WFIRST: repurposing a 2.4 metre space telescope for astronomy

WFIRST: repurposing a 2.4 metre space telescope for astronomy
http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.7809

Evolution of a captured brown dwarf in Praesepe

Evolution of a captured brown dwarf in Praesepe
http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.0446

Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer marked for 2030 arrival

Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer marked for 2030 arrival
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM9I4QWJ1H_index_0.html

Fomalhaut b: disk or collision?

Fomalhaut b: disk or collision?
http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.6745

Fomalhaut planet (re)confirmed?

Fomalhaut planet (re)confirmed?
http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.6620

New buzz around Martian methane

New buzz around Martian methane
http://www.space.com/18188-mars-methane-curiosity-rover-clues.html

Does a debris field await New Horizons at Pluto?

Does a debris field await New Horizons at Pluto?
http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/5094/new-horizons-may-enter-a-firing-range-at-pluto

Subsurface ocean for Ariel?

Subsurface ocean for Ariel?
http://astrowatchblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/could-moon-of-uranus-harbour.html

Quantum gravitational wave detector

Quantum gravitational wave detector
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121018185947.htm

ESA Cheops 2017 launch

ESA Cheops 2017 launch
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMXFG4S18H_index_0.html

NEAT for 0.05 microarcsecond astrometry

NEAT for 0.05 microarcsecond astrometry
http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.4784

New T dwarfs from VISTA

New T dwarfs from VISTA
http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.5148

A "hot Earth" around Alpha Centauri B

A "hot Earth" around Alpha Centauri B
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1241/

Low energy (< 0.5 GeV) cosmic rays revealed

Low energy (< 0.5 GeV) cosmic rays revealed
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121016131515.htm

Small telescopes for exoplanets in eclipsing binaries

Small telescopes for exoplanets in eclipsing binaries
http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.6709

Citizen science circumbinary planet

Citizen science circumbinary planet
http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.3612

Quantum effects for interstellar chemistry?

Quantum effects for interstellar chemistry?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121011140812.htm

Matt Mountain of STScI on Hubble 3.0

Matt Mountain of STScI on Hubble 3.0
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/atlast-the-gargantuan-telescope-designed-to-find-life-on-other-planets/263409/

Earth-sized exomoons with Tb>300K detectable

Earth-sized exomoons with Tb>300K detectable
http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.4418

Water in cold pre-stellar core Lynds 1544

Water in cold pre-stellar core Lynds 1544
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMVAO2S18H_index_0.html

Near-term space-based exoplanet searches

Near-term space-based exoplanet searches
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2167/1

Diverse compositions of exoplanets

Diverse compositions of exoplanets
http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.2720

Pulsars as navigational beacons

Pulsars as navigational beacons
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121009121611.htm

Light propagation in expanding spacetime

Light propagation in expanding spacetime
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121009161103.htm

From STScI: runs under IDL in Windows

From STScI: runs under IDL in Windows
http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.1850

Three sub-Jovian planets from SuperWASP

Three sub-Jovian planets from SuperWASP
http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.2329

Deuterium/lithium impulse fusion

Deuterium/lithium impulse fusion
http://txchnologist.com/post/32463368168/channeling-star-trek-researchers-to-begin-fusion

Dusty plasma reactor with 1Msec specific impulse

Dusty plasma reactor with 1Msec specific impulse
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/03/dusty-plasma-based-fission-fragment.html

Brown dwarf captured by B star in Praesepe?

Brown dwarf captured by B star in Praesepe?
http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.0446

Luminous blue variable goes supernova

Luminous blue variable goes supernova
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22345-astrophile-supernova-impostor-explodes-for-real.html

WFCAM transit survey finds first planet

WFCAM transit survey finds first planet
http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.1217

New speckle techniques at Gemini

New speckle techniques at Gemini
http://www.gemini.edu/node/11893

Formation outflows from very low mass stars

Formation outflows from very low mass stars
http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.0008

Young T7 object of planetary mass

Young T7 object of planetary mass
http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.0305

Two tiny substellar binaries

Two tiny substellar binaries
http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.4044

Wide T8 companion to metal-poor star

Wide T8 companion to metal-poor star
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120510100052.htm

2012 S1 (ISON) - Great Comet of 1680 or Kohoutek 1973?

2012 S1 (ISON) - Great Comet of 1680 or Kohoutek 1973?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/09/120927-new-comet-2012-s1-ison-science-space-moon/

Black holes and photon mass bounds

Black holes and photon mass bounds
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120925142605.htm

5 pc Y dwarf with high tangential velocity

5 pc Y dwarf with high tangential velocity
http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.6123

Observing the event horizon

Observing the event horizon
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120927144526.htm#.UGS3pGliLeM.google_plusone_share

Habitability of super-Earths

Habitability of super-Earths
http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/5053/-how-hot-are-super-earths

Theoretical approaches to FTL

Theoretical approaches to FTL
http://news.discovery.com/space/how-to-make-an-energy-efficient-warp-drive-120924.html

Real time stellar merger produces "red nova"

Real time stellar merger produces "red nova"
http://arxiv.org/abs/1012.0163

Crescent Phobos in Martian daytime

Crescent Phobos in Martian daytime
http://www.universetoday.com/97589/a-crescent-moon-in-the-martian-sky/

Land microbes 2.75 Gyr ago

Land microbes 2.75 Gyr ago
http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/5049/evidence-for-ancient-life-throughout-the-land

Comet spectacular promised?

Comet spectacular promised?
http://www.skymania.com/wp/2012/09/comet-ison-set-to-be-spectacular-in-2013.html/6978/

Rotating ring of ions produces "temporal order"

Rotating ring of ions produces "temporal order"
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120924144757.htm#.UGHYdPZSkIo.google_plusone_share

Alcubierre drive revisited

Alcubierre drive revisited
http://techland.time.com/2012/09/19/nasa-actually-working-on-faster-than-light-warp-drive/?xid=newsletter-weekly

Missing galactic baryons found

Missing galactic baryons found
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/H-12-331.html

Cosmic ray detector to 1 EeV

Cosmic ray detector to 1 EeV
http://www.universetoday.com/97531/work-begins-on-the-worlds-largest-cosmic-ray-observatory/