Astronomy and Space News Roundup: 19th May 2013 to 24th May 2013

The UK’s first official astronaut is chosen; Zombie Comets from Interplanetary Space; Priceless samples of the Moon rediscovered after being misplaced over 40 years ago; and more…

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19th May 2013 Evidence of the existence of ’multiverse’ revealed for the first time by cosmic map Daily Mail Ken Clarke
20th May 2013 NASA’s IRIS Mission Readies For a New Challenge NASA Website Mark Galvin
20th May 2013 Sally Ride To Get Medal Of Freedom From President Obama Huffington Post Mark Galvin
20th May 2013 Tim Peake: one giant leap for Britain’s first man in space The Guardian Ken Clarke
20th May 2013 UK astronaut Tim Peake ’thrilled’ at space opportunity BBC News Mark Galvin
21st May 2013 ABC comets rise from the dead ABC Science (Aus) Mark Galvin
21st May 2013 Observations of stellar visibility by citizen scientists accurately measure the brightness of the night sky Freie Universitaet Berlin Mark Galvin
21st May 2013 Rare moon dust collected during Apollo 11 mission discovered in Californian warehouse – 43 YEARS after being abandoned Daily Mail Ken Clarke
21st May 2013 When shining a light is a problem in itself Daily Telegraph Ken Clarke
22nd May 2013 Forecast for Titan: Wild Weather Could be Ahead Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA) Mark Galvin
22nd May 2013 Fragile mega-galaxy is missing link in history of cosmos UC Irvine (California, USA) Mark Galvin
22nd May 2013 Researchers Explain Magnetic Field Misbehavior in Solar Flares: The Culprit is Turbulence Johns Hopkins Univesrity Mark Galvin
22nd May 2013 Researchers reveal model of Sun’s magnetic field University of Leeds / University of Chicago Mark Galvin
23rd May 2013 A Hidden Population of Exotic Neutron Stars NASA Website Mark Galvin
23rd May 2013 Amazing Ash Cloud Spied from Space Station LiveScience Mark Galvin
23rd May 2013 Astronomers spot ’missing link’ collision creating a supermassive galaxy ten times the size of the Milky Way Daily Mail Ken Clarke
23rd May 2013 ESO’s Very Large Telescope Celebrates 15 Years of Success ESO (European Southern Observatory) Mark Galvin
23rd May 2013 Hubble reveals the Ring Nebula’s true shape NASA Website Gerard Gilligan
23rd May 2013 Rare Nasa Hasselblad used to photograph Earth from the first orbiting space station set to be sold Daily Mail Ken Clarke
23rd May 2013 Star Mystery Solved: Stellar Twins Closer to Earth Than Thought Space.com Mark Galvin
23rd May 2013 Stunning new Hubble images find interstellar cloud is ACTUALLY shaped like a ’football-shaped jelly doughnut’ Daily Mail Ken Clarke
24th May 2013 Ecuador Pegasus satellite fears over space debris crash BBC News Mark Galvin
24th May 2013 Nasa to lease Cape Canaveral shuttle launch pad BBC News Mark Galvin

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