Leading science journalists provide a daily minute commentary on some of the most interesting developments in the world of astronomy and space exploration.
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60-Second Space
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Dimitar Sasselov, director of Harvard's Origins of Life Initiative, explains how rocky exoplanets larger than Earth could have greater potential for life than Earth did. Steve Mirsky reports
Jun 20, 2012 |
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60-Second Space
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Several nearby star clusters could harbor incredibly huge stars, with masses of up to 600 suns. John Matson reports
Jun 11, 2012 |
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60-Second Space
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The first commercial visitor to the ISS splashed down successfully in the Pacific after a supply run. John Matson reports
May 31, 2012 |
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60-Second Space
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The International Space Station received its first commercial visitor with the arrival of the SpaceX Dragon resupply capsule. John Matson reports
May 25, 2012 |
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60-Second Space
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Residents of western states will be in position to see the ring of fire of an annular eclipse on May 20th. John Matson reports
May 19, 2012 |
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A space-based telescope picked up faint thermal radiation from a "super-Earth" planet 40 light-years away. John Matson reports
May 14, 2012
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60-Second Space
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Scientists are using a zeppelin to do a slow search for signs of fragments left by the April 22nd Sutter's Mill meteorite. John Matson reports
May 8, 2012 |
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60-Second Space
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Dozens of asteroid impacts at least as bad as the dinosaur killer occurred long after such impacts were previously thought to have petered out. John Matson reports
May 1, 2012 |
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Gamma-ray bursts can't be the source of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays that reach Earth. John Matson reports
Apr 24, 2012 |
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60-Second Space
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A recently discovered pair of exoplanets may be the wreckage of one formerly giant planet. John Matson reports
Apr 16, 2012 |
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60-Second Space
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Starting with Discovery, the decommissioned space shuttle fleet will go on display at museums around the country. John Matson reports
Apr 9, 2012 |