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November 18, 2013

Comet ISON: What's Next?
Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 18, 2013
Comet ISON is now inside the orbit of Earth as it plunges headlong toward the sun for a fiery close encounter on Nov. 28th. Although the comet is not yet as bright as many forecasters predicted, the comet is putting on a good show for observatories around the solar system. NASA spacecraft and amateur astronomers alike are snapping crisp pictures of the comet's gossamer green atmosphere and filamentary double-tail. Because ISON has never passed through the inner solar system before (it is a first-t ... read more

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				MESSENGER Detects Comets ISON and Encke, Prepares For Closer Encounters NASA's Mercury-orbiting MESSENGER spacecraft has captured images of two comets - 2P/Encke and C/2012 S1 (ISON) - setting the stage for observations later this month when both comets will be substa ... more		NASA Damage Map Helps in Typhoon Disaster Response A new, space-based map generated by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency to assist in disaster response efforts shows the ... more

Scientists nearing forecasts of long-lived wildfires Scientists have developed a new computer modeling technique that offers the promise, for the first time, of producing continually updated daylong predictions of wildfire growth throughout the lifeti ... more		Mars Rover Teams Dub Sites in Memory of Bruce Murray Features on Mars important to the missions of NASA's two active Mars rovers are now called "Murray Ridge" and "Murray Buttes," in honor of influential planetary scientist Bruce Murray (1931-2013). ... more		'Not interested': Analysts sceptical about US, Russia nuclear talks Iran says ready for nuclear talks if West is 'serious' ESA and European Commission to establish secure quantum communications network		WISE Catalog Just Got Wiser NASA's WISE mission has released a new and improved atlas and catalog brimming with data on three-quarters of a billion objects detected during two full scans of the sky. WISE, which stands fo ... more
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International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

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NASA release 'tour' of ancient, wet Mars as YouTube video

Curiosity Out of Safe Mode

Mars Rover Teams Dub Sites in Memory of Bruce Murray

Planning group calls for National Space Policy in Britain

Astronauts Next As NASA Hails Commercial ISS Resupply Program Success

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More Moon Missions For China

China shows off moon rover model before space launch

China providing space training

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Protection Of Materials And Structures From Space Environment at ICPMSE 11

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Quantum world record smashed

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Young stars paint spectacular stellar landscape

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Big drone plan in the United States

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High-energy physicists predict new family of four-quark objects

Russia launches Proton rocket with military satellite

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