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New NASA Images Indicate Object Hits Jupiter - NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJuly 20, 2009 Scientists have found evidence that another object has bombarded Jupiter, exactly 15 years after the first impacts by the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. Following up on a tip by an amateur astronomer, Anthony Wesley of Australia, that a new dark "scar" had suddenly appeared on ...
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Planet-Hunting Method Succeeds at LastCaption: This artist's concept shows the smallest star known to host a planet. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech May 28th, 2009 ( PhysOrg.com) — A long-proposed tool for hunting planets has netted its first catch -- a Jupiter-like planet orbiting one of the smallest stars known. The technique, ...
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NASA Planet Hunter to Search Out Other EarthsNASA Planet Hunter to Search Out Other Earths By Anna Bogdanowicz PHOTO: Kim Shiflett/NASA 27 February 2009—For centuries, humans have looked up at the sky and wondered if they were alone in the universe. Now we’re one step closer to finding an answer. On 5 March, NASA’s first planet-hunting ...
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NASA Spacecraft Falling For MarsArtsit concept of the Dawn spacecraft near Mars. Image credit: NASA/JPL (PhysOrg.com) -- Launched in September of 2007, and propelled by any one of a trio of hyper-efficient ion engines, NASA's Dawn spacecraft passed the orbit of Mars last summer. At that time, the asteroid belt (where Dawn's ...
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