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Magazine articles on space and astronomy.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2006
Corning NetOptix Provides Optical Components for NASA Mission to Pluto The New Horizons craft began its Pluto journey with seven specialized scientific instruments for gathering new information-including components for the "Ralph" telescope assembly manufactured at the diamond-turning team at Corning NetOptix. mark for My Articles 91 similar articles
Scientific American
March 13, 2005
Mark Alpert
Lunar Science NASA's plan to establish a permanent lunar base and use the program's technology to prepare a human mission to Mars hinges on a risky prediction: that astronauts will find water ice in a permanently shadowed crater basin at one of the moon's poles. mark for My Articles 402 similar articles
Geotimes
March 2006
Kathryn Hansen
Titanic Methane Mystery Solved? The case of the elusive source of methane on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, could soon come to a close, some astronomers say. A new model suggests that instead of storage within surface lakes or an ocean, methane lies inside an icy crust and periodic changes release it into the atmosphere. mark for My Articles 138 similar articles
Geotimes
March 2006
Kathryn Hansen
Young Planets Collide Size mattered, astronomers say, when it came to whether or not material in our early solar system stuck together to become today's terrestrial planets. New models suggest that collisions between large objects did not always result in those objects combining, as previously thought. mark for My Articles 196 similar articles
Geotimes
March 2006
Naomi Lubick
Starry Lens A newly discovered planet may be the most Earth-like planet found to date outside our solar system. The discovery confirms the value of a relatively new detection method known as gravitational lensing. mark for My Articles 214 similar articles
Geotimes
March 2006
Liftoff for New Horizons After a one-day delay due to windy weather, the New Horizons spacecraft successfully launched Jan. 19 aboard an Atlas V rocket, en route to Pluto. Scientists hope that the mission will drastically increase what is known about the faraway planet. mark for My Articles 84 similar articles
Reason
March 2006
Kenneth Silber
Volatile Stardust Book Reviews: Conflict in the Cosmos: Fred Hoyle's Life in Science, by Simon Mitton... Fred Hoyle's Universe, by Jane Gregory... mark for My Articles 5 similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
March 2006
Jean Kumagai
Halfway to Mars How a hardy band of researchers braved freezing nights, bad food, and high winds in the Chilean desert to test the next generation of planetary rovers. mark for My Articles 134 similar articles
Science News
February 18, 2006
Snowboarder and Astronaut In a brief video she made for NASA, U.S. olympic snowboard Hannah Teter explains why snowboarders would make good astronauts. mark for My Articles 32 similar articles
PC Magazine
February 15, 2006
Sebastian Rupley
Eye on the Sky Feel frustrated with your personal attempts at space exploration? Take Celestron's SkyScout Personal Planetarium for a spacewalk. mark for My Articles 43 similar articles
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