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Hypervelocity Stars, and More - The Countdown, Episode 24
Links for the top five stories: Lumpy Lunar Gravity Curiosity's Next Journey Tracking Space Warps Smallest Galaxy Ever Found Hypervelocity Stars
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A Galactic Collision, and More - The Countdown, Episode 23
Links for the top five stories: Printing Pizza for Astronauts Magnetar Glitch Opportunity Breaks a Record Kepler's Flywheel Woes A Galactic Collision
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Why Barns Are Red, and More - The Countdown, Episode 22
Links for the top 5 stories: Why Barns Are Red Light Pollution Gets Crowded An X-Classy 'Af-flare' Moon and Earth Share Common Water Source Ancient Underground Oasis Space Oddity...
Space & Physics
Remnants of Supernova Found in Antarctica, and More - The Countdown, Episode 21
Links for the top 5 stories: Virgin Galactic Powers Up One-Way Ticket to Mars Most Famous Canadian YouTuber (in Space) Saturn Hurricane Antarctica's Supernova Sand...
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The Countdown, Episode 20 - Star Factory, Five New Exoplanets, Saturn Ring Rain, Planet-Naming Controversy, Missing Mars Lander Found
5) Star FactoryAbout 880 million years after the Big Bang, a huge galaxy was building new stars at an incredible pace. An international team of astronomers discovered the galaxy HFLS3 with help from 12 observatories all over the world.HFLS3 is a starburst galaxy, which means it turns gas into stars at an extremely high rate...
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The Countdown, Episode 19 - Voyager Hokey Pokey, Mini-Supernovae, Mercury Meteorite?, Planck's Map, Birth of Massive Stars
5) Voyager Hokey PokeyWhat is going on with Voyager 1? Two weeks ago, the American Geophysical Union, or AGU, announced the space probe had finally left our solar system, which is incredibly exciting...
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The Countdown, Episode 18 - Exoplanet Composition, Neighborhood Dwarves, Comet Pan-STARRS, Martian Love Boat, The Methuselah Star
[ The text below is a modified transcript of this video. ]5) Exoplanet CompositionScientists have determined the chemical composition of an exoplanet’s atmosphere--129 light years away...
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The Countdown, Episode 17 - Mercury's Magma Ocean, Flinging Space Trash, Spectacular Solar Images, Van Allen's Third Belt, Massive Black Hole Spins Near Light-Speed
[ The text below is a modified transcript of this video. ]5) Mercury’s Magma OceanMercury may once have contained a veritable ocean of shifting, glowing molten rock.
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The Countdown, Episode 16 - Supernova Space Rays, Liquid Lunar Mystery, Red Dwarf Exoplanets, Name Pluto's Moons, Meteor Attack from Space
[The text below is a modified transcript of this video.] 5) Supernova Space Rays Here on Earth, we're under constant attack from space.
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The Countdown, Episode 15 - Sailing on Sunlight, `Goldilocks' Redefined, Supernova Outburst,Columbia`s Worms, Spring on Mars
[The text below is a modified transcript of this video.] 5) Sailing on Sunlight NASA plans to launch a giant solar sail in 2014. It's the largest sail ever created and will cover 1200 square meters; about the area of your average olympic swimming pool.The sail, dubbed Sunjammer after a sci-fi short by Arthur C...
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