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'Zombie' Stars Key to Measuring Dark Energy | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference

'Zombie' Stars Key to Measuring Dark Energy | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
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Scienzaltro - Astronomia, Cielo, Spazio: Mercurio danza per te

Scienzaltro - Astronomia, Cielo, Spazio: Mercurio danza per te | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
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Tutto il viaggio di Valentina - Spaziando

Tutto il viaggio di Valentina - Spaziando | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
Eravate occupati/e o distratti/ e vi siete persi/e il 50 enario del famoso ed eroico viaggio di Valentina Tereschova nello spazio ?
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Final Construction Starts for Europe’s 2016 Methane Sniffing Mars Mission

Final Construction Starts for Europe’s 2016 Methane Sniffing Mars Mission | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
Has life ever existed on Mars? Or anywhere beyond Earth? Answering that question is one of the most profound scientific inquiries of our time.
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Nasa selects four women to join ranks of new astronauts

Nasa selects four women to join ranks of new astronauts | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
US space agency recruits four women among its eight new candidates, the highest percentage yet selected
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Herschel telescope switched off

Herschel telescope switched off | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
Controllers sever all communications with Europe's billion-euro Herschel space telescope, formally bringing to a close the observation phase of the mission.
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Pillow Astronaut: Valentina

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Death of Yuri Gagarin demystified 40 years on — RT News

Death of Yuri Gagarin demystified 40 years on — RT News | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
After over 40 years of secrecy, the real cause of death of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, has been made public.
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Big freighter docks with station

Big freighter docks with station | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
Europe's 20-tonne freighter, the Albert Einstein ATV, docks with the International Space Station high over the Pacific Ocean.
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Scienzaltro - Astronomia, Cielo, Spazio: fiocchi di "neve pesante" su Venere

Scienzaltro - Astronomia, Cielo, Spazio: fiocchi di "neve pesante" su Venere | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
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Toxic Mars: Astronauts Must Deal with Perchlorate on the Red Planet

Toxic Mars: Astronauts Must Deal with Perchlorate on the Red Planet | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
Future explorers on Mars will have to deal with high concentrations of the toxic chemical perchlorate.
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Tutto bene al "Palazzo Celeste" - Spaziando

Tutto bene al "Palazzo Celeste" - Spaziando | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
Arrivati in perfetto orario e ottima forma i tre astronauti cinesi partiti martedì mattina con il razzo Lunga Marcia 2f , Shenzou 10.
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Andromeda: My God, It's Full of Black Holes : DNews

Andromeda: My God, It's Full of Black Holes : DNews | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
The central region of the Andromeda galaxy is chock-full of black holes, according to extensive observations with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Continue reading →
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Visions of the Universe exhibition reveals full wonder of space images

Visions of the Universe exhibition reveals full wonder of space images | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
Dazzling photographs of the cosmos at National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, skirt between spheres of science and art
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Targets Scarce for NASA's Asteroid-Capture Mission

Targets Scarce for NASA's Asteroid-Capture Mission | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
It's possible that not a single known object meets the current criteria, one researcher says.
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Mars fans vote to immortalise Curiosity rover in Lego - space - 18 June 2013 - New Scientist

Mars fans vote to immortalise Curiosity rover in Lego - space - 18 June 2013 - New Scientist | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
A model of Curiosity is the latest of the many Lego space kits: it was demanded by thousands of space fans and designed by an engineer from the real Mars
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Europe's Mars missions 'on track'

Europe's Mars missions 'on track' | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
Europe's plans to explore Mars with a satellite in 2016 and a rover in 2018 take a big step forward with the signing of new industrial contracts.
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Scienzaltro - Astronomia, Cielo, Spazio: Un bestia spaziale del tutto nuova, anche se antica come nessun altra.

Scienzaltro - Astronomia, Cielo, Spazio: Un bestia spaziale del tutto nuova, anche se antica come nessun altra. | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
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Flare Star Gets 15 Times Brighter in Minutes

Flare Star Gets 15 Times Brighter in Minutes | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
A normally dull star in Ursa Major gave off an incredible flare.
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Cinquant'anni fa andava in orbita la prima donna nello spazio

Cinquant'anni fa andava in orbita la prima donna nello spazio | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
Lei, nei giorni scorsi, ha detto che vorrebbe tanto andare a morire su Marte, come egualmente ha affermato Buzz Aldrin, l'astronauta americano che ha posato il piede sulla Luna per secondo
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Scienzaltro - Astronomia, Cielo, Spazio: forti temporali in Italia ? Meglio non lamentarsi.

Scienzaltro - Astronomia, Cielo, Spazio: forti temporali in Italia ? Meglio non lamentarsi. | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
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NASA - NASA's Webb Telescope's Last Backbone Component Completed

NASA - NASA's Webb Telescope's Last Backbone Component Completed | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
Assembly of James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror backplane support structure, is a step closer to completion with the recent addition of the backplane support frame.
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Curiosity Gets Set for Epic Drive after Laser Blasting Mars Watery Secrets

Curiosity Gets Set for Epic Drive after Laser Blasting Mars Watery Secrets | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
Ten months after her breathtaking touchdown on the Red Planet, NASA’s Curiosity rover is nearly set to embark on an epic drive like no other in space hi
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Hubble Discovers Far-Out Baby Planet : DNews

Hubble Discovers Far-Out Baby Planet : DNews | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
Even by celestial standards, the span between a newly found suspected baby planet and its host star is astronomical. Continue reading →
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Scienzaltro - Astronomia, Cielo, Spazio: Quant'è grande la più piccola galassia ?

Scienzaltro - Astronomia, Cielo, Spazio: Quant'è grande la più piccola galassia ? | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
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Lost and found

Lost and found | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
So long, and thanks for all the facts THE Kepler telescope was launched into space in 2009 to look for extrasolar planets, those that circle stars other than the...
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Grooves on Mars may be result of blocks of dry ice sliding down slopes

Grooves on Mars may be result of blocks of dry ice sliding down slopes | Planets, Stars, rockets and Space | Scoop.it
Mars' linear gullies may be caused by CO2 chunks breaking off layer of seasonal frost and surfing down slopes in spring
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