Solar System Exploration News for Thursday 18 September 2014

Solar System Exploration News

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Hubble Helps Find Smallest Known Galaxy Containing a Supermassive Black Hole

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 09:00 AM PDT
http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/septe...ive-black-hole

Astronomers using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground
observation have found an unlikely object in an improbable place -- a
monster black hole lurking inside one of the tiniest galaxies ever known.

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NASA Mars Spacecraft Ready for Sept. 21 Orbit Insertion

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 09:00 AM PDT
http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/septe...rbit-insertion

NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft is nearing
its scheduled Sept. 21 insertion into Martian orbit after completing a
10-month interplanetary journey of 442 million miles.