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Gas Ring Around Young Star Raises Questions

Topic: Cosmic Evolution | 01/ 21/ 12

Astronomers have detected a mysterious ring of carbon monoxide gas around a young star. The ring is part of the star's planet-forming disk and it lies at a distance similar to that of the Earth from the Sun.

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Extreme Life at the Bottom of a Glacier
Topic: Extreme Life | 01/21/12
A new study shows that two types of bacterium found at the bottom of glaciers show signs of respiration while living in ice.

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At the most recent NASA Astrobiology Science Conference, a panel of scientists talked about planets ... more

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One of the great unknowns in the climate change debate is the effect of regional alterations on indi... more

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Spaceward Bound and the DREAMS project recently launched a weather balloon in the Mojave Desert. The... more

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Kimberley Warren-Rhodes has spent countless hours in some of the world´s driest deserts, turni... more

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	Wired for Thought A cup of coffee can leave you wired for the day. But a chip in your brain could wire you to a ma... more

Video	01/18/12
	Rethinking an Alien World A distant super-Earth named "55 Cancri e" is wetter and weirder than astronomers thought possible. ... more