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Lack Of Methane Makes That Improbable, But Not Impossible</a></div> <p>A new finding using data obtained from NASA's Curiosity rover has revealed that the Red Planet's environment lacks methane.</p> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112952614/comet-ison-hasn-t-fizzled-exclusive-091913/"><img width="145" height="88" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355im_/http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2013/09/iod-universe-042713-145x88.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Comet ISON Still On Track For Fall Spectacle Exclusive" title="Comet ISON Still On Track For Fall Spectacle Exclusive"/></a> <div class="item-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112952614/comet-ison-hasn-t-fizzled-exclusive-091913/">Comet ISON Still On Track For Fall Spectacle: Exclusive</a></div> <p>It is a tricky balance, because comets have been notorious for disappointment in the past, particularly when media grabs hold of the subject and helps hype up events like this.</p> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112952349/earth-become-uninhabitable-few-billion-years-091913/"><img width="145" height="88" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355im_/http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2013/09/sunearth1-145x88.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Sun Intensity Will End Life On Earth In No More Than 325" title="Sun Intensity Will End Life On Earth In No More Than 325"/></a> <div class="item-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112952349/earth-become-uninhabitable-few-billion-years-091913/">Sun Intensity Will End Life On Earth In No More Than 3.25 Billion Years</a></div> <p>In one of the longest range weather forecasts ever made, a team of UK scientists has determined that the sun’s growing intensity will lead to the evaporation of the oceans and end of life on Earth in about 1.8 to 3.2 billion years.</p> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112952350/first-satellite-arrives-preparation-swarm-launch-091913/"><img width="145" height="88" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355im_/http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2013/09/In_the_MIK_node_full_image-145x88.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="First Satellite Arrives In Preparation For Swarm Launch" title="First Satellite Arrives In Preparation For Swarm Launch"/></a> <div class="item-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112952350/first-satellite-arrives-preparation-swarm-launch-091913/">First Satellite Arrives In Preparation For Swarm Launch</a></div> <p>With the launch of ESA’s Swarm trio set for 14 November, the first satellite has arrived safely at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia.</p> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112951377/europa-once-had-tilted-axis-091813/"><img width="145" height="88" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355im_/http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2013/09/europa-145x88.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Europa Surface Cracks Associated With One-Time Tilted Axis" title="Europa Surface Cracks Associated With One-Time Tilted Axis"/></a> <div class="item-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112951377/europa-once-had-tilted-axis-091813/">Europa Surface Cracks Associated With One-Time Tilted Axis</a></div> <p>NASA scientists analyzed distinctive cracks lining the surface of Europa and found that the moon use to have a small tilt in its spin. This information could influence calculations of how much of the moon's history is recorded in its frozen shell, how much heat is generated by tides in its ocean, and how long the ocean has been liquid.</p> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112951100/orbital-launches-cygnus-international-space-station-091813/"><img width="145" height="88" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355im_/http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2013/09/201309180001hq-145x88.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Cygnus Launch Marks Second Commercial Craft To Fly To The" title="Cygnus Launch Marks Second Commercial Craft To Fly To The"/></a> <div class="item-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112951100/orbital-launches-cygnus-international-space-station-091813/">Cygnus Launch Marks Second Commercial Craft To Fly To The Space Station</a></div> <p>Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft is now on its way to becoming the second commercial spacecraft to ever dock with the International Space Station, rivaling SpaceX's Dragon capsule.</p> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112951095/prawn-nebula-sharpest-ever-image-091813/"><img width="145" height="88" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355im_/http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2013/09/eso1340a-145x88.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Sharpest Ever Image Of Prawn Nebula Unveiled" title="Sharpest Ever Image Of Prawn Nebula Unveiled"/></a> <div class="item-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112951095/prawn-nebula-sharpest-ever-image-091813/">Sharpest Ever Image Of Prawn Nebula Unveiled</a></div> <p>Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in Chile have taken the sharpest image ever of the Prawn Nebula.</p> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112951082/dark-side-of-the-moon-is-really-far-091813/"><img width="145" height="88" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355im_/http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2013/09/lrocwac643nm_nearside_1200p-145x88.png" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="NASA There Really Is No Dark Side Of The Moon" title="NASA There Really Is No Dark Side Of The Moon"/></a> <div class="item-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112951082/dark-side-of-the-moon-is-really-far-091813/">NASA: There Really Is No 'Dark Side Of The Moon'</a></div> <p>A newly released NASA video reminds us that there is no such thing as a dark side of the moon – just a far side.</p> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112950767/national-aerospace-week-celebrated-nasa-091813/"><img width="145" height="88" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355im_/http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2013/09/620631main_AVCPSCFormationFINAL_original_full-145x88.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="National Aerospace Week Celebrated By NASA" title="National Aerospace Week Celebrated By NASA"/></a> <div class="item-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112950767/national-aerospace-week-celebrated-nasa-091813/">National Aerospace Week Celebrated By NASA</a></div> <p>Every time you step aboard an airplane there’s an excellent chance that a piece of innovative NASA technology will be flying with you, helping to ensure you have a safe and efficient flight.</p> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112949748/magnetic-jets-reveal-final-star-transformation-091713/"><img width="145" height="88" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355im_/http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2013/09/ATCA-telescope_091713-145x88.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Magnetic Jets Reveal How Stars Begin Their Final" title="Magnetic Jets Reveal How Stars Begin Their Final"/></a> <div class="item-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112949748/magnetic-jets-reveal-final-star-transformation-091713/">Magnetic Jets Reveal How Stars Begin Their Final Transformation</a></div> <p>New observations of magnetic jets may shed some light on how stars transition into planetary nebulae.</p> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112949733/harvest-moon-rises-wednesday-factoids-091713/"><img width="145" height="88" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355im_/http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2013/09/harvest-moon_TS_139542243_091713-145x88.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="A Harvest Moon Rises Wednesday - Some Factoids To Impress" title="A Harvest Moon Rises Wednesday - Some Factoids To Impress"/></a> <div class="item-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112949733/harvest-moon-rises-wednesday-factoids-091713/">A Harvest Moon Rises Wednesday - Some Factoids To Impress Your Friends</a></div> <p>According to NASA, the best time for viewing this year’s Harvest Moon will be right around sunset on Wednesday night.</p> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112949389/persian-cat-iran-going-to-space-091713/"><img width="145" height="88" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355im_/http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2013/09/persiancat-145x88.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Irans Next Astronaut Will Be A Persian Cat" title="Irans Next Astronaut Will Be A Persian Cat"/></a> <div class="item-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112949389/persian-cat-iran-going-to-space-091713/">Iran's Next Astronaut Will Be A Persian Cat</a></div> <p>Iran is looking to the Persian cat as their next space explorer, according to the country’s official news agency, the IRNA. The aptly named cat would follow the gray-tufted monkey that was allegedly launched into space at the beginning of the year.</p> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112949385/social-media-fans-invited-earth-science-event-nasa-091713/"><img width="145" height="88" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355im_/http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2013/09/globe-modis-full-145x88.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Social Media Fans Invited By NASA To Earth Science Event" title="Social Media Fans Invited By NASA To Earth Science Event"/></a> <div class="item-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112949385/social-media-fans-invited-earth-science-event-nasa-091713/">Social Media Fans Invited By NASA To Earth Science Event</a></div> <p>NASA is inviting its social media followers to apply for participation in a two-day NASA Social on Nov. 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112948556/esa-robotic-snake-to-mars-091613/"><img width="145" height="88" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355im_/http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2013/09/snakes-on-mars_091613-145x88.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Robot Snakes On Mars" title="Robot Snakes On Mars"/></a> <div class="item-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112948556/esa-robotic-snake-to-mars-091613/">Robot Snakes On Mars</a></div> <p>The European Space Agency is exploring the idea of sending a robotic snake to Mars in order to help scientists deepen their knowledge about the Red Planet.</p> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163355/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112948535/mission-control-center-interface-test-completed-boeing-091613/"><img width="145" height="88" 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