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MrBabyManAsteroid 2008 TC3 Streaks Over Africa
associatedcontent.com — A small asteroid, designated 2008 TC3, entered the Earth's atmosphere early Tuesday and vaporized in a spectacular fireball over the African country of Sudan. 2008 TC3 was a small asteroid, measuring about three meters across.More… (Space)
MarkWhittingtonPlanet Sizes - Comparison Images and Video
funmint.com — There are eight planets in the Solar System. In increasing distance from the Sun, they are: 1. ☿ Mercury 2. ♀ Venus 3. ⊕ Earth 4. ♂ Mars 5. ♃ Jupiter 6. ♄ Saturn 7. ♅ Uranus 8. ♆ Neptune Jupiter is the largest, at 318 Earth masses, while Mercury is smallest, at 0.055 Earth masses. Antares is the 15th brightest star in the sky. ...More… (Space)
lomaxkWill new Mars lander be parked or scrapped?
mcclatchydc.com — Huge cost overruns and technical difficulties may cause the $2 billion dollar Mars Science Laboratory to be delayed or cancelled outright, members of a NASA advisory committee were warned last week.More… (Space)
perkonis
Watermelon planet
blogs.discovermagazine.com — This is Mercury as seen by MESSENGER, which flew by the planet for a second time yesterday (out of three passes on its way to orbiting the planet in March 2011). This overview was taken when the probe was 27,000 km (17,000 miles) from Mercury, 90 minutes after closest encounter. What you’re seeing here is pretty much the opposite side of the planetMore… (Space)
WorldWide Telescope Stars In Virtual Earth
liveside.net — … since Microsoft Virtual Earth is a part of that Microsoft Research project I thought it would interest some of you that we decided to include some of the WorldWide Telescope into Virtual Earth. Did you know that the Virtual Earth data centers host all of the data for WWT and that the actual Earth in WWT are Virtual Earth tiles? Well, now you do.More… (Space)
blobrana
Big Islanders discuss telescope
kpua.net — Big Island residents have begun voicing concerns about a proposed 30-meter telescope atop Mauna Kea. Last night saw the first of seven public scoping meetings to gather input ahead of an environmental impact statement. More… (Space)
Stars stop forming when big galaxies collide
eurekalert.org — Astronomers studying new images of a nearby galaxy cluster have found evidence that high-speed collisions between large elliptical galaxies may prevent new stars from forming, according to a paper to be published in a November 2008 issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters.More… (Space)
Brown scientists among first to glimpse Mercury images
media.www.browndailyherald.com — Brown scientists among first to glimpse Mercury images, More… (Space)
MESSENGER: MErcury Surface
messenger.jhuapl.edu — Yesterday, at 4:40 am EDT, MESSENGER successfully completed its second flyby of Mercury. Today, at about 1:50 am EDT, the images taken during the flyby encounter began to be received back on Earth. More… (Space)
Biffsters World
biffster.org — Today, at about 1:50 am EDT, the images taken during the flyby encounter began to be received back on Earth. The spectacular image shown here is one of the first to be returned and shows a WAC image of the departing planet taken about 90 minutes after the spacecraft’s closest approach to Mercury.More… (Space)
MESSENGER: MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry,
messenger.jhuapl.edu — Yesterday, at 4:40 am EDT, MESSENGER successfully completed its second flyby of Mercury. Today, at about 1:50 am EDT, the images taken during the flyby encounter began to be received back on Earth. More… (Space)
NASA MESSENGER Image: Mercury as Never Seen Before
spaceref.com — Yesterday, at 4:40 am EDT, MESSENGER successfully completed its second flyby of Mercury. More… (Space)
Cassini to buzz the geysers of Enceladus
space.newscientist.com — NASA's Cassini probe is set to take its closest look yet at Saturn's moon Enceladus on 9 October, when it will fly only 25 kilometres above the moon's surface.More… (Space)
sciencefanatic
Indian moon mission due for launch
space.newscientist.com — India plans to launch its first mission to the moon later this month. More… (Space)
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