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Recent astronomy articles appear all over the Internet and in magazines dedicated to the science and the hobby. When new images are taken, people write about it. When space agencies announce missions, people write. Every new discovery and piece of information generates a tremendous amount of discussion. Here’s just some of the most recent articles on astronomy.

Something as simple as bumpy space dust generated a great deal of interest and a lot of the recent astronomy articles. Why is this important? Scientists have long known that hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. But hydrogen has to bond to form the larger molecules observed in the universe. In the cold of space it takes the right medium to complete the bond. Bumpy molecules provide that medium, so now scientists have verified a theory on how hydrogen forms molecules in space. Bumpy dusty, who would have thought it.

One of Saturn’s moons is known as the Death Star.  It’s a huge crater that makes it look like the movie menace.  In August 2008 it became a subject of many recent astronomy articles when the Cassini spacecraft passed near the moon, Mimas.  New photos and information were gathered.  Folks loved to see this news.  This information will help shed light on the number of impact objects that pass through Saturn’s orbit.  There’s still a lot to learn about traffic through the solar system, and how the giants Jupiter and Saturn help keep things clear.

Dark matter is something scientists have known about for years.  It’s not well understood how it helps the universe expand. In 2008 a number of the recent astronomy articles were dedicated to the search for and analysis of dark matter. SNAP, the SuperNova/Acceleration Probe, was planned to help solve dark matter by examining many distant supernovae. Dark matter makes up about 70% of the matter in the universe, so learning about it is important.

Before our sun was really a star it was a condensing mass of space matter called a protosun. But scientists wondered if this protosun emitted any heat or light or a solar wind enough to effect the formation of life on Earth. Recent astronomy article answers this question with a resounding yes. Scientists have used new techniques to discover that the protosun did indeed emit ultraviolet and other particles in an early form of the solar wind. These emissions helped form life on Earth even before the sun was a sun.

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