Origins of Sun's swirling spicules discovered

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For the first time, a computer simulation -- so detailed it took a full year to run -- shows how spicules form, helping scientists understand how spicules can break free of the sun's surface and surge upward so quickly.
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High Above Mars, a NASA Orbiter Spies the Curiosity Rover

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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been taking images of the rover about every three months to monitor the surrounding area for changes.
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The curious case of the warped Kuiper Belt

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The plane of the solar system is warped in the belt's outer reaches, signaling the presence of an unknown Mars-to-Earth-mass planetary object far beyond Pluto, according to new research. 
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New virtual approach to science in space

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A new approach to scientific exploration has been revealed by researchers, which they call exploration telepresence.
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Northern Summer on Titan

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While yesterday's solstice brought summer to planet Earth's northern hemisphere, a northern summer solstice arrived for ringed planet Saturn nearly a month ago on May 24. Following the Saturnian seasons, its large moon Titan was captured in this Cassini spacecraft image from June 9. The near-infrared view finds bright methane clouds drifting through Titan's northern summer skies as seen from a distance of about 507,000 kilometers. Below Titan's clouds, dark hydrocarbon lakes sprawl near the large moon's now illuminated north pole.

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