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Agreement signed for the IAU Office for Astronomy Development

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(International Astronomical Union) The President of the South African National Research Foundation, Dr. Albert van Jaarsveld and the General Secretary of the IAU, Dr. Ian Corbett, signed a landmark agreement in Pretoria today with the International Astronomical Union which will foster and promote astronomy in the developing world.
 

Rocks on Mars may provide link to evidence of living organisms roughly 4 billion years ago

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(Elsevier) A new article in press of the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters unveils groundbreaking research on the hydrothermal formation of clay-carbonate rocks in the Nili Fossae region of Mars. The findings may provide a link to evidence of living organisms on Mars, roughly 4 billion years ago in the Noachian period.
 

American Physical Society journals now free to public libraries in US

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(American Physical Society) Over a century of physics research published in the journals of the American Physical Society is now available for free to US public libraries.
   

Brown dwarf found orbiting a young sun-like star

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(University of Arizona) Astronomers have imaged a very young brown dwarf, or failed star, in a tight orbit around a young nearby sun-like star. The discovery is expected to shed light on the early stages of solar system formation.
 

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2010

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(DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) The following are story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for August 2010.
   

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