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Snapshots of Asteroid That Buzzed Earth
Earth got a close shave this morning from an asteroid so small it was originally mistaken for space junk. Watch an animation taken with the Faulkes Telescope South’s 2-meter telescope.
Geeky Game Lets You Golf on Saturn’s Moons
We may someday learn that Saturn??s icy moon Enceladus is a comfortable home for microbial life swimming in subsurface oceans. But it already makes a great par 5.
The Cassini imaging team used the Saturn-orbiting spacecraft??s stunning images as the backdrop to Golf Sector 6, an adorably geeky flash game that lets you play golf on 13 of the gas giant??s moons.
Proton Somersault Study Could Explain Why Matter Still Exists
For the first time, physicists have watched a single proton flip over on its axis. Aside from being a technical triumph, the measurement may eventually help determine why the universe contains more matter than antimatter.
Galactic Smash-Up Shows Where Dark Matter Goes
This new image of super-cluster Abell 2744 captures the wreckage of a collision between four smaller galaxy clusters. Nicknamed “Pandora’s Cluster” for its bizarre complexity, it’s as massive as 1.8 quadrillion suns and contains trillions of stars.
Streamlined Islands Could Mean Ancient Oceans on Mars
A new study highlights surprising similarities between teardrop-shaped islands on Mars and streaky seafloor mounds off the coast of Trinidad, bolstering evidence for an ancient ocean in Mars’ northern plains.