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Articles Written by: CLARA MOSKOWITZ
Humans have ventured into space over the last 50 years, and all manner of junk has been left behind. From tiny bolts to whole space stations, people have discarded lots of stuff up there. Much of it eventually dies a fiery death as it falls through ...
From CLARA MOSKOWITZ,
Wired,
13 Feb 2009
At the end of a star's lifetime, when it's burned all there is inside it to burn, it often collapses into what's called a white dwarf star. These dense globes have roughly the mass of the sun packed tight into a ball the size of the Earth. Since there ...
From CLARA MOSKOWITZ,
Wired,
13 Feb 2009
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NGC
When humans look into outer space and its amazing distant realms, sometimes all we really want to find is someplace like home.
Another planet like Earth, that is. Soon, a new NASA telescope mission called Kepler may finally make that happen.
Set to ...
From CLARA MOSKOWITZ,
Wired,
10 Feb 2009
This new Hubble photo reveals a strange galaxy in a far off cluster of galaxies called the Coma cluster.
The galaxy, NGC 4921, is unusual because of its light, wispy swirls. These aren't as distinguished and bright as the spiral arms in most spiral ...
From CLARA MOSKOWITZ,
Wired,
5 Feb 2009
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The smallest exoplanet ever seen is less than twice the size of Earth, and orbits a star similar to our sun. Astronomers recently spotted this world, the most Earth-like planet yet discovered, with the COROT satellite.
"For the first time, we have ...
From CLARA MOSKOWITZ,
Wired,
3 Feb 2009
When Carl Sagan said there were billions and billions of stars, he wasn’t wrong. But just how many billions, we still don’t know.
Moreover, scientists would like to know how many of each size and type of star there is, and how our sun fits into the ...
From CLARA MOSKOWITZ,
Wired,
29 Jan 2009
While many exoplanets are extreme environments, this one could take the cake.
As the planet, HD 80606b, whips around its star in a tremendously oblong orbit, its temperature rises from 980 to 2,240 degrees Fahrenheit in just six hours. Astronomers ...
From CLARA MOSKOWITZ,
Wired,
28 Jan 2009
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NASA
Soon we may get the first ever glimpse of the dark side of the sun.
Well, no, there's no actual dark side of a luminous ball of burning gas, but there is an effective dark side, as in, the side of the sun we can't see at any given time.
Scientists aren' ...
From CLARA MOSKOWITZ,
Wired,
26 Jan 2009
"ESA's gravity satellite will measure Earth's gravity from place to place around the globe to provide a uniform global picture," said GOCE project scientist Mark Drinkwater in a press release. "It will do this with a level of detail and accuracy never ...
From CLARA MOSKOWITZ,
Wired,
23 Jan 2009
Searching for planets beyond our solar system is a bit like playing Goldilocks — we keep looking for that one that will be just right to host life. While astronomers haven't found a perfect fit yet, they have found plenty that are too big, too hot, too ...
From CLARA MOSKOWITZ,
Wired,
21 Jan 2009
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