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Icy debris, moons and rings around Pluto pose a serious threat to the New Horizons spacecraft Pluto probe faces icy reception

Thursday, 18 October 2012
Scientists are concerned that debris around the distant world Pluto could damage or even destroy a multi-million dollar probe.
Subjects: planets-and-asteroids, space-exploration, spacecraft, physics Locations: united-states

55 Cancri e is a carbon planet with a surface of graphite and diamond Diamond planet spied near Sun-like star

Wednesday, 17 October 2012Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast Astronomers discover a diamond-coated planet orbiting a nearby Sun-like star. Also; Sun may have given the moon its water, and skydiving from the edge of space.
Subjects: astronomy-space, blackholes, spacecraft, physics, stars, galaxies, starstuff, podcasts

The 36 dishes of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder radio telescope covers have started gathering data from the cosmos Pathfinder starts mapping the sky

Wednesday, 10 October 2012Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast The first stage of the world's largest telescope opens in Western Australia. Also; two black holes discovered in a Milky Way globular cluster, and new data provides more precise figure of expansion of the universe.
Subjects: astronomy-space, blackholes, telescopes, the-universe, spacecraft, physics, stars, galaxies, starstuff, podcasts

The Falcon 9 rocket's nine engines lit up the night sky as it launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida SpaceX sets off on first cargo run

Monday, 8 October 2012Article has photo slideshow
A private space capsule carrying half a tonne of supplies - including a freezer filled with ice cream - has launched into the night sky above Florida.
Subjects: astronomy-space, spacecraft Locations: united-states

A new Sun-grazer comet is on its way to a close solar encounter next year. Comet Lovejoy (pictured) was the last major Sun-grazer. New Sun-grazer comet discovered

Wednesday, 3 October 2012Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast A newly discovered comet is expected to put on a spectacular light show late next year. Also; Mars rover reveals an ancient river bed on the red planet, and a new space freighter ready for its first test flight.
Subjects: astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids, spacecraft, physics, starstuff, podcasts

Scientists say the Eltanin asteroid impact could have caused the ice age triggering the evolution of Homo sapiens Earth's ice age asteroid

Wednesday, 26 September 2012Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast A cosmic impact two and a half million years ago may have plunged the world into a severe ice age. Also; the surprise discovery of asteroid Vesta's watery past, and a new contender for the earliest galaxy ever seen.
Subjects: astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids, space-exploration, spacecraft, physics, galaxies, starstuff, podcasts

The discovery of significant hydrogen on the surface of Vesta indicates the asteroid had a watery past Vesta reveals its watery secrets

Friday, 21 September 2012
Astronomers say they're surprised to discover the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta is covered in hydrogen.
Subjects: planets-and-asteroids, space-exploration, spacecraft, geology Locations: united-states

Scientists wanting to redefine a star's habitable zone in the search for alien life say Venus is in the Sun's habitable zone, but its extreme temperatures and pressures would make life there impossible. Redefining the search for alien life

Wednesday, 19 September 2012Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast What is a habitable zone? New study suggests it's time to broaden the search for alien life. Also; massive explosion detected on Jupiter, and new evidence supports the existence of dark energy.
Subjects: astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids, the-universe, space-exploration, spacecraft, physics, stars, galaxies, starstuff, podcasts

As the Curiosity Rover begins a drive that will eventually take it to Mount Sharp, NASA says its next mission to the red planet will study the Martian internal structure New mission to Mars planned

Wednesday, 12 September 2012Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast NASA announces future robotic mission to study the red planet's interior. Also; study suggests ancient Mars wasn't as wet as previously thought, and the Dawn spacecraft heads to Ceres - the next stop on its asteroid tour.
Subjects: astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids, space-exploration, spacecraft, physics, starstuff, podcasts

NASA probes will carry out the first study of the Van Allen radiation belts in over two decades to improve space weather forecasts New spacecraft to improve space weather forecasts

Thursday, 23 August 2012
A new mission to study extreme space weather events such as solar storms is expected to launch this weekend from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Subjects: planets-and-asteroids, spacecraft, physics, stars Locations: nsw, united-states

The Sun is an almost perfect sphere with a far more constant shape than previously thought Sun is an all-rounder

Wednesday, 22 August 2012Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast The Sun is an almost perfect sphere. Also; Curiosity begins zapping rocks on Mars, and discovery of a massive galaxy cluster.
Subjects: astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids, the-universe, spacecraft, physics, stars, galaxies, starstuff, podcasts

The technique has been used in cancer detection and analysis of extreme environments on Earth but this is the first time it has been used in interplanetary exploration Curiosity rover zaps first Martian rock

Monday, 20 August 2012
The Mars rover Curiosity has successfully zapped its first Martian rock with a high-powered laser gun designed to analyse its mineral composition, say scientists.
Subjects: planets-and-asteroids, space-exploration, spacecraft, geology Locations: united-states

Valles Marineris, a massive scar across the Martian crust, could be an active plate tectonic fault line Is Mars still alive?

Wednesday, 15 August 2012Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast Scientists say they have evidence that Mars may still be geologically alive. Also; water discovered on the nearest rock to the Sun, and another blow to Russia's space program.
Subjects: astronomy-space, blackholes, planets-and-asteroids, spacecraft, geology, physics, starstuff, podcasts

The MAVEN orbiter, due to launch later this year, is the last of NASA's planned Mars-bound spacecraft Where to next for NASA's Mars program?

Monday, 13 August 2012
Planetary pause The early success of NASA's Curiosity rover has renewed public interest in the Red Planet, but follow-up missions exist only on drawing boards.
Subjects: astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids, space-exploration, spacecraft, newsanalysis Locations: united-states

One of the first images taken by NASA's Curiosity rover shows the journey ahead to the 5000 metre high Mount Sharp Touchdown! Curiosity lands on Mars

Wednesday, 8 August 2012Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast NASA's Curiosity rover touches down safely on the red planet Mars. Also; astronomers detect the cry of a dying star, and was the Moon created by a hit-and-run collision?
Subjects: astronomy-space, blackholes, planets-and-asteroids, the-universe, spacecraft, physics, stars, galaxies, the-moon, starstuff

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