Weekly Space Hangout – Feb 2nd, 2012

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Mapping the Milky Way’s Magnetic Field in 3D

We are all very familiar with the concept of the Earth’s magnetic field. It turns…

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NASA’s New Solar Sail Has Launched and Deployed

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Here’s Why We Should Put a Gravitational Wave Observatory on the Moon

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TESS Finds its First Rogue Planet

Well over 5,000 planets have been found orbiting other star systems. One of the satellites…

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There are Four Ways to Build with Regolith on the Moon

Over the last few years I have been renovating my home. Building on Earth seems…

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Purple Bacteria — Not Green Plants — Might Be the Strongest Indication of Life

Astrobiologists continue to work towards determining which biosignatures might be best to look for when…

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