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How and when did the first planets form in our universe?
At an estimated age of 12.8 billion years, the HIP 11952 exoplanet system is one of the oldest systems known so far.
September 15, 2012
How many killer asteroids are out there?
NASA survey suggests roughly 4,700 potentially hazardous asteroids. So far, an estimated 20 to 30 percent of these objects have been found.
September 13, 2012
Two asteroids to sweep past Earth September 13-14
This post gives links for seeing potentially hazardous asteroid 2012 QG42 with a telescope, or watching its passage online.
September 13, 2012
Astronomers see explosion in Jupiter’s cloudtops
It might have been a small undetected comet, perhaps similar to the fractured Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which was widely seen to strike Jupiter in 1994.
September 11, 2012
Dawn spacecraft left asteroid Vesta, now headed for Ceres
Dawn is now officially on its way to its second destination, the dwarf planet Ceres. This post also contains a video portrait of Vesta, by Dawn.
September 9, 2012
View from space: Curiosity rover’s tire tracks on Mars
Check out this image from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, showing tire tracks on Mars left by the Curiosity rover.
September 7, 2012
Does dark matter exist in our sun’s neighborhood?
Astronomers have grown convinced over decades that dark matter exists on the large scale of our universe. But what about our neighborhood of space?
September 5, 2012
Rover Curiosity provides 3-D view of its landing site
Cool 3-D image from Curiosity rover on Mars!
September 4, 2012
WISE mission finds millions of black holes
"We've got the black holes cornered," said the lead scientist Daniel Stern. "WISE is finding them across the full sky ... "
September 2, 2012
Curiosity rover on Mars begins its eastbound trek
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity hit the road toward its first destination on Mars, a place called Glenelg, on August 28, its 22nd martian day.
August 30, 2012
