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http://news.mit.edu/2019/experiment-oxygen-universe-0820: Physicists design an experiment to pin down the origin of the elements
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Direct link Physicists design an experiment to pin down the origin of the elements

20 Aug 2019, 04:00 UTC Nearly all of the oxygen in our universe is forged in the bellies of massive stars like our sun. As these stars contract and burn, they set off thermonuclear reactions within their cores, where nuclei of carbon and helium can collide and fuse in a rare though essential nuclear reaction that generates much of the oxygen in the universe.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2019-167&rn=news.xml&rst=7480: Mission to Jupiter's Icy Moon Confirmed
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Direct link Mission to Jupiter's Icy Moon Confirmed

19 Aug 2019, 20:59 UTC An icy ocean world in our solar system that could tell us more about the potential for life on other worlds is coming into focus with confirmation of the Europa Clipper mission's next phase. The decision allows the mission to progress to completion of final design, followed by the construction and testing of the entire spacecraft and science payload.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2019-166&rn=news.xml&rst=7479: NASA Gets a Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet's Surface
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Direct link NASA Gets a Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet's Surface

19 Aug 2019, 15:21 UTC
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/robotic-tool-operations-bring-in-space-refueling-closer-to-reality: Robotic Tool Operations Bring In-Space Refueling Closer to Reality
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Direct link Robotic Tool Operations Bring In-Space Refueling Closer to Reality

16 Aug 2019, 19:44 UTC NASA’s Robotic Refueling Mission 3 (RRM3) completed an initial set of tool operations, bringing the idea of using water ice or methane from other worlds as fuel for spacecraft one step closer to reality. The ability to store and transfer cryogens (super-cold hydrogen, oxygen and methane) will help spacecraft journey father into our solar system and beyond.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2019/hubble-s-portrait-of-star-s-gaseous-glow: Hubble’s Portrait of Star’s Gaseous Glow
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Direct link Hubble’s Portrait of Star’s Gaseous Glow

16 Aug 2019, 11:30 UTC Although it looks more like an entity seen through a microscope than a telescope, this rounded object, named NGC 2022, is certainly not algae or tiny, blobby jellyfish. Instead, it is a vast orb of gas in space, cast off by an aging star. The star is visible in the orb's center, shining through the gases it formerly held onto for most of its stellar life.
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/moon-glows-brighter-than-sun-in-images-from-nasas-fermi: Moon Glows Brighter Than Sun in Images From NASA's Fermi
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Direct link Moon Glows Brighter Than Sun in Images From NASA's Fermi

15 Aug 2019, 14:00 UTC If our eyes could see high-energy radiation called gamma rays, the Moon would appear brighter than the Sun! That’s how NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has seen our neighbor in space for the past decade.
news/2019-19: Scientists Observe the Explosion of a Monster Star Requiring New Supernova Mechanism
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Direct link Scientists Observe the Explosion of a Monster Star Requiring New Supernova Mechanism

15 Aug 2019, 12:41 UTC
http://nccr-planets.ch/?p=35153: Giant impact disrupted Jupiter’s core
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Direct link Giant impact disrupted Jupiter’s core

14 Aug 2019, 17:03 UTC New interior models of Jupiter based on data gathered by NASA’s Juno mission suggested that the giant gas planet might not have a small compact core but rather a diluted, “fuzzy” one. Now, an international team with researchers of the University of Zürich and the NCCR PlanetS has found an explanation for this surprising Juno result. A giant impact occurring shortly after Jupiter’s formation may have disrupted and diluted its original compact core.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2019-163&rn=news.xml&rst=7476: Space Samples Link NASA's Apollo 11 and Mars 2020
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Direct link Space Samples Link NASA's Apollo 11 and Mars 2020

13 Aug 2019, 20:22 UTC On July 24, 1969, Apollo 11 command module Columbia splashed down in the Pacific, fulfilling President Kennedy's goal to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to Earth. Among the mission's many firsts was the acquisition and return of the first samples from another celestial body. Findings based on the 47 pounds (21.5 kilograms) of lunar rock and soil rewrotethe textbooks on both the Moon and solar system, and the samples are still being studied today by researchers using new and more sensitive instruments.
http://carlsaganinstitute.org/?p=2566: Fluorescent glow may reveal hidden life in the cosmos
Carl Sagan Institute

Direct link Fluorescent glow may reveal hidden life in the cosmos

13 Aug 2019, 18:43 UTC Harsh ultraviolet radiation flares from red suns, once thought to destroy surface life on planets, might help uncover hidden biospheres. Their radiation could trigger a protective glow from life on exoplanets called biofluorescence, according to new Cornell research.

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