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the physics arXiv blog » Blog Archive » The puzzle of planet formation - 0 views

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    "At the heart of the problem is the fascinating question: why are all the planets different? The ones in our solar system ought to have formed out of the same stuff at more or less the same time and yet no two are alike. And now the extrasolar planets seem to be demonstrating a similar variety."
Matti Narkia

NASA - Extreme Gamma-ray Burst - 0 views

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    February 20, 2009: The first gamma-ray burst to be seen in high-resolution from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is one for the record books. The blast had the greatest total energy, the fastest motions and the highest-energy initial emissions ever seen.
Todd Suomela

Astronomy & Astrophysics Decadal Survey Home Page - 0 views

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    Astro2010, the current astronomy and astrophysics decadal survey, is the latest in a series of surveys that are produced every 10 years by the National Research Council (NRC) of The National Academy of Sciences.
Todd Suomela

Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe - space - 23 March 2009 - New Scientist - 0 views

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    The most serious space weather event in history happened in 1859. It is known as the Carrington event, after the British amateur astronomer Richard Carrington, who was the first to note its cause: "two patches of intensely bright and white light" emanating from a large group of sunspots. The Carrington event comprised eight days of severe space weather.
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