[NEWS] Five space links: Mars, Titan, Kepler-107, Eta Carinae, SDSS J1206+4332

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• Smithsonian Magazine notes that the country of Georgia has embarked on research to try to find a grape vine capable of surviving and producing wine in the Martian environment.


• The dense nitrogen-methane atmosphere of Titan may be a process of the hot core's impact on Titan's organic compounds. Science News reports.


• Space notes how the odd densities of two of the planets in the Kepler-107 system may indicate some massive impact on the past.


• Universe Today notes that a dust cloud obscuring the brilliant Eta Carinae is moving away from our field of view, making Eta Carinae brighter and easier to study.


• Universe Today notes that double quasars like SDSS J1206+4332 can help reveal the speed of the expansion of the universe.