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December 15, 2009
Born In Beauty: Proplyds In The Orion Nebula
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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Astronomy Question Of The Week: Where Are The Nearest Islands Of Stars
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No Need To Worry On Solar Storm In 2012
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Low Mass Planets May Be Common Around Nearby Stars
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Space Debris Remediation Seen As A New Business Area
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Memory Foam Mattress Review & Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison

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Galaxy Collision Switches On Black Hole
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 15, 2009
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
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 15, 2009
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
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 14, 2009
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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Astronomy Question Of The Week: Where Are The Nearest Islands Of Stars

Faint Star Spotted Orbiting Big Dipper's Alcor

First Known Binary Star Is Discovered To Be A Sextuplet System

Low Mass Planets May Be Common Around Nearby Stars

Superior Super Earths

UCF Space Experiment To Fly On New Rocket Ship

Galaxy Collision Switches On Black Hole

Galaxy Collision Switches On Black Hole

A 200 Million Mile Long Lab Bench For Turbulence Research

Uracil Made In The Lab

Detecting Life-Friendly Moons

Astronomers Again Find Organic Molecules Around Gas Planet

Dawn Enters The Asteroid Belt

Restoration Of HAYABUSA's Return Cruise

Dawn Enters Asteroid Belt - For Good

VISTA: Pioneering New Survey Telescope Starts Work

XMM-Newton Celebrates A Golden Decade Of X-Ray Astrophysics

EXPReS Hailed As "Extraordinarily Successful" And Influential To SKA Design

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Saturnian Satellite Iapetus Is Coated With Foreign Dust
Ithica NY (SPX) Dec 11, 2009
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
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 11, 2009
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
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 11, 2009
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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African frustration erupts at UN climate talks

ECOWAS chief calls for Guinea 'protection force'

Developing nations slam EU climate fund pledge

Toyota aims to roll out plug-in Prius in two years

China's BAIC agrees to buy some Saab assets

Stronger Chinese auto sales lift luxury German brands

Galaxy Collision Switches On Black Hole

Galaxy Collision Switches On Black Hole

A 200 Million Mile Long Lab Bench For Turbulence Research

Russia To Launch MIM1 Module To ISS Next Year

Russia Plans To Send 10 Spacecraft To ISS Next Year

SpaceX Begins NASA Astronaut Training For Dragon Spacecraft COTS Program

Shuttle Endeavour readied for a space trip

Space shuttle Atlantis lands back on Earth

Atlantis Ready For Landing Friday

ATK Successfully Ground Tests New Castor 30 Upper Stage Solid Rocket Motor

Virgin spaceship to take visitors into suborbital space

Steering The Ares Rockets On A Straight Path

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Astronomer Mines Spitzer Data For Massive Starbursts

Views Of The World Under The Moon

Magnetic Power Revealed In Gamma-Ray Burst Jet

Hubble telescope finds 'never-seen' galaxies

Towards An Exquisite Look At Black Holes

View From The Center Of The Solar System

The 2009 Geminid Meteor Shower

Closing In On The Origin Of Cosmic Rays

Hubble's Deepest View Of Universe Unveils Never-Before-Seen Galaxies

Researcher Delighted That LCROSS Confirms Lunar Prospector Findings

The Mystery Of Brightness Variations In Sun-Like Stars

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Absence Of Evidence For A Meteorite Impact Event 13,000 Years Ago

Stellar Family Portrait Takes Imaging Technique To New Extremes

Revealing A New Type Of Supernova

365 Days Of Astronomy Podcast To Continue In 2010

Geminids Meteor Shower: Nature's 'Holiday Light Show'

The PI's Perspective - Farewell 2009

Astronomy Question Of The Week: How Is A Black Hole Discovered

LHC Produces First Physics Results

Space Debris Removal Gets Visibility

Subaru Spots Tiny Companion To Sun-Like Star

Circumlunar Missions: The Missing Link

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