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  • March 2008

    • Methane Found on Far-off Planet

      BBC  |  Mar 19, 08 4:59 PM CDT

      Methane Found on Far-off Planet

      (Newser) - Methane, one of the simplest compounds known to play a role in the chemical genesis of life, was discovered for the first time to exist on a planet outside Earth’s solar system, the BBC reports. The planet, designated HD 189733b, is 63 light years away and also contains water, but is far too hot to support life as we know it. More »

  • January 2008

    • Spectacular Show Awaits Sky Gazers

      Space.com  |  Jan 26, 08 2:58 PM CST

      Spectacular Show Awaits Sky Gazers

      (Newser) - Sky gazers have an exceptional show awaiting them over the next couple of weeks, Space.com reports, and the most striking celestial sights will be in the early morning. Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets, will converge, forming a spectacular "double planet" low in the dawn light, and a few mornings later, the moon will drop by to join them. More »

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      space  • astronomy  • moon  • planet  • Jupiter  • Venus

  • October 2007

    • NASA Probe Gets Lucky with Jupiter Flyby

      CNET  |  Oct 9, 07 10:26 PM CDT

      NASA Probe Gets Lucky with Jupiter Flyby

      (Newser) - New Horizons, the robotic probe destined to reach Pluto in 2015, took some exciting photos when it flew within 1.4 million miles of Jupiter last February. Data from the fruitful detour for NASA’s fastest spacecraft will be published in Science this month. Highlights include photos of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot and a supervolcano erupting, CNET reports. More »

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      NASA  • space  • Jupiter  • Pluto

  • July 2007

    • Meet Frank, Saturn's 60th Moon

      BBC  |  Jul 20, 07 1:09 PM CDT

      Meet Frank, Saturn's 60th Moon

      (Newser) - Scientists have discovered Saturn’s 60th moon, and are hinting that more could exist. In May, cameras aboard the Cassini spacecraft captured the “extremely faint object,” which scientists have officially designated a moon and tentatively named Frank. Composed mostly of ice and rock, Frank is about a mile wide and orbits between two other Saturnian moons, Methone and Pallene. More »

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      NASA  • space  • European Space Agency  • Saturn  • satellites  • Cassini  • Jupiter  • International Astronomical Union  • moons

    • Planet with Water Discovered

      Yahoo!  |  Jul 11, 07 3:57 PM CDT

      Planet with Water Discovered

      (Newser) - Astronomers located the first planet beyond our solar system that hosts water—a giant gas ball bigger than Jupiter and named HD 189733b. Its sizzling climate, which can reach upwards of 3,600 degrees, renders it uninhabitable to any extraterrestrials, but the discovery shows that water is more common in outer space than previously thought. More »

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      NASA  • space  • water  • discovery  • extraterrestrial life  • planet  • European Space Agency  • aliens  • light  • Jupiter  • Spitzer orbiting telescope

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