<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - planets</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/planets</link><description>Newsvine - planets</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 22:12:13 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:19:25 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Star Size Comparisons with Top 10 Questions Answered</title>
<description><![CDATA[First up, the brilliant original video:

Next up, the filmmaker responds whimsically to the top 10 repeated comments made in response to the original video:

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18129844-star-size-comparisons-with-top-10-questions-answered</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18129844-star-size-comparisons-with-top-10-questions-answered</guid><category>suns</category><category>stars</category><category>science</category><category>video</category><category>astronomy</category><category>planets</category><category>heavenly-bodies</category><category>morn1415</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 21:58:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vopGg3bx_k" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/4vopGg3bx_k/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">After years of answering the same comments over and over again,
I thought I could save myself some time by making a movie about the comments... :)
Have fun!

Music: &quot;Keep on Rollin', Crazy Old Man&quot; by Lunar Mining Project.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/HEheh1BH34Q/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Hope you like it...morn1415.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Video shows 3 years of sun in 3 minutes</title>
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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has taken a photo of the sun every 12 seconds for the past three years. The observatory chose two images per day to make the video, which is nothing short of breathtaking.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></source><link>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/25/17915529-video-shows-3-years-of-sun-in-3-minutes</link><guid>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/25/17915529-video-shows-3-years-of-sun-in-3-minutes</guid><category>music</category><category>nasa</category><category>science</category><category>video</category><category>photos</category><category>sun</category><category>planets</category><category>universe</category><category>solar-dynamics-observatory</category><category>earh</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:10:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizard908A1CAC-F9B0-2696-174A-C5C06E395C75.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizard908A1CAC-F9B0-2696-174A-C5C06E395C75.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Take A Trip Through The Universe</title>
<description><![CDATA[Type your comment here ...]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[mstanley2265]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[mstanley2265]]></source><link>http://mstanley2265.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/17004275-take-a-trip-through-the-universe</link><guid>http://mstanley2265.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/17004275-take-a-trip-through-the-universe</guid><category>space</category><category>education</category><category>nasa</category><category>planets</category><category>universe</category><category>galaxies</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:30:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VEs11K0ATk" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_VEs11K0ATk/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">The video's one of these scale comparsions. The very idea is most certainly not mine. That's why I credited user Morn1415 whose video inspired me the most. Of course the animation's in the way limited because I didn't use any 3D program like Morn1415 did. Everything done here is pure AfterEffects. Also I added little thumbnails of constalations and pointed where each (apart from one) star is located. What I am proud of is that I made Saturn and Uranus with rings and I neither used any tutorial to make rings nor I have ever seen technique to make them so I am proud that I figured out it myself. So I hope you enjoy the video and once again I'm saying I've seen several videos of the kind so I'm well aware that there are tons of them on YouTube BUT I wanted to make my version.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMTfT5GC2oQ" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/WMTfT5GC2oQ/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Some of the billions of amazing objects of the universe, zooming from night sky view to the eyes of the powerful Hubble Space Telescope. 1. Pleyades Open Star Cluster 2. Abell 370 Galaxy Cluster (Gravitational Lens) 3. NGC 4291 Spiral Galaxy 4. Comet Holmes Core Close-Up 5. Fomalhaut (Blue Star) &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Fomalhaut B (Extrasolar Planet) 6. Veil Nebula (Supernova Remnant) 7. NGC 4522 (Spiral Galaxy) 8. NGC 2628 (Spiral Galaxies on a Collision) 9. NGC 3603 (Open Star Cluster) 10. Andromeda Galaxy Core and Black Hole Hope you enjoy it. Credit goes to NASA/ESA/Hubble Space Telescope http://www.spacetelescope.org Music: Hevia - Busindre Reel</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PanSwHWt8EY" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/PanSwHWt8EY/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Bhaktivedanta Library Online http://vedabase.com</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fewer than one in a MILLION stars in the galaxy are circled by planets that could have advanced civilizations on them</title>
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Fewer than one in a million stars in our galaxy are orbited by planets with civilizations advanced enough to be able to transmit detectable radio signals, a team of scientists at the University of California at Berkeley have discovered.&nbsp;
The researchers used the Green Ban&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[manzil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[manzil]]></source><link>http://manzil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16937199-fewer-than-one-in-a-million-stars-in-the-galaxy-are-circled-by-planets-that-could-have-advanced-civilizations-on-them</link><guid>http://manzil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16937199-fewer-than-one-in-a-million-stars-in-the-galaxy-are-circled-by-planets-that-could-have-advanced-civilizations-on-them</guid><category>stars</category><category>science</category><category>planets</category><category>civilization</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:26:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=manzilE591B8D9-F43C-B981-9CEE-12407767DFC9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="315" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=manzilE591B8D9-F43C-B981-9CEE-12407767DFC9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Something in your eye? The mysterious planet found by astronomers in the 'Eye of Sauron'  | Mail Online</title>
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Astronomers have found a mysterious 'zombie' planet circling a vast debris disc inside the 'Eye of Sauron' star system.
The newly released NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of the eye shaped star,&nbsp;officially called Fomalhaut,&nbsp;and a mysterious planet, called&nbsp;Fom&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[manzil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[manzil]]></source><link>http://manzil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/09/16434539-something-in-your-eye-the-mysterious-planet-found-by-astronomers-in-the-eye-of-sauron-mail-online</link><guid>http://manzil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/09/16434539-something-in-your-eye-the-mysterious-planet-found-by-astronomers-in-the-eye-of-sauron-mail-online</guid><category>nasa</category><category>science</category><category>hubble-space-telescope</category><category>planets</category><category>astronomers</category><category>eye-of-sauron</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Jan 2013 21:02:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=manzilEDD44B6E-0527-8AC1-5C21-9ED3542644C0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=manzilEDD44B6E-0527-8AC1-5C21-9ED3542644C0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hubble reveals rogue planetary orbit for Fomalhaut b</title>
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Newly released NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of a vast debris disk  encircling the nearby star Fomalhaut and a mysterious planet circling it  may provide forensic evidence of a titanic planetary disruption in the  system.

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[PonGoad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PonGoad]]></source><link>http://pongoad.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/09/16430651-hubble-reveals-rogue-planetary-orbit-for-fomalhaut-b</link><guid>http://pongoad.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/09/16430651-hubble-reveals-rogue-planetary-orbit-for-fomalhaut-b</guid><category>nasa</category><category>science</category><category>planets</category><category>orbit</category><category>sciencem</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Jan 2013 14:51:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=pongoadCD5A4ECB-EC05-9403-5AF8-DFD89B18DEF3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=pongoadCD5A4ECB-EC05-9403-5AF8-DFD89B18DEF3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>At least 17 billion Earth-size planets are in Milky Way, new estimate says | Fox News</title>
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Our Milky Way is home to at least 17 billion planets that are similar in size to Earth, a new estimate suggests. That's more than two Earth-size planets for every person on the globe.
Just how many are located in the sweet spot where water could exist is "simply too early to c&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16413593-at-least-17-billion-earth-size-planets-are-in-milky-way-new-estimate-says-fox-news</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16413593-at-least-17-billion-earth-size-planets-are-in-milky-way-new-estimate-says-fox-news</guid><category>way</category><category>planets</category><category>17</category><category>billion</category><category>surrounding</category><category>miky</category><category>commentid=17</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Jan 2013 15:22:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia623C784650-A8C5-62A3-0510-9CE61878084D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia623C784650-A8C5-62A3-0510-9CE61878084D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Study: Billions of Earth-size planets in Milky Way</title>
<description><![CDATA[Our Milky Way is home to at least 17 billion planets that are similar in size to Earth, a new estimate suggests. That's more than two Earth-size planets for every person on the globe.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16396854-study-billions-of-earth-size-planets-in-milky-way</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16396854-study-billions-of-earth-size-planets-in-milky-way</guid><category>us</category><category>science</category><category>milky-way</category><category>sci</category><category>planets</category><category>alien</category><category>our-milky-way</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Jan 2013 18:32:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0ffa6097-c150-49c2-998f-3d55f3518faf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0ffa6097-c150-49c2-998f-3d55f3518faf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This artist rendering released Monday Jan. 7,2013 by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows the different types of planets in our Milky Way galaxy detected by NASAs Kepler spacecraft. A new analysis of Kepler data found there are at least 17 billion planets the size of Earth. (AP Photo/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NASA's Kepler Space Telescope finds evidence of at least 100 billion planets in the Milky Way</title>
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Look up at the night sky and you'll see stars, sure. But you're also seeing planets&mdash;billions and billions of them. At least.
That's  the conclusion of a new study by astronomers at the California  Institute of Technology (Caltech) that provides yet more evidence that  pl&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/04/16347662-nasas-kepler-space-telescope-finds-evidence-of-at-least-100-billion-planets-in-the-milky-way</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/04/16347662-nasas-kepler-space-telescope-finds-evidence-of-at-least-100-billion-planets-in-the-milky-way</guid><category>nasa</category><category>science</category><category>astronomy</category><category>planets</category><category>kepler</category><category>astronomers</category><category>milky-way-galaxy</category><category>cal-tech</category><category>kepler-32</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Jan 2013 13:32:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozEF1D66A0-5357-37D1-1DA1-5B4BC8A9116A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="179" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozEF1D66A0-5357-37D1-1DA1-5B4BC8A9116A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="54" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Christmas Lightshow in the Sky -12/25/12 Nasa Video</title>
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The sky is beautiful right now as the Moon and Jupiter converge for a heavenly light show in the sky.&nbsp; As the sun sets take a walk to enjoy the decorations in your neighborhood then come home, make some hot chocolate and grab your telescope or binoculars and a warm blanket,&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[FIGHTING FOR RIGHTS]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[FIGHTING FOR RIGHTS]]></source><link>http://fightingforrights.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/22/16090569-christmas-lightshow-in-the-sky-122512-nasa-video</link><guid>http://fightingforrights.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/22/16090569-christmas-lightshow-in-the-sky-122512-nasa-video</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>nasa</category><category>moon</category><category>planets</category><category>space-weather</category><category>christmas-sky</category><category>science-casts</category><category>earth-sky</category><pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:38:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzSUo-4ctcU" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/NzSUo-4ctcU/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for breaking science news.

The Moon and Jupiter are converging for a heavenly sky show on Christmas 2012.&amp;nbsp;Got a telescope? Something extra-special is happening on Jupiter that makes it an appealing target for backyard optics.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dust grains highlight path to planet formation</title>
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An international team of researchers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and the Japanese universities of Kobe, Hyogo, and Saitama used the Subaru Telescope to capture a clear image of the protoplanetary disk of the star UX Tauri A. The team's subsequent,&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[manzil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[manzil]]></source><link>http://manzil.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15641958-dust-grains-highlight-path-to-planet-formation</link><guid>http://manzil.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15641958-dust-grains-highlight-path-to-planet-formation</guid><category>science</category><category>planets</category><category>national-astronomical-observatory-of-japan</category><pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2012 13:26:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=manzilFD4A36FA-103A-6258-E6DC-404D9B821BCF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="100" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=manzilFD4A36FA-103A-6258-E6DC-404D9B821BCF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="100" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Earth-like planet discovered next to our solar system</title>
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A newly-discovered planet outside our solar system may be the closest celestial body in location and size to Earth, European astronomers have said.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></source><link>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/17/14505354-earth-like-planet-discovered-next-to-our-solar-system</link><guid>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/17/14505354-earth-like-planet-discovered-next-to-our-solar-system</guid><category>science</category><category>astronomy</category><category>planets</category><category>planet</category><category>earth-like</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:17:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=michaelsautter560F02CF-5C18-1D0E-5982-685C4A4CC785.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=michaelsautter560F02CF-5C18-1D0E-5982-685C4A4CC785.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mars Magma Study Questions Red Planet's Watery Past, Habitability</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the past decade, astronomers have observed clay materials on Mars that seem to indicate large bodies of water once filled the Martian surface. But new research suggests that magma could form some of these slick deposits rapidly, and ancient Mars may not have been as wet as we &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/11/13806859-mars-magma-study-questions-red-planets-watery-past-habitability</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/11/13806859-mars-magma-study-questions-red-planets-watery-past-habitability</guid><category>space</category><category>life-on-mars</category><category>mars</category><category>science</category><category>video</category><category>planets</category><category>science-news</category><category>mars-water</category><category>mars-clay</category><category>mars-magma</category><category>mars-surface</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:16:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry6115F31E17C-75FC-A208-E6C6-F1DE4A00A039.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="168" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry6115F31E17C-75FC-A208-E6C6-F1DE4A00A039.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="51" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Building blocks of life found around young star - PhysOrg</title>
<description><![CDATA[A team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has spotted sugar molecules in the gas surrounding a young Sun-like star.
This is the first time sugar been found in space around such a star, and the discovery shows that the building blocks of &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/29/13547265-building-blocks-of-life-found-around-young-star-physorg</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/29/13547265-building-blocks-of-life-found-around-young-star-physorg</guid><category>space</category><category>stars</category><category>science</category><category>astronomy</category><category>dna</category><category>planets</category><category>rna</category><category>planet-formation</category><category>star-formation</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:30:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13D324AEBA-8FBA-05B0-9F81-9682953F35BC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="393" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13D324AEBA-8FBA-05B0-9F81-9682953F35BC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="118" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NASA - Mars Interior</title>
<description><![CDATA[How rocky planets have evolved from its onset]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alvarson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alvarson]]></source><link>http://alvarson.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/23/13433319-nasa-mars-interior</link><guid>http://alvarson.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/23/13433319-nasa-mars-interior</guid><category>science</category><category>planets</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:22:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=alvarson5E939539-7AC2-8769-3140-C9A129EF3BE0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=alvarson5E939539-7AC2-8769-3140-C9A129EF3BE0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Finding Life on Mars: a Blessing or a Curse</title>
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I find myself torn. I relish the day when we find life on another world. Exploring the diversity of the alien life forms, discovering how this life is similar to us, how it is different. I think this would be a pivotal moment for mankind. But then I think, &ldquo;Do I want to fi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TonyInDallas]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TonyInDallas]]></source><link>http://tonyindallas.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/15/13303830-finding-life-on-mars-a-blessing-or-a-curse</link><guid>http://tonyindallas.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/15/13303830-finding-life-on-mars-a-blessing-or-a-curse</guid><category>life</category><category>mars</category><category>science</category><category>earth</category><category>solar-system</category><category>planets</category><category>colony</category><category>alien</category><category>extraterrestrials</category><category>colonize</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:36:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TonyInDallas3112293D-7696-3D0A-75DD-EC0B05856ECE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TonyInDallas3112293D-7696-3D0A-75DD-EC0B05856ECE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Is there life on that red rock?&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pre-Dawn Dance of the Jewels - July 15, 2012</title>
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I realized I had not downloaded all the images from my July shooting sessions and found these from the one time I made it outside before the sun rose too high. I had meant to post these earlier but forgot so I'll do it now.&nbsp; I want to test the publishing in Beta to see if i&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[FIGHTING FOR RIGHTS]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[FIGHTING FOR RIGHTS]]></source><link>http://fightingforrights.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/05/13131476-pre-dawn-dance-of-the-jewels-july-15-2012</link><guid>http://fightingforrights.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/05/13131476-pre-dawn-dance-of-the-jewels-july-15-2012</guid><category>art</category><category>moon</category><category>astronomy</category><category>photography</category><category>arts</category><category>planets</category><category>nv-beta-test</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 Aug 2012 20:30:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=FIGHTINGFORRIGHTS553C7B19-AA9B-D189-6197-F29BDD35C2A0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=FIGHTINGFORRIGHTS553C7B19-AA9B-D189-6197-F29BDD35C2A0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Not very clear image of a close-up of Venus&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=FIGHTINGFORRIGHTS76D903DB-ED61-5E9A-10E8-F0C6757C859B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=FIGHTINGFORRIGHTS76D903DB-ED61-5E9A-10E8-F0C6757C859B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Venus Dressed up for the Dance&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=FIGHTINGFORRIGHTSC74925ED-E648-028D-D43E-0450344264FA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=FIGHTINGFORRIGHTSC74925ED-E648-028D-D43E-0450344264FA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A close up of the Crescent Moon&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=FIGHTINGFORRIGHTS2DD47272-5406-18E2-013F-98AF4BB94DAF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=FIGHTINGFORRIGHTS2DD47272-5406-18E2-013F-98AF4BB94DAF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Venus, Jupiter and the Moon doing the predawn dance on July 15, 2012&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hubble discovers a fifth moon orbiting Pluto</title>
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A team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is reporting the discovery of another moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[fredegrar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fredegrar]]></source><link>http://fredegrar.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/11/12684079-hubble-discovers-a-fifth-moon-orbiting-pluto</link><guid>http://fredegrar.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/11/12684079-hubble-discovers-a-fifth-moon-orbiting-pluto</guid><category>space</category><category>science</category><category>hubble</category><category>solar-system</category><category>pluto</category><category>planets</category><category>planetary-exploration</category><category>planetary-science</category><category>new-horizons-spacecraft</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:00:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fredegrar3834F50C-8146-EAF3-CB55-79683D97E17C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="92" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fredegrar3834F50C-8146-EAF3-CB55-79683D97E17C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="92" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Spy agency's gift raises hope for super-Hubble</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12054663-spy-agencys-gift-raises-hope-for-super-hubble</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12054663-spy-agencys-gift-raises-hope-for-super-hubble</guid><category>space</category><category>nasa</category><category>science</category><category>telescope</category><category>planets</category><category>extrasolar</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>boyle's</category><category>alan-boyles</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Jun 2012 22:29:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120604-space-wfirst-10a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="314" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120604-space-wfirst-10a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: A gift of space telescope hardware from America's spy agency could knock $250 million off the cost of a NASA mission to study dark energy and extrasolar planets.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>There's a lot to learn from planetary transits - Technology &amp; science - Space - Space.com - msnbc.com</title>
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A rare opportunity to see the planet Venus cross in front of the face of the sun is coming up next week.
On June 5 to 6, Venus will "transit" the sun for the last time until 2117, joining the ranks of the handful of planetary transits that have occurred since the dawn of moder&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></source><link>http://ttruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/01/12012467-theres-a-lot-to-learn-from-planetary-transits-technology-science-space-spacecom-msnbccom</link><guid>http://ttruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/01/12012467-theres-a-lot-to-learn-from-planetary-transits-technology-science-space-spacecom-msnbccom</guid><category>mercury</category><category>science</category><category>scientist</category><category>transit</category><category>astronomy</category><category>solar-system</category><category>sun</category><category>scientists</category><category>planets</category><category>venus</category><category>transits</category><category>planetary-transit</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Jun 2012 20:54:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TTruth382968361F92CFB-7D22-AD47-756E-68242BE4FFBA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="175" width="298" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TTruth382968361F92CFB-7D22-AD47-756E-68242BE4FFBA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>An unseen planet at solar system's edge? - Technology &amp; science - Science - LiveScience - msnbc.com</title>
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A planet four times the size of Earth may be skirting the edges of the solar system beyond Pluto, according to new research. Too distant to be easily spotted by Earth-based telescopes, the unseen planet could be gravitationally tugging on small icy objects past Neptune, helping&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></source><link>http://ttruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/22/11817710-an-unseen-planet-at-solar-systems-edge-technology-science-science-livescience-msnbccom</link><guid>http://ttruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/22/11817710-an-unseen-planet-at-solar-systems-edge-technology-science-science-livescience-msnbccom</guid><category>science</category><category>solar-system</category><category>pluto</category><category>telescope</category><category>sun</category><category>planets</category><category>planet</category><category>universe</category><category>telescopes</category><category>sedna</category><category>neptune</category><category>unseen-planet</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 23:57:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TTruth38296833A5AE749-CCE5-8F31-C00E-049741CCDE1B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="224" width="298" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TTruth38296833A5AE749-CCE5-8F31-C00E-049741CCDE1B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fascinating Facts Game 7 Results (The Planets)</title>
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Below you can find the results of Fascinating Facts Game&nbsp;7 (The Planets). Thanks to everyone who participated in this game and sharing your comments. We have included a poll with four new categories for the next Fascinating Facts game for you to chose from. We were asked du&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></source><link>http://ttruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11586826-fascinating-facts-game-7-results-the-planets</link><guid>http://ttruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11586826-fascinating-facts-game-7-results-the-planets</guid><category>us</category><category>space</category><category>games</category><category>science</category><category>moon</category><category>solar</category><category>solar-system</category><category>moons</category><category>planets</category><category>planet</category><category>orbit</category><category>facts</category><category>orbits</category><category>fascinating-facts</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 13:50:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TTruth38296833A246615-6411-C499-475A-F25A8CC8AB78.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="190" width="290" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TTruth38296833A246615-6411-C499-475A-F25A8CC8AB78.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fascinating Facts Game 7 (The Planets)</title>
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Welcome to game 7 of Fascinating Facts. This game will be limited to the planets within our solar system. As poor Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet when larger objects were found in the Kieper Belt and new definition was developed for what constitutes a planet in 2006,&nbsp;we&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></source><link>http://ttruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11491967-fascinating-facts-game-7-the-planets</link><guid>http://ttruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11491967-fascinating-facts-game-7-the-planets</guid><category>us</category><category>space</category><category>games</category><category>science</category><category>moon</category><category>solar</category><category>solar-system</category><category>moons</category><category>planets</category><category>planet</category><category>orbit</category><category>facts</category><category>orbits</category><category>fascinating-facts</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 16:09:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TTruth382968302B2DCF6-3140-4530-08FE-C7B88DB591C9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="192" width="351" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TTruth382968302B2DCF6-3140-4530-08FE-C7B88DB591C9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sun's Twin Discovered -- the Perfect SETI Target?</title>
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There are 10 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy that are the same size as our sun. Therefore it should come as no surprise that astronomers have identified a clone to our sun lying only 200 light-years away.
Still, it is fascinating to imagine a yellow dwarf that is exactly&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11446518-suns-twin-discovered-the-perfect-seti-target</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11446518-suns-twin-discovered-the-perfect-seti-target</guid><category>stars</category><category>science</category><category>seti</category><category>planets</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:11:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lyrid Meteor Shower 2012: Shooting Stars and New Moon</title>
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Every year at this time, the Earth passes through the orbit of an old comet called Thatcher, and the result is a meteor shower -- shooting stars, usually about 10 to 20 per hour, streaking across the night sky as debris from the comet enters the Earth's atmosphere and burns up]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Desert Rattler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Desert Rattler]]></source><link>http://the-desert-rattler.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/22/11338191-lyrid-meteor-shower-2012-shooting-stars-and-new-moon</link><guid>http://the-desert-rattler.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/22/11338191-lyrid-meteor-shower-2012-shooting-stars-and-new-moon</guid><category>arizona</category><category>astronomy</category><category>phoenix</category><category>us-news</category><category>planets</category><category>top-news</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>new-moon</category><category>lyrid-meteor</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:22:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-desert-rattler161FAF4D-92D6-BC35-6D69-7253FF42F08D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="116" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-desert-rattler161FAF4D-92D6-BC35-6D69-7253FF42F08D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>