en-sg-hotdailynews: 2015-02-19 Singapore Science

CNET

Transient star grazing our solar system 'just left,' cosmically speaking
CNET
The nearest star beyond our own sun is 4 light-years away, but not long ago (in terms of cosmic time) a small binary star system buzzed the edge of our solar system, coming five times closer to Earth. by Eric Mack · @ericcmack; 18 February 2015 10:41 pm ...

Alien Star Buzzed Our Solar System 70000 Years Ago, New Research Shows   Huffington Post
Close brush between our solar system and a star reported   Los Angeles Times
Alien star passed through solar system 70000 years ago   The Week Magazine
Discovery News
TIME
Daily Mail
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Strongest material known to man? A limpet's tooth
Times LIVE
'But now we have discovered that limpet teeth exhibit a strength that is potentially higher.' File photo. Image by: Wikimedia Commons. Spider silk might lose its claim as the strongest known natural material after researchers found that limpet teeth have more ...

Limpet Teeth or Spider Silk? When Strength Record Become The Main Debate ...   Full-Time Whistle
Scientists discover nature's newest, strongest material, thanks to the a snail   Sydney Morning Herald
Mighty mollusc: Limpet teeth have super strength   News24
Mashable
RT
Huffington Post
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Fireball meteor brighter than the full moon spotted over US: NASA
ABC Online
A bright meteor lit up skies over the American states of New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania this week, burning up in the atmosphere in a flare brighter than the full moon. A space rock about 60cm in diameter and weighing over 200kg entered Earth's ...

Great Ball of Fire! Meteor Streaks Across Western Pennsylvania   NBCNews.com
The 500-Pound Fireball Over Pittsburgh   The Atlantic
NASA video captures giant fireball from Mars soaring over Pennsylvania   Daily Mail
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Ceres' images getting sharper, thanks to Dawn
Techie News
NASA's Dawn is on its way towards Ceres and every time it sends back images of the dwarf planet, they keep getting better and better. The latest set of images reveal a lot of craters and mysterious bright spots. “As we slowly approach the stage, our eyes ...

New, Better Images Of Dwarf Planet Ceres Taken By Dawn   Tech Times
Mysterious Bright Spots Pop Up In Latest NASA Images Of Dwarf Planet Ceres   CBS Local
Sharper images of dwarf-planet Ceres show strange bright spots   CNET
Newsweek
Vox
The Escapist
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CNN

Meet candidates for one-way trip to Mars
CNN
The Mars One organizers narrowed the field of people going on a one-way mission to Mars to 100, including 39 Americans. CNN's Jason Carroll reports. Stories worth watching (12). dnt send flowers on valentines day after dying_00000212.jpg. <img alt="dnt ...

Mission reveals 100 finalists for one-way manned journey to Mars in 2025 ...   Nigerian Tribune
Sorry, but those Mars volunteers are never getting off the ground   Quartz
Mars One project: Brits reveal why they want to live and die in space (and with ...   Mirror.co.uk
Firstpost
India Today
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TIME

New Horizons gets first look at Pluto's smaller moons
National Monitor
On the anniversary of Pluto's discovery, the New Horizon's spacecraft sent back faint images of Pluto's tiny moons. Exactly 85 years ago, on the 18th of February in 1930, a young researcher named Clyde Tombaugh was working at the Lowell Observatory in ...

On 85th anniversary of Pluto's discovery, New Horizons images two tiny moons   SpaceFlight Insider
Flagstaff Celebrates 85th Anniversary of Pluto's Discovery   Northern Arizona Today
What's Up In Space? Martian mystery plumes, a stellar close-call and 85 years ...   The Weather Network
Washington Post (blog)
TIME
NEWS.com.au
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Ocean Acidification Levels Seen From Space
Tech Times
A new map shows ocean acidification around the world, as seen from space. Why is this image so valuable to climate researchers? (Photo : Eureka Alert / Ifremer /ESA / Cnes). Ocean acidification has been mapped from space, in a new map that could help ...

Watch the oceans acidify in real time   Grist
Here's What Burning Fossil Fuels Is Doing to the World's Oceans   VICE News
Global Ocean Acidity Revealed in New Maps   Discovery News
Business Standard
SMN Weekly
Chinatopix
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Kent Bush: Mars One is more reality television than rocket launch
Shawnee News Star
The great thing about a 10-year plan is that there are so few things that are truly impossible. email · print. Comment. By Kent Bush. The Shawnee News-Star. By Kent Bush. Posted Feb. 18, 2015 at 7:10 PM. By Kent Bush Posted Feb. 18, 2015 at 7:10 PM.
Mysterious Martian haze baffles planetary scientists   Columbia Daily Tribune
Mars is nothing like my favorite place: Home   Florida Times-Union
Our Favorite Martian   Huffington Post
Pioneer News
Quartz
ValueWalk
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Dealing with climate change
Arab News
Europe has a strong tradition as a leader in the fight against climate change. Lately, however, the continent has reached an ideological impasse over how to address the problem, with environmental sustainability and growth often portrayed as being mutually ...

The term that actually makes climate change less political   Washington Post
Study: Climate Change Efforts Backfire in Brazil's Steel Industry   UVM News
Climate engineering, no longer on the fringe   Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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Telegraph.co.uk
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