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Does the Sun look smaller to you? Earth was at aphelion.
blogs.discovermagazine.com — Criminy, I almost forgot: today, July 4th, at roughly 08:00 UT, the Earth was at aphelion. Uh, what? I hear you ask. OK, brief astrolesson for ya, then back to the grill!More… (Space)
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Moon mistaken for a UFO
telegraph.co.uk — Police in Wales were called to investigate a mysterious flying saucer, only to discover it was the moon. More… (Space)
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Giant telescopes could be built from Moon dust
space.newscientist.com — Dust – often thought of as an impediment to lunar exploration – could be put to good use to build giant telescopes on the Moon – perhaps some large enough to fill entire craters, says a team of US researchers.More… (Space)
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Mercury is shrinking, Nasa space probe reveals
telegraph.co.uk — The smallest planet in the solar system is shrinking, a space mission to Mercury has revealed.The Messenger space probe, which began its 5 billion mile journey to Mercury four years ago, has provided new evidence that the closest planet to the sun is contracting in on itself.More… (Space)
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'Brain breathalysers' may scan astronauts for stress
space.newscientist.com — With jam-packed schedules and a video feed to Earth, astronauts enjoy precious little privacy as it is. Soon, doctors might peek into an astronaut's last bastion of solitude, thanks to a portable brain scanner that could one day go into orbit.Mission control could use the device to remotely monitor astronauts for signs of brain injury, [...]More… (Space)
SirPopperRain on the Martian Plain?
sciencenow.sciencemag.org — A new soil analysis suggests a drizzly past for the Red Planet.More… (Space)
cosmikdebris30 Abosultely Incredible Abstract Satellite Images of Earth
environmentalgraffiti.com — “It is impossible to give a clear account of the world, but art can teach us to reproduce it - just as the world reproduces itself in the course of its eternal gyrations.” Albert CamusMore… (Space)
msaleemSolar system a bit squashed, not nicely round
reuters.com — By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The solar system may not be a nice round shape, but rather a bit squashed and oblong, according to data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft exploring the solar system's outer limits, scientists said on Wednesday. More… (Space)
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Can You Hear Black Holes Collide?
summerscience.org.uk — The renewed search for gravitational waves.More… (Space)
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China's Secret Lunar Agenda: Will the US lose the moon race?
dailygalaxy.com — The U.S. was once the leader in space exploration. Now, China plans to map the moon for energy alternatives. Russia plans to deploy a lunar base in 2015. What does the future hold?More… (Space)
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Pictures Reveal Solar System is Not Round But Egg-shaped
telegraph.co.uk — The Solar System is not round, but an egg shape with its bottom edge squashed inward, according to data beamed back from a three decade old space probe. The outer limits of the system of planets around our own Sun, where the influence of our local star ends, are being probed by the Voyager spacecraft, which were launched in 1977.More… (Space)
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Life In The Milky Way: Do Galactic Cycles Influence Earth
dailygalaxy.com — Do Galactic Cycles Influence Earth's Biological History? Research revealed that the rise and fall of species on Earth seems to be driven by the undulating motions of our solar system as it travels through the Milky Way. Scientists believe that this cosmic force may offer the answer to some of the biggest questions in our Earth biological history.More… (Space)
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France plans revolution in space
news.bbc.co.uk — Ambitious plans for European missions to the Moon and Mars are being considered by the French government.More… (Space)
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Earth's Cries Recorded in Space
space.com — The sound is awful, a new recording from space reveals. Scientists have known about the radiation since the 1970s. It is created high above the planet, where charged particles from the solar wind collide with Earth's magnetic field. It is related to the phenomenon that generates the colorful aurora, or Northern Lights.More… (Space)
What is the universe made of and how did it all begin?
guardian.co.uk — Martin Rees introduces the Large Hadron Collider at Cern, the most powerful experiment ever to probe the greatest of questions in physics: More… (Space)
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