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60-Second Space

Scientific American

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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1:15

Tour Kennedy Space Center on Google Street View

60-Second Space ·

2012/08/13

More than 6,000 new images of Kennedy Space Center have recently been added to Google Street View. John Matson reports

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1:16

Curiosity Rover Lands Safely on Mars

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2012/08/06

After successfully completing its complex series of landing maneuvers, the Curiosity rover is on the Martian surface and ready to begin exploration. John Matson reports

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1:16

Scopes See Exoplanets and Violent Astrophysics

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2012/07/31

Palomar Observatory's Project 1640 on the Hale Telescope allows astronomers to directly observe exoplanets, whereas the gamma-ray sensitive HESS 2 in Namibia tracks violent astrophysical events such as supernovae and flaring black holes. John Matson reports

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Pioneer Spacecraft Warmth Takes Heat off Relativity

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2012/07/23

The tiny slowing of the two Pioneer spacecraft, known as the Pioneer anomaly and considered by some to challenge general relativity, is probably due to the heat produced by electronics and radioactive decay. John Matson reports

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1:34

Mars Rover Prepares for 7 Minutes of Terror

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2012/07/17

The Curiosity rover is set to begin exploring Mars on August 6. But first it has to land. John Matson reports

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1:16

Dark Matter Bridges Galaxy Clusters

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2012/07/09

Gravitational lensing shows that two galaxy clusters are connected by a filament of dark matter. John Matson reports

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1:16

Nonprofit Wants to Launch Asteroid-Spotter

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2012/07/02

The B612 Foundation wants to put a telescope in orbit around the sun to look for asteroids that might hit Earth. John Matson reports

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1:19

Magnetic Tornadoes May Heat Solar Corona

60-Second Space ·

2012/06/27

The sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, is much hotter than the surface. Giant magnetic tornadoes may be behind the heat transfer. John Matson reports

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1:27

Super-Earth Exoplanets Could Be Better for Life

60-Second Space ·

2012/06/20

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

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1:15

Astronomers Seek Biggest Stars

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2012/06/11

Several nearby star clusters could harbor incredibly huge stars, with masses of up to 600 suns. John Matson reports

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1:16

SpaceX Dragon Returns to Earth from ISS

60-Second Space ·

2012/05/31

The first commercial visitor to the ISS splashed down successfully in the Pacific after a supply run. John Matson reports

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SpaceX Private Vessel Reaches ISS

60-Second Space ·

2012/05/25

The International Space Station received its first commercial visitor with the arrival of the SpaceX Dragon resupply capsule. John Matson reports

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Annular Eclipse Hits U.S. Sunday

60-Second Space ·

2012/05/19

Residents of western states will be in position to see the ring of fire of an annular eclipse on May 20th. John Matson reports

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Astronomers Detect Smallish Exoplanet's Infrared Glow

60-Second Space ·

2012/05/14

A space-based telescope picked up faint thermal radiation from a "super-Earth" planet 40 light-years away. John Matson reports

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1:15

Zeppelin Searches for California Meteorite

60-Second Space ·

2012/05/08

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

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1:15

Earth Was Longtime Asteroid Punching Bag

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2012/05/01

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

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1:19

Gamma-Ray Bursts Found Innocent in Ray Case

60-Second Space ·

2012/04/24

Gamma-ray bursts can't be the source of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays that reach Earth. John Matson reports

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1:16

Ballooning Star Split Planet in Two

60-Second Space ·

2012/04/16

A recently discovered pair of exoplanets may be the wreckage of one formerly giant planet. John Matson reports

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1:16

Space Shuttles Head for Final Destinations

60-Second Space ·

2012/04/09

Starting with Discovery, the decommissioned space shuttle fleet will go on display at museums around the country. John Matson reports

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1:18

Supernova Turned Star Inside-Out

60-Second Space ·

2012/04/02

When the star Cassiopeia A exploded, nearly all the iron from the core was expelled to the outer regions of the supernova. John Matson reports

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