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Extreme Effects: Seven Things You Didn't Know About MercuryPity poor Mercury. The tiny planet endures endless assaults by intense sunlight, powerful solar wind and high-speed miniature meteoroids called micrometeoroids. The planet's flimsy covering, the exosp...
Spitzer Finds a Flavorful Mix of AsteroidsNew research from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals that asteroids somewhat near Earth, termed near-Earth objects, are a mixed bunch, with a surprisingly wide array of compositions. Like a pinata...
NASA's Global Hawk Drone Aircraft Flies Over Frank on the GRIP Hurricane MissionNASA's 2010 hurricane experiment is in full swing as the tropics have heated up. NASA's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft was sent out over this past weekend to conduct measurements on then Tropical Storm...
Toward greener chemistry: Breaking up phosphorus with ultraviolet light may be saferPhosphorus, a mineral element found in rocks and bone, is a critical ingredient in fertilizers, pesticides, detergents and other industrial and household chemicals. Once phosphorus is mined from rocks...
The Superwind Galaxy NGC 4666The galaxy NGC 4666 takes pride of place at the centre of this new image, made in visible light with the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. NGC ...
