Hubble's planetary portrait captures changes in Jupiter's Great Red Spot

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Scientists using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced new maps of Jupiter that show the continuing changes in its famous Great Red Spot. The images also reveal a rare wave structure in the planet's atmosphere that has not been seen for decades. The new image is the first in a series of annual portraits of the Solar System's outer planets, which will give us new glimpses of these remote worlds, and help scientists to study how they change over time.
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Geoffrey Marcy to Resign From Berkeley Astronomy Department

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Dr. Marcy had been on probation after he was found guilty of sexual harassing students.










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New research could revolutionize flexible electronics, solar cells

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Researchers have demonstrated an eco-friendly process that enables unprecedented spatial control over the electrical properties of graphene oxide. This two-dimensional nanomaterial has the potential to revolutionize flexible electronics, solar cells and biomedical instruments.
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Rapid formation of new stars in distant galaxies

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Galaxies forming stars at extreme rates nine billion years ago were more efficient than average galaxies today, researchers find.
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What smacks into Ceres stays on Ceres, research suggests

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A new set of high-velocity impact experiments suggests that the dwarf planet Ceres may be something of a cosmic dartboard: projectiles that slam into it tend to stick. The findings could help explain characteristics of Ceres' surface.
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Pebbles on Mars likely traveled tens of miles down a riverbed, study finds

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A University of Pennsylvania-led team uses a new method to determine that rounded pebbles on Mars traveled roughly 30 miles down an ancient riverbed, providing additional evidence for the idea that Mars once had an extensive river system, conditions that could support life.
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A comet's tail may shed light on solar wind heating

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We can't see the wind, but we can learn about it by observing things that are being blown about. And by studying changes in a comet's bright tail of gas and ions, scientists are on the trail to solving two big mysteries about the solar wind, the supersonic outflow of electrically charged gas from the Sun's million-degree upper atmosphere or corona.
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The road to longer battery life

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Are you sick of your phone’s battery dying after only a few hours?  Researchers are hard at work on improving something called the solid electrolyte interphase as a way to boost battery life.
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A Gegenschein Lunar Eclipse

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Jupiter's changing spot

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Looking into Jupiter’s turbulent atmosphere and its famous Great Red Spot with the Hubble telescope
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http://sci.esa.int/hubble/56634-hubble-s-planetary-portrait-captures-changes-in-jupiter-s-great-red-spot-heic1522/