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"The Messier 67 Mystery" --Is Our Solar System an Orphan from a Distant Star Cluster?
The Daily Galaxy - 14 Dec 2014 18:02
Astronomers over the decades have been searching for star clusters that could have shared our original region of the galaxy that come close to matching the composition and age of our Sun. The prime suspect so far One is ...
Mount Sharp Buttes and Layers From Near 'Darwin'
SpaceRef - 14 Dec 2014 17:53
This view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows dramatic buttes and layers on the lower flank of Mount Sharp....
Rosetta's Comet: Shades of Grey
SpaceRef - 14 Dec 2014 17:05
Like many small bodies in space such as most asteroids, Rosetta's comet 67P appears grey....
Fix'd in Heaven's Air
Bad Astronomy - 14 Dec 2014 14:30
We live on a whirling ball of rock thousands of kilometers across. As it happens, most balls of rock that size in the Universe are whirling, so it's not really weird. It just seems weird. The reason it seems weird is tha...
Giant Sun Storm of 2012 Shown in Fiery Detail (Video)
SPACE.com - 14 Dec 2014 14:21
NASA released a video with incredible views of the massive coronal mass ejection that erupted from the sun in July 2012.
Mars Mountain was All Wet
PTTU - 14 Dec 2014 10:31
Science@NASA: Observations by NASA's Curiosity Rover indicate Mars' Mount Sharp was built by sediments deposited in a large lake bed over tens of millions of years. This suggests ancient Mars maintained a climate that co...