 2016

[slashgear.com]

Aug 21, 2012

NASA InSight mission has been approved: we are heading back to Mars in 2016.
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First Evidence Discovered of Planets Destruction by Its Star

[science.psu.edu]

Aug 21, 2012

First Evidence Discovered of Planets Destruction by Its Star.
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UCLA Scientist Discovers Plate Tectonics on Mars

[marstoday.com]

Aug 10, 2012

UCLA Scientist Discovers Plate Tectonics on Mars.
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Captures Amazing Image of Curiosity Rovers Descent

[wired.com]

Aug 06, 2012

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Captures Amazing Image of Curiosity Rovers Descent.
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Gliese 581 g Tops List of 5 Potentially Habitable Exoplanets

[scientificamerican.com]

Jul 30, 2012

Gliese 581 g Tops List of 5 Potentially Habitable Exoplanets.
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The Universe if Timeless. 4 Dimensional vs 3 Dimensional Plus Time

[dailygalaxy.com]

Jul 29, 2012

The Universe if Timeless. 4 Dimensional vs 3 Dimensional Plus Time.
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Hubble Has Spotted An Ancient Spiral Galaxy

[io9.com]

Jul 19, 2012

A spiral galaxy located 10.7 Billion light years away has recently been spotted by Hubble. Up to now, there haven't been any well formed galaxies seen from such a long time ago, and it's posing to be a mystery to astrophysicists from UCLA. For a more technical read hop on over to the synopsis to be published in an upcoming Nature.

NASA Solves Mystery of Pioneer 10 and 11

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Jul 18, 2012

NASA Solves Mystery of Pioneer 10 and 11.
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Dark Galaxies Nearly Devoid of Stars Discovered by US Santa Cruz Study

[nationalgeographic.com]

Jul 12, 2012

Dark Galaxies Nearly Devoid of Stars Discovered by US Santa Cruz Study.
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