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Radioisotope Power Systems
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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This NASA webpage discusses radioisotope power systems in past, present, and future space missions. It also discusses some of the successes that the radioisotopes have had on…
https://rps.nasa.gov/
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Kepler and K2 Mission
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This NASA page provides a description of the Kepler and K2 NASA missions, which included searches for extrasolar planets. Text describes how these planets are detected, the mission…
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/overview/index.html
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APOD: Companion of a Young, Sun-like Star Confirmed
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This APOD page features the first confirmed image of an extrasolar planet orbiting a sun-like star. Text and numerous links provide additional information; one link goes to the press…
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100704.html
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What Really Killed the Dinosaurs?
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This article from the BBC describes some of the controversy in the theory that the mass extinction of the Cretaceous period was caused by a meteorite impact. The crater thought by…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/dino_prog_summary.sht...
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Do We Know What Killed the Dinosaurs?
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This article from the NASA Astrobiology Institute raises some issues in the accepted theory that the mass extinction event of the late Cretaceous was caused by a meteorite impact.…
http://www.astrobio.net/news-exclusive/do-we-know-what-killed-the-dinosa...
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20 Ways the World Could End
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Publisher: Discover
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This article from Discover magazine overviews twenty ways the planet could experience mass extinction or worse. Examples include asteroid impact, alien invasion, and gamma-ray bursts.
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/20-ways-the-world-could-en...
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First Supernova Discovered with Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics
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This press release from the Gemini Observatory covers the discovery of a supernova using laser adaptive optics. Laser guide adaptive optics help eliminate atmospheric noise from…
http://www.gemini.edu/node/11226
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High Energy Astrophysics Picture of the Week
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M. Corcoran
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Each week this NASA/Goddard/Smithsonian site provides a new high energy astrophysics image, (captured in the extreme ultraviolet, x-rays, or gamma rays). You can get information…
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/objects/heapow/heapow.html
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The Interstellar Medium
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Experimental Space Plasma Group
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This online tutorial from the University of New Hampshire gives an overview of the interstellar medium. The tutorial describes what and where the interstellar medium is, how it is…
http://www-ssg.sr.unh.edu/ism/
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3C 273 - Quasar in Virgo
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This NightSkyInfo.com article briefly describes the discovery of quasars, what they are, and how to find the famous quasar 3C 273 in the night sky with a good backyard telescope. The…
http://www.nightskyinfo.com/archive/3c273_quasar/
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