Hubble fortuitously discovers a new galaxy in the cosmic neighborhood

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Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study some of the oldest and faintest stars in the globular cluster NGC 6752 have made an unexpected finding. They discovered a dwarf galaxy in our cosmic backyard, only 30 million light-years away.
via Science Daily
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Mars rover Curiosity makes first gravity-measuring traverse on the Red Planet

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A clever use of non-science engineering data from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has let a team of researchers to measure the density of rock layers in Gale Crater.
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