---
title: "This Week in Astronomy and Physics"
description: "This has been an extremely eventful week for astrophysics. Here are links to our coverage of the various topics presented here:   1) \"Large Hardron Collider Shutting Down for Maintenance:\" http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/large-hardron-collider-shutting-down-for-maintenance/   2) \"NASA Released 3D Rotating Map of Mercury's Surface:\" http://tinyurl.com/3Drotatingmapof-mercury-fqtq   3) \"Meteor Explodes Over Russia:\" http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/meteor-explodes-over-russia/   4) \"Has Dark Matter Finally..."
date: "2013-02-20"
modified: "2013-02-20"
authors:
  - name: "Futurism"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/admin"
url: "https://futurism.com/this-week-in-astronomy-and-physics"
categories:
  - "From Quarks to Quasars"
---

# This Week in Astronomy and Physics

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This has been an extremely eventful week for astrophysics. Here are links to our coverage of the various topics presented here:

1) "Large Hardron Collider Shutting Down for Maintenance:"

http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/large-hardron-collider-shutting-down-for-maintenance/

2) "NASA Released 3D Rotating Map of Mercury's Surface:"

[http://tinyurl.com/3Drotatingmapof-mercury-fqtq](<http://tinyurl.com/3Drotatingmapof-mercury-fqtq>)

3) "Meteor Explodes Over Russia:"

[http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/meteor-explodes-over-russia/](<https://futurism.com/meteor-explodes-over-russia>)

4) "Has Dark Matter Finally been Found?"

[http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/has-dark-matter-finally-been-found/](<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fromquarkstoquasars.com%2Fhas-dark-matter-finally-been-found%2F&h=MAQE3hvQj&s=1>)

5) "Meet the Milky Way’s Youngest Black Hole:"

http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/meet-the-milky-ways-youngest-black-hole/

6) "A Close Call with a Near-Earth Asteroid:"

http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/a-close-call-with-a-near-earth-asteroid/

7) "Mercury in High-Definition 3D"

[http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/apod-022013-mercury-in-high-definition-3d/](<https://futurism.com/mercury-a-mysterious-world>)

8) "Name Pluto’s Moons:"

[http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com//?s=pluto](<https://futurism.com//?s=pluto>)

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