First detection of molecular oxygen at a comet

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ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has made the first in situ detection of oxygen molecules outgassing from a comet, a surprising observation that suggests they were incorporated into the comet during its formation.

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Scientists synthesize hexagonal boron nitride

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Researchers have assiduously studied the relationship between insulators and conductors. The international team has extensively tested layered hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) – an insulating two-dimensional material (2-D) of remarkable properties. All the atoms in 2-D layer materials are exposed to the surface, the related physical and chemical properties are strongly influenced by adjoining materials and sometimes surface corrugation.
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Researchers create technology to produce lighter, long-lasting batteries from silicon

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Substantially smaller and longer-lasting batteries for everything from portable electronic devices to electric cars could be come a reality thanks to an innovative technology developed researchers.
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New component of Milky Way discovered

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Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown component of the Milky Way. By mapping out the locations of a class of stars that vary in brightness called Cepheids, a disc of young stars buried behind thick dust clouds in the central bulge has been found.
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Robots for future human missions to Mars

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Scientists have developed a communication solution that can allow orbiting space station in outer space to maintain uninterrupted contact with robots working on the surface of a planet. The technology also has potential industrial applications, such as to reduce lags and jitters in mobile gaming. The technology is an important step forward for initiatives such as the human mission to Mars. Before humans can land on Mars, the planet needs infrastructure, such as housing and laboratories, which need to be built by robots. These robots need to be controlled by astronauts from a space station orbiting the planet.
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Massive Black Hole Shreds Passing Star

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Black hole has major flare

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The baffling and strange behaviors of black holes have become somewhat less mysterious recently, with new observations from NASA's Explorer missions Swift and the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. The two space telescopes caught a supermassive black hole in the midst of a giant eruption of X-ray light, helping astronomers address an ongoing puzzle: How do supermassive black holes flare?
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Seven key facts about Cassini's Oct. 28 'plume dive'

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NASA's Cassini spacecraft will sample the ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Wednesday, Oct. 28, when it flies through the moon's plume of icy spray.
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Out There: In Icy Breath of Saturn’s Moon Enceladus, Cassini Hunts for Life

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The NASA spacecraft’s final pass through plumes from the moon’s buried ocean sets the stage for further efforts to find life out there.










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Dark Oceans: Surveying Saturn’s Moons

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After 11 years orbiting Saturn, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has changed our understanding of liquid water in the outer solar system.










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