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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
6 Mar 2014, 19:55 UTC
For the first time, a study shows that a pool of dense particles normally circling Earth, deep inside the magnetosphere, can extend a long arm out to meet – and help block – incoming solar material.
NASA's THEMIS Discovers New Process that Protects Earth from Space Weather
6 Mar 2014, 19:55 UTC
For the first time, a study shows that a pool of dense particles normally circling Earth, deep inside the magnetosphere, can extend a long arm out to meet – and help block – incoming solar material.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
6 Mar 2014, 19:50 UTC
This animation from Feb. 28 to Mar. 3 shows the movement of the rain associated with the storm system that soaked California.
NASA's TRMM Satellite Images Show California Soaker Moved Eastward
6 Mar 2014, 19:50 UTC
This animation from Feb. 28 to Mar. 3 shows the movement of the rain associated with the storm system that soaked California.
NASA's Ames Research Center News and Features
6 Mar 2014, 19:03 UTC
NASA's flying observatory focused four February flights on a supernova explosion that obliterated the remains of a star in the Messier 82 galaxy.
SOFIA's Target of Opportunity: Observing Supernova 2014J
6 Mar 2014, 19:03 UTC
NASA's flying observatory focused four February flights on a supernova explosion that obliterated the remains of a star in the Messier 82 galaxy.
ESO Top News
6 Mar 2014, 19:00 UTC
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope in northern Chile have today announced the discovery of an unexpected clump of carbon monoxide gas in the dusty disc around the star Beta Pictoris. This is a surprise, as such gas is expected to be rapidly destroyed by starlight. Something — probably frequent collisions between small, icy objects such as comets — must be causing the gas to be continuously replenished. The new results are published today in the journal Science.
Crashing Comets Explain Surprise Gas Clump Around Young Star
6 Mar 2014, 19:00 UTC
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope in northern Chile have today announced the discovery of an unexpected clump of carbon monoxide gas in the dusty disc around the star Beta Pictoris. This is a surprise, as such gas is expected to be rapidly destroyed by starlight. Something — probably frequent collisions between small, icy objects such as comets — must be causing the gas to be continuously replenished. The new results are published today in the journal Science.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
6 Mar 2014, 18:58 UTC
An asteroid about 25 feet (8 meters) across will safely pass Earth at about 1:21 p.m. PST (4:21 p.m. EST) today, March 6, approaching us six times closer than the moon.
Small Asteroid Will Pass Earth Safely on Thursday
6 Mar 2014, 18:58 UTC
An asteroid about 25 feet (8 meters) across will safely pass Earth at about 1:21 p.m. PST (4:21 p.m. EST) today, March 6, approaching us six times closer than the moon.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
6 Mar 2014, 18:24 UTC
On the eve of NASA Cassini's 100th flyby of Titan, scientists are reminded how Earth-like this Saturn moon really is.
Cassini Nears 100th Titan Flyby with a Look Back
6 Mar 2014, 18:24 UTC
On the eve of NASA Cassini's 100th flyby of Titan, scientists are reminded how Earth-like this Saturn moon really is.
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
6 Mar 2014, 17:16 UTC
Gigantic magnetic loops on planet-forming disks explain a mystery of too much infrared light.
Mystery of Planet-forming Disks Explained by Magnetism
6 Mar 2014, 17:16 UTC
Gigantic magnetic loops on planet-forming disks explain a mystery of too much infrared light.
Hubble Space Telescope News
6 Mar 2014, 15:00 UTC
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the never-before-seen break-up of an asteroid, which has fragmented into as many as ten smaller pieces. Although fragile comet nuclei have been seen to fall apart as they approach the Sun, nothing like the breakup of this asteroid, P/2013 R3, has ever been observed before in the asteroid belt.
Science Release: Hubble witnesses an asteroid mysteriously disintegrating
6 Mar 2014, 15:00 UTC
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the never-before-seen break-up of an asteroid, which has fragmented into as many as ten smaller pieces. Although fragile comet nuclei have been seen to fall apart as they approach the Sun, nothing like the breakup of this asteroid, P/2013 R3, has ever been observed before in the asteroid belt.
