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![]() Boston MA (SPX) Dec 15, 2009 A collection of 30 never-before-released images of embryonic planetary systems in the Orion Nebula are the highlight of the longest single Hubble Space Telescope project ever dedicated to the topic of star and planet formation. Also known as proplyds, or protoplanetary discs, these modest blobs surrounding baby stars are shedding light on the mechanism behind planet formation. Only the ... read more |
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Galaxy Collision Switches On Black Hole![]() This composite image of data from three different telescopes shows an ongoing collision between two galaxies, NGC 6872 and IC 4970. X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is shown in purple, while Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared data is red and optical data from ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) is colored red, green and blue. Astronomers think that supermassive black holes ... more Biosatellite To The Moon ![]() If we hope to return astronauts to the Moon in the future, we need to carry out a lot of preparations. Sure, NASA and other agencies are working on hardware that could take us there. But we also need to investigate the potential impact of the Moon on the astronauts themselves. Biological studies of the lunar environment have barely been carried out. It's obvious that astronauts can survive ... more ESA's Tigers On Prowl For Solar Corona's Secrets ![]() Bring together a small group of highly motivated researchers, grant them full access to laboratory and production facilities, remove all administrative distractions, and let them work intensively for four to six months. That's what 'StarTiger' is all about! It is a different approach to conducting research and development that aims to demonstrate the feasibility of a new and promising ... more |
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![]() First Known Binary Star Is Discovered To Be A Sextuplet System ![]() Magnetic Dance Of Titan And Saturn To Be Main Attraction During Flyby ![]() A 200 Million Mile Long Lab Bench For Turbulence Research |
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Saturnian Satellite Iapetus Is Coated With Foreign Dust![]() Iapetus is often called Saturn's most bizarre moon, due to its starkly contrasting hemispheres - one black as coal, the other white as snow. Images taken by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, orbiting Saturn since 2004, offer the most compelling evidence to date of why and how the moon got its yin-yang appearance, as well as clues to how other such satellites might have formed in the early universe ... more Faint Star Spotted Orbiting Big Dipper's Alcor ![]() Next time you spy the Big Dipper, keep in mind that there is another star, invisible to the unaided eye, contributing to this constellation. According to a new paper soon to be published in The Astrophysical Journal, one of the stars that makes the bend in the ladle's handle, Alcor, has a smaller red dwarf companion. Newly discovered Alcor B orbits its larger sibling and was caught in the ... more Galaxy Collision Switches On Black Hole ![]() This composite image of data from three different telescopes shows an ongoing collision between two galaxies, NGC 6872 and IC 4970. X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is shown in purple, while Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared data is red and optical data from ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) is colored red, green and blue. Astronomers think that supermassive black holes ... more |
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![]() Is There Life On The Moon ![]() Fermi Sees Brightest-Ever Blazar Flare ![]() Saturn's Mysterious Hexagon Emerges From Winter Darkness |
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