“Exceedingly rare triple system, seen when universe was 800 million years old, provides insights into the earliest stages of galaxy formation." - Richard Ellis
"We might witness a nice, long-tailed comet visible to the naked eye that will leave millions of people with fond memories for a lifetime, or maybe it will be a small comet for sky hunters using binoculars and a good map of its position. Or it might yet break up and vanish." - Alan MacRobert
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission launched yesterday (November 18). The mission will investigate how Mars lost its atmosphere and liquid water.
The car is all electric and has no emissions. "You can use wind power or solar power, and contribute toward reducing our dependency on fossil oils," says engineer Junmin Wang
Comet ISON is a first-time visitor from the Oort Cloud surrounding our solar system. Will it survive its November 28 brush with the sun and emerge as a bright comet?
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