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Q&A – Giant Planet Formation
Avivah Yamani hosts. The question.. how’s the earth formed? and how did the solar system get started? It’s not an…
Low magnification Copernicus
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DARPA funding ten approaches for nanoscale or atomically precision scaled to millimeter sized products
DARPA has a program to use nanoscale manufacturing while upsizing products to a more practical millimeter scale. The agency has…
Ten new nuclear reactors were connected to the grid in 2015
Unit 1 of the Changjiang nuclear power plant on China’s southern island province of Hainan has entered commercial operation, China…
Russia Concludes Upgraded Soyuz-2 Rocket Flight Tests
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The Fox Fur Nebula
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See Comet Catalina
Among other things in this installment of JPL’s What’s Up for January 2016 is how to see Comet Catalina, a…
Two become one
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S&T‘s Astronomy Podcast for January 2016
The first month of 2016 offers a close pairing of Venus and Saturn before dawn, a strong meteor shower, and…
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