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Solar System
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Mission to Mysterious Uranus
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| Topic: Outer Solar System |
10/10/11 |
| Scientists want to send an orbiter and probe to the ice giant planet Uranus, but do the resources exist to support such an ambitious project? |
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Misión al Misterioso Urano
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| Topic: Outer Solar System |
10/10/11 |
| Los científicos quieren enviar un orbitador con sonda al planeta gigante de hielo Urano, pero ¿existen recursos para apoyar un proyecto tan ambicioso? |
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The Kuiper Belt's Spinning Hourglass
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| Topic: Outer Solar System |
10/05/11 |
| Astronomers have discovered an hourglass-shaped Kuiper Belt Object that spins like a propeller as it orbits the Sun. |
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Dwarf Planet Mysteries Beckon to New Horizons
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| Topic: Outer Solar System |
09/06/11 |
| As NASA's New Horizons mission approaches the dwarf planet Pluto in 2015, what with the probe discover? Will it spot icy geysers or surface deposits of organic material? |
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Snow White is Icy and Gassy
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| Topic: Outer Solar System |
08/24/11 |
| Astronomers have discovered that the dwarf planet 'Snow White' is an icy world, with about half its surface covered in water ice that once flowed from slush-spewing volcanoes. The dwarf planet may also be covered in a thin layer of methane. |
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Pluto Has Another Moon
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| Topic: Outer Solar System |
07/22/11 |
| Astronomers have discovered a fourth moon orbiting the dwarf planet Pluto. Studying icy dwarfs like Pluto can help astrobiologists understand the diversity of worlds that might exist throughout the Universe. |
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Neptune Comes Full Circle
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| Topic: Outer Solar System |
07/13/11 |
| On July 11, 2011, Neptune made its first full orbit of the Sun since its discovery in 1846. |
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Clocking Neptune's Spin
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| Topic: Outer Solar System |
07/01/11 |
| By tracking atmospheric features on Neptune, scientists have determined the planet's rotation. It is the first time that such a feat has been achieved for a gas planet in our solar system other than Jupiter. |
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You Can Hunt for Icy Worlds
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| Topic: Outer Solar System |
06/26/11 |
| A new website allows the public to discover Kuiper Belt objects in the outer solar system. This region of space holds many mysteries for astrobiologists. Objects from the Kuiper Belt could have played a role in life's origins, and may have caused major impact events on Earth. |
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