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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 21:59:49 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Old Star Wears Sunblock</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Universe is a vast and wondrous place -- so it shouldn&#039;t be surprising that you&#039;ll find all kinds of substances in all kinds of places, even the main ingredient in sunblock around a very old star.
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			<author>Nicole Gugliucci</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Radio Astronomy</category>
						<category>star</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
			
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:25:38 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Fattest Stars are Force-Fed at an Early Age</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Star formation is a complex and beautiful process, but the reasons as to why the biggest stars get so massive has been a mystery to science.   -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Astrophysics</category>
						<category>Nebula</category>
						<category>star formation</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:19:07 -0400</pubDate>
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			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Star formation is a complex and beautiful process, but the reasons as to why the biggest stars get so massive has been a mystery to science.   -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>The Coolest Thing About Alpha Centauri A</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Alpha Centauri A has been seen to have a cool layer in its atmosphere, just above it&#039;s surface -- the first time this has been observed in a star other than the sun.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Markus Hammonds</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
						<category>Stellar Phenomena</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
						<category>Sun</category>
			
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:09:27 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">The Coolest Thing About Alpha Centauri A</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Alpha Centauri A has been seen to have a cool layer in its atmosphere, just above it&#039;s surface -- the first time this has been observed in a star other than the sun.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Sun Celebrates &#039;Solar Max&#039; New Year With Flare</title>
			<description><![CDATA[While the world was popping off its collective fireworks to see in the New Year, not to be left out, the sun generated its own firework display.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/sun-starts-solar-max-new-year-with-a-bang-130102.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
						<category>Stellar Phenomena</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
						<category>The Sun</category>
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:27:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Sun Celebrates &#039;Solar Max&#039; New Year With Flare</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[While the world was popping off its collective fireworks to see in the New Year, not to be left out, the sun generated its own firework display.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Space Bursts Provide Insight to Theory of Everything</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Light from universe&#039;s most energetic explosions is allowing scientists to probe the nature of space-time.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/galaxies/space-bursts-insight-to-theory-of-everything-121209.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>The DNews Editors</author>						<category>Big Bang</category>
						<category>Black Hole</category>
						<category>Cosmology</category>
						<category>Dark Energy</category>
						<category>Dark Matter</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
						<category>Supernova</category>
			
			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:04:15 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Space Bursts Provide Insight to Theory of Everything</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Light from universe&#039;s most energetic explosions is allowing scientists to probe the nature of space-time.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Comets Lay Siege Around Nearby Star Systems</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A European space telescope has stared deep into two star systems known to host exoplanets and made a rather cool discovery.]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>alien life</category>
						<category>Comets</category>
						<category>Extrasolar Planets</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
						<category>Stellar Phenomena</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
			
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:23:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Comets Lay Siege Around Nearby Star Systems</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[A European space telescope has stared deep into two star systems known to host exoplanets and made a rather cool discovery.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>&#039;White Widows&#039; May Spawn Supernovae</title>
			<description><![CDATA[What happens when you combine a white dwarf with an M dwarf star? A possible answer to a supernova mystery.]]></description>
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			<author>Jennifer Ouellette</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
						<category>Supernova</category>
						<category>White Dwarfs</category>
			
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:35:24 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">&#039;White Widows&#039; May Spawn Supernovae</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[What happens when you combine a white dwarf with an M dwarf star? A possible answer to a supernova mystery.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Recreating White Dwarf Atmospheres in the Lab</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Physicists at Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico are getting into the white dwarf game, recreating their atmospheres in the lab.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/recreating-white-dwarf-atmospheres-in-the-lab-121010.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Jennifer Ouellette</author>						<category>White Dwarfs</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
						<category>Atmosphere</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 06:24:58 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Recreating White Dwarf Atmospheres in the Lab</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Physicists at Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico are getting into the white dwarf game, recreating their atmospheres in the lab.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Testing Relativity with Two Dead Stars</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A pair of burnt-out white dwarf stars are finding a scientific afterlife, enabling astrophysicists to indirectly observe gravitational waves.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/testing-relativity-with-a-pair-of-dead-stars-120918.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Jennifer Ouellette</author>						<category>Astrophysics</category>
						<category>Relativity</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:08:09 -0400</pubDate>
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			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[A pair of burnt-out white dwarf stars are finding a scientific afterlife, enabling astrophysicists to indirectly observe gravitational waves.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>When Black Holes Feast on Screaming Stars</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, a star&#039;s final scream rips across light-years of spacetime at a very distinct frequency -- it&#039;s the frequency of black hole doom.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/what-we-can-learn-from-screaming-stars-120911.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Jennifer Ouellette</author>						<category>Black Hole</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:22:06 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">When Black Holes Feast on Screaming Stars</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Sometimes, a star&#039;s final scream rips across light-years of spacetime at a very distinct frequency -- it&#039;s the frequency of black hole doom.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Neutrino Halo May Change Supernova &#039;Flavor&#039;</title>
			<description><![CDATA[When Carl Sagan said: &quot;we&#039;re made of star stuff...&quot; he should have added the disclaimer: &quot;...elements dictated by neutrino flavor.&quot;]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/neutrino-halo-may-change-supernova-flavor-120827.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Particles</category>
						<category>Physics</category>
						<category>Quantum Physics</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
						<category>Stellar Phenomena</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
						<category>Supernova</category>
			
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Neutrino Halo May Change Supernova &#039;Flavor&#039;</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[When Carl Sagan said: &quot;we&#039;re made of star stuff...&quot; he should have added the disclaimer: &quot;...elements dictated by neutrino flavor.&quot;]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Precursors to Solar Eruptions Created in the Lab</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Mini versions of coronal loops have been recreated in the laboratory, potentially aiding the prediction of violent space weather events.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/mini-loops-of-lab-plasma-unravel-solar-secrets-120822.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>The Sun</category>
						<category>Laboratories</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
						<category>Stellar Phenomena</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:57:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Precursors to Solar Eruptions Created in the Lab</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Mini versions of coronal loops have been recreated in the laboratory, potentially aiding the prediction of violent space weather events.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>X-Rated: Sun Erupts With a Powerful Solar Flare</title>
			<description><![CDATA[On Friday, the sun erupted with the most powerful class of eruption, an X1.1 solar flare -- the biggest in months.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/x-rated-sun-erupts-with-a-powerful-solar-flare-120706.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Space Weather</category>
						<category>Stellar Phenomena</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:04:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">X-Rated: Sun Erupts With a Powerful Solar Flare</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[On Friday, the sun erupted with the most powerful class of eruption, an X1.1 solar flare -- the biggest in months.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Runts of Stellar Litter Rarer than Thought</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Observations by NASA&#039;s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have revealed a surprise -- there are fewer brown dwarfs in our cosmic backyard than previously believed.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/runts-of-the-stellar-litter-more-rare-than-thought-120608.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Mystery</category>
						<category>NASA</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Space Telescopes</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
						<category>Stellar Phenomena</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
			
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:41:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Runts of Stellar Litter Rarer than Thought</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Observations by NASA&#039;s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have revealed a surprise -- there are fewer brown dwarfs in our cosmic backyard than previously believed.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Tidal Heating Could Kill &#039;Habitable&#039; Alien Worlds</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Although red dwarfs are often pegged as &quot;ideal&quot; places to hunt for habitable exoplanets, it turns out that this type of star may have a sinister side.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/red-dwarf-star-tides-could-sterilize-exoplanets-120510.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>alien life</category>
						<category>Europa</category>
						<category>Extrasolar Planets</category>
						<category>Io (moon)</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 03:07:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Tidal Heating Could Kill &#039;Habitable&#039; Alien Worlds</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Although red dwarfs are often pegged as &quot;ideal&quot; places to hunt for habitable exoplanets, it turns out that this type of star may have a sinister side.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>White Dwarfs Are Eating &#039;Earth-like&#039; Planets for Dinner</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Astronomers have detected the dusty remains of rocky worlds that are being consumed by distant white dwarfs -- but this dust has a very &quot;Earth-like&quot; flavor.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/white-dwarfs-eating-earth-like-planets-caught-in-the-act-120503.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>White Dwarfs</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
						<category>Stellar Phenomena</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Doomsday</category>
						<category>Earth</category>
						<category>Hubble Telescope</category>
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 17:03:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">White Dwarfs Are Eating &#039;Earth-like&#039; Planets for Dinner</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Astronomers have detected the dusty remains of rocky worlds that are being consumed by distant white dwarfs -- but this dust has a very &quot;Earth-like&quot; flavor.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>&#039;Failed Star&#039; Radio Emissions Could Aid Hunt for Alien Life</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A cool brown dwarf has been detected through the radio waves generated by its magnetic field -- could the method be used to detect exoplanets with magnetospheres?]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/radio-wave-emitting-failed-star-is-a-cool-puzzle-120501.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>alien life</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
						<category>Stellar Phenomena</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:05:08 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">&#039;Failed Star&#039; Radio Emissions Could Aid Hunt for Alien Life</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[A cool brown dwarf has been detected through the radio waves generated by its magnetic field -- could the method be used to detect exoplanets with magnetospheres?]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Brown Dwarf Birthing May Explain Mystery Object</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Brown dwarfs may be born as knots of gas in protoplanetary disk around normal stars and then are ejected into interstellar space as lone drifters.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/brown-dwarfs-birthing-may-explain-mystery-object-120501.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ray Villard</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
						<category>Stellar Phenomena</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Brown Dwarf Birthing May Explain Mystery Object</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Brown dwarfs may be born as knots of gas in protoplanetary disk around normal stars and then are ejected into interstellar space as lone drifters.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Thieving Stars Snatch Orphan Planets</title>
			<description><![CDATA[In young star clusters, are nomad planets traded by stars &quot;just like baseball teams trade players&quot;?]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/thieving-stars-snatch-orphan-planets-120430.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Extrasolar Planets</category>
						<category>Planets</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
						<category>Stellar Phenomena</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
			
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[In young star clusters, are nomad planets traded by stars &quot;just like baseball teams trade players&quot;?]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Enjoy Earth Day While You Can, There Are Only 5 Billion Left</title>
			<description><![CDATA[We know of only one doomsday event that will definitely wipe out Planet Earth -- when the sun runs out of fuel, it will swell and we will become solar chum.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/enjoy-earth-day-while-you-can-theres-only-5-billion-left-120419.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Doomsday</category>
						<category>Earth</category>
						<category>Earth Day</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Stellar Phenomena</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
						<category>White Dwarfs</category>
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:28:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Enjoy Earth Day While You Can, There Are Only 5 Billion Left</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[We know of only one doomsday event that will definitely wipe out Planet Earth -- when the sun runs out of fuel, it will swell and we will become solar chum.]]></media:description>
			
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