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Jackpot: astronomers tag Goldilocks planet - Register

Jackpot: astronomers tag Goldilocks planet
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By Richard Chirgwin • Get more from this author While the Kepler mission turns up its ever-growing crop of exoplanets, a group of astronomers has announced an exciting find closer to home: looking towards Scorpius, there's a super-Earth-sized planet ...
Astronomers discover fourth planet that could potentially sustain lifeNational Post
Second Earth? Astronomers find planet orbiting its star at just the right ...Daily Mail
New planet discovered, touted as best possible candidate for lifeallvoices
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US astronomers endorse NASA work on European dark energy mission - Nature.com (blog)

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US astronomers endorse NASA work on European dark energy mission
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NASA has the blessing of a committee of US astronomers to become a small-percentage partner in Euclid, a European Space Agency (ESA) mission to study dark energy. The National Academies issued a short report today endorsing a deal where $20 million ...
Report Endorses NASA's Proposed Contribution to Euclid MissionSpace Ref (press release)

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Asteroid Eros draws skywatchers in Earth flyby - msnbc.com

Asteroid Eros draws skywatchers in Earth flyby
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It can make it easy to forget how challenging astronomy was long ago. "Hundreds of years ago, scientists were sent out on long expeditions around the world in order to observe a rare astronomical event," Michael Richmond of the Rochester Institute of ...

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Giant stars shine through city lights - Boston Globe

Giant stars shine through city lights
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By Alan M. MacRobert A generation ago nobody but astronomers heard the term “light pollution.'' Now it's known widely. Light pollution is the artificial glow that you see filling the night sky. It's caused mostly by waste light spilling sideways and ...

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ASU astronomy shows include 2 new features - San Angelo Standard Times

ASU astronomy shows include 2 new features
San Angelo Standard Times
By Staff Report SAN ANGELO, Texas — Angelo State University's Global Immersion Center, formerly the Planetarium, has a new lineup of full-dome public astronomy shows for its spring semester, including two never before seen at ASU.