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Cassini chronicles life of Saturn's giant storm
— 18 Nov 2011 17:07 | AstronomyNew images and animated movies from NASA's Cassini spacecraft chronicle the birth and evolution of the colossal storm that ravaged the northern face of Saturn for nearly a year…
Telescope ferrets out planet-hunting targets
— 9 Apr 2011 11:37 | AstronomyAstronomers have come up with a new way of identifying close, faint stars with NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer satellite. The technique should help in the hunt for planets that lie…
When is an asteroid not an asteroid?
— 30 Mar 2011 17:37 | AstronomyOn March 29, 1807, German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers spotted Vesta as a pinprick of light in the sky. Two hundred and four years later, as NASA's Dawn spacecraft prepares to…
Japan quake may have shortened Earth days, moved axis
— 15 Mar 2011 20:59 | Geology and palaeontologyThe March 11, magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Japan may have shortened the length of each Earth day and shifted its axis. But don't worry-you won't notice the difference…
NASA shows topography of tsunami-damaged Japan city
— 12 Mar 2011 15:05 | Geology and palaeontologyThe topography surrounding Sendai, Japan is clearly visible in this combined radar image and topographic view generated with data from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)…
Speed demon creates a shock
— 11 Mar 2011 16:10 | AstronomyJust as some drivers obey the speed limit while others treat every road as if it were the Autobahn, some stars move through space faster than others. NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey…
Spitzer captures infrared rays from a Sunflower
— 4 Mar 2011 14:29 | AstronomyThe various spiral arm segments of the Sunflower galaxy, also known as Messier 63, show up vividly in this image taken in infrared light by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Infrared…
Surprise hidden in Titan's smog: Cirrus-like clouds
— 4 Feb 2011 16:49 | AstronomyEvery day is a bad-air day on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Blanketed by haze far worse than any smog belched out in Los Angeles, Beijing or even Sherlock Holmes' London, the moon looks…
Earth-size planet candidates found in habitable zone
— 3 Feb 2011 17:18 | AstronomyNASA's Kepler mission has discovered its first Earth-size planet candidates and its first candidates in the habitable zone, a region where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface.…
Cassini sends back postcards of Saturn moons
— 2 Feb 2011 16:58 | AstronomyOn 31 January 2011, NASA's Cassini spacecraft passed by several of Saturn's intriguing moons, snapping images along the way. Cassini passed within about 60,000 kilometres (37,282 miles)…