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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 One Star, eight planets, and a myriad of moons, comets, and asteroids. This is the Earth's local neighborhood known as the Solar System. Despite studying this system for centuries, astronomers still yearn to know much more. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is providing new insight and uncovering new mysteries about objects of all sizes and across distances throughout our Solary System.
Saturday, February 18, 2012 Researchers in a laboratory in France are working on an ultra thin film which can harness the energy of the sun.
It works like a solar panel but is just a fraction of the thickness, meaning it could be used on smartphones, buildings, trains and so on - in short, just about anything that needs energy.
Thursday, February 9, 2012 "Alien matter" detected by a NASA spacecraft orbiting Earth shows that the chemical make-up of our solar system differs from that of the surrounding galaxy. Researchers discuss the possible meaning of this mismatch in this week's ScienceCast video.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 The Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) aboard the Mars rover is collecting data while en route to the Red Planet. This will give important information of the effects of radiation from events such as solar storms on spacecraft and their contents.
Friday, January 27, 2012 A "ring of fire" solar eclipse is coming to the USA this spring. It's the first annular eclipse visible from the contiguous United States in almost 18 years.
