First Direct Image Shows Rogue Planet Outside Solar System
Astronomer Susan Terebey using Hubble Space Telescope captured what she calls the first direct photo of a planet outside the solar system. The runaway world, named TMR-10, is about 450 light years away in Taurus and was likely ejected from a double star system forming a glowing filament as it moved.
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Susan Terebey
Earth
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Tiny Tapaculo bird found in Brazilian city Curiba
A researcher holds a newly discovered Scytalopus species in Curiba Brazil. The tiny gray black bird weighs about half an ounce and spans roughly four inches. It is provisionally named Lowland Tapaculo until a formal scientific description is published.
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Glaciers Melt Faster Global Warming Linked Loss
Researchers led by Mark Meier report glaciers are melting faster than expected, especially mid latitude ice from Mount Kenya to the Caucasus. The study, presented at an American Geophysical Union meeting, links thinner receding ice to rising seas and stronger storms.
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American Geophysical Union
Boston
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University of Colorado At Boulder
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China
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Iridium Satellite Flares Visible at Dusk and Dawn
Sky watchers can glimpse brief flares from the Iridium satellites as they reflect sunlight from 492 mile orbits. Flares range from bright stars to up to 100 times Venus brightness, timing depends on latitude longitude and local time zone, with viewing tips and flare data available from a German Aerospace Center page.
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