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Carnival of Space #483
A New Prototype Telescope Proves Itself Worthy
The ASTRI telescope - a prototype for a new type of gamma-ray telescope located on Mount Etna, Siciliy - just passed its most important test to date
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What Is The Interplanetary Transport Network?
Sure, if you've got lots of energy, you can zip around the Solar System. But if you've got time and rocket fuel is in short supply, you can take the Interplanetary Superhighway.
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When Good Showers Turn Bad: The 2016 Leonids
The Leonid meteors are expected to peak on the night of Thursday, November 17th into the morning of Friday, November 18th.
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What is the Death Ray?
First proposed in the early 20th century, and a staple of science fiction for over a century, the concept of the "death ray" is fast becoming a reality!
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Carl Sagan's Crazy Idea: Life Inside A Comet?
Space Habitat designs are enormous, high-tech structures. Carl Sagan had a different idea: comets as space habitats.
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America's Pioneering Astronauts Honored with new 'Heroes and Legends' Attraction at Kennedy Space Center
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX, FL - America's pioneering astronauts who braved the perils of the unknown and put their lives on the line at the dawn of the space age atop mighty rockets that propelled our hopes and dreams into the new frontier of outer space and culminated with NASA's Apollo lunar landings, are being honored with the eye popping new 'Heroes and Legends' attraction at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (KSCVC) in Florida.
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November 2016 Super Moon Images from Around the World
Detector With Real-time Alert Capability Waits Patiently For Supernova Neutrinos
Researchers at the Super-Kamiokande Observatory hope to be able to learn more about the elusive neutrino particle, thanks to a new computer system that can monitor detections in real-time.
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Princeton Team Directly Observes Planets Around Nearby Stars
A new instrument that took five years to build allows astronomers to capture and analyze the light reflecting off distant exoplanets.
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Weekly Space Hangout - November 11, 2016: Pat Ammons of Space Camp, and Bob King of "Night Sky With The Naked Eye"
Was Physics Really Violated By EM Drive In "Leaked" NASA Paper?
The controversial EM Drive has received a potential shot in the arm, thanks to a "leaked" report which claims it works in a vacuum.
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Discovery Of A Nearby Super Earth With Only 5 Times Our Mass
An international team of researchers have found another planet orbiting a red dwarf; in this case, a small super-Earth less than 33 light years away.
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 428: The Moons of Mars
Rock Legends – the Asteroids and Their Discoverers
Preview: Comet 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková Brightens in December
Looking for a good binocular comet? Well, if luck is on our side, we should be getting our first looks at periodic Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková as it tops +10th magnitude in dusk skies over the next few weeks.
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Where Will President-Elect Trump Take American Space Endeavours?
With the election over, there are concerns over at NASA at how a Trump presidency might affect their research and exploration efforts
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November's Supermoon 2016 - Closest of a Lifetime?
By now, you've heard the news. We'll spare you the "it's a bird, it's a plane..." routine to usher in the Supermoon 2016. This month's Full Moon is not only the closest for the year, but the nearest Full Moon for a 80 year plus span.
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What are Active Galactic Nuclei?
The center of large galaxies are active places, where supermassive black holes pump out an incredible amount of light and radiation!
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SpaceX Aims for Mid-December Falcon 9 Launch Resumption: Musk
Hoping to recover quickly after suffering a calamitous launch pad explosion of their Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral some two months ago, SpaceX is aiming to resume launches of the booster in mid-December, said company founder and CEO Elon Musk in a recent televised interview on Nov. 4.
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Mars One Merges With Mobile Payment Company In Odd Restructuring
Space exploration oddball Mars One has announced a merger with a Swiss mobile payment company called InFin AG.
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What are Magellanic Clouds?
Beyond the Milky Way Galaxy lies the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, two bundles of stars and dust that orbit our galaxy at a distance of 160,000 and 200,000 light years.
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What I Learned Writing 'Night Sky with the Naked Eye'
Next Cygnus Cargo Launch to Space Station Switched to ULA Atlas V
In a complete change of plans from less than three weeks ago, NASA has asked Orbital ATK to switch rockets and launch the firms next Cygnus commercial cargo freighter to the space station on the tried and true Atlas V rather than their own Antares rocket - which just successfully delivered another Cygnus to the orbiting outpost with a hefty stash of science and supplies.
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Messier 26 - The NGC 6694 Open Star Cluster
Located in the direction of the Scutum Constellation, about 5,000 light years from Earth, is the open star cluster known as Messier 26
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A Pulsar and White Dwarf Dance Together In A Surprising Orbit
The discovery of a millisecond pulsar orbiting a low-mass white dwarf star has astronomers puzzled, mainly because its orbit defies conventional models of stellar formation
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Carnival of Space #482
Some Of The Deepest & Sharpest Shots of The Moon from Earth
The Orbit of the Moon
The Orbit of the Moon is strange, which gives rise to changes in its appearance. It is also slowly changing, moving farther away from Earth.
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Carnival of Space #481
When Was the First Light in the Universe?
When was the first time that the Universe cooled down enough that light could finally move around?
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The Cancer Constellation
Located in the Zodiac, the asterism known as Cancer is a medium-sized and relatively faint constellation, and one of 88 recognized by the IAU today.
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SpaceX's Fueling Process Makes NASA Queasy
A NASA advisory group has expressed concerns over SpaceX's safety standards in the wake of the explosion that claimed one of the company's rockets
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 427: Click Bait vs Clear Science
Weekly Space Hangout - November 4, 2016: Mars and Where to Land on it with Dr. Matt Golombek
Monster Meteorite Found in Texas
Meet the largest single chondrite in Texas.
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Somebody Get This Supermassive Black Hole A Towel
Two galaxies collide, and one super-massive black hole is stripped almost naked of stars.
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Beautiful Planetary Rings Are Dead Dwarf Planets! Dead Dwarf Planets!!!
A new study from a team of Japanese researchers shows that the rings of the gas giants might be the remains of dwarf planets, which they encountered billions of years ago
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China Just Launched Its Largest Rocket Ever
What is the World's Deepest Ocean?
Determining which ocean is the deepest is tricky, but on average, the Pacific Ocean is deeper than the rest, thanks to the extreme depth of the Mariana Trench
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NASA's New Asteroid Alert System Gives 5 Whole Days of Warning
NASA's Scout Program for the early detection of asteroids passed it's first test, giving us 5 days notice of 2016 UR36's close encounter with Earth.
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Watch Asteroid 2016 VA Pass Through Earth's Shadow
Pure Metal Asteroid Has Mysterious Water Deposits
Water has been showing up in all sorts of unexpected places in our Solar System, such as the Moon, Mercury and Saturn's moon Ganymede. Add one more place to the list: Asteroid 16 Psyche. This metal-rich asteroid may have traces of water molecules on its surface that shouldn't be there, researchers say.
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How Many Galaxies Are There in the Universe?
Did you hear that the Universe has 10x the number of galaxies? How did astronomers discover this, and what does it mean for the number of stars?
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Why Does it Rain?
Rain is part of Earth's all-important hydrological cycle, where water evaporates from the Earth's surface, condenses, and falls from the sky.
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Curiosity Finds a Melted Space Metal Meteorite on the Surface of Mars
An small object noticed in some of the Curiosity rover's images has been identified as a small meteorite, likely composed of iron-nickel
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Even Though it's an Alien World, Titan's Canyons Would Look Very Familiar
The Cassini probe has found more features on Titan that resemble Earth, steep river valleys that empty into its largest methane lake
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November Opens with a Splendid Gathering of Moon and Planets
At dusk on November 2, skywatchers will see a beautiful crescent Moon pair up with the planets Venus and Saturn.
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Here's What Happens When NASA Engineers Carve Their Pumpkins
Messier 25 - The IC 4725 Open Cluster
