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New NASA Probe to Dive-bomb the SunFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 2:26PMWith its science payload finalized, Solar Probe Plus is closer to becoming the first craft to directly sample the sun, NASA officials say. NASA - Sun - Solar Probe+ - Space - Technology

First detailed image of disc around young starFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 8:27AMNew research carried out using ESO telescopes has, for the first time, allowed astronomers to reconstruct a detailed picture of the inner disc of matter around a young star -- HD 163296. Young stars are surrounded by discs of dust and gas and scientists believe that it is in these discs that planets are born. Dusty grains in the disc stick to each other to make larger lumps that in turn also ...

Follow-up Studies on June 3rd Jupiter ImpactThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 10:40PMPoor Jupiter just can't seem to catch a break. Ever since 1994, when our largest planet was hit by Comet Shoemaker-Levy, detections of impacts on Jupiter have occurred with increasing regularity. Most recently, an impact was witnessed on August 20. On June 3rd of 2010, (coincidentally the same day pictures from Hubble were released from [...]

South hall treats freshmen like deitiesThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 2:35PMI was unaware that the university had re-embraced the devout affiliations of its founding. As it stands, I can name none of my recently graduated classmates as being yet deified. They are all quite mortal. You can imagine my surprise then, when a few nights ago while strolling along the familiar grass and symmetry of my [...]

Mars Drops Hints of an Active Past Involving WaterThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 1:30PMPhoenix was the most recent spacecraft to land on Mars and spent about five months studying the planet before the dark, icy winter of the Martian arctic damaged its solar panels in 2008. Scientists are still sifting through the wealth of Mars data that was captured by the spacecraft while it was still alive.

NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 8 September 2010Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 11:37AMAll ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

When Worlds Collide, Chances for Alien Life DwindleThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 9:00AMTight double-star systems with the dusty remains of huge planet collisions may not be the best places to look for extraterrestrial life, a new study has found.

EANS-News: Hoeft & Wessel unveiling a new generation of stationary ticket vending machines (with photo)Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 1:53AM- almex.midi with compact dimensions and a solar panel - Further extensions to the Europe-wide successful ticket vending series Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The ...

A Wealth Of (Visual) InformationWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:08PMData visualization has moved out of the labs to Main Street.