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Antimatter Positrons Explain Gamma Ray Mystery In Milky Way Galaxy

Astrophysicists have solved a mystery that led some scientists to speculate that the distribution of certain gamma rays in our Milky Way ...  > full story

Giant Supernovae Farthest Ever Detected: Dying Stars Shed Light On Universe Formation 11 Billion Years Ago

UC Irvine cosmologists have found two supernovae farther away than any previously detected by using a new technique that could help ...  > full story

New Portrait Of Omega Nebula's Glistening Watercolors

The Omega Nebula, a stellar nursery where infant stars illuminate and sculpt a vast pastel fantasy of dust and gas, is revealed in all its glory. ...  > full story

Dozens Of Newly Discovered Pulsars Probed By NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

With NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, astronomers now are getting their best look at those whirling stellar cinders known as ...  > full story

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  Galileo's Notebooks May Reveal Secrets Of New Planet

  July 9, 2009 — Galileo knew he had discovered a new planet in 1613, 234 years before its official discovery date, according to a new ... > full story
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  US Space Program Should Align With Broader National Goals, Experts Urge

  July 7, 2009 — The US civil space program should be aligned with widely acknowledged national challenges, says a new report from the National Research ... > full story
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  Fireworks Display In The Helix Nebula

  July 6, 2009 — The Helix Nebula, NGC 7293, is not only one of the most interesting and beautiful planetary nebulae; it is also one of the closest nebulae to Earth, at a distance of only 710 light years away. A new ... > full story
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  International Space Hotel Envisioned

  July 6, 2009 — Plans for a new international space hotel students have been unveiled by students this month as part of a project for their Masters degree. Students had to grapple with the challenges of designing ... > full story
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  Fast Neutral Hydrogen Detected Coming From The Moon

  July 5, 2009 — NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has made the first observations of very fast hydrogen atoms coming from the moon, following decades of speculation and searching for their ... > full story
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  Coolest Spacecraft Ever In Orbit Around L2 (-273 Degrees Celsius)

  July 4, 2009 — On July 2 the detectors of Planck's High Frequency Instrument reached their amazingly low operational temperature of -273°C, making them the coldest known objects in space. The spacecraft has ... > full story
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  Super-energetic Bursts Discovered Near Giant Black Hole

  July 4, 2009 — Combining gamma-ray telescopes with the supersharp radio 'vision' of the Very Long Baseline Array showed astronomers the location from which very-high-energy gamma rays are emerging from the core ot ... > full story
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  Mars More Like Earth Than Thought? New Details About History Of Water On Red Planet

  July 3, 2009 — New details have emerged about the history of water on Mars, gleaned from the 2008 NASA Phoenix Mars Mission. Scientists found patterns in the ground near the lander, multi-sided shapes about three ... > full story
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  Return To The Moon: First Images Kick Off Mapping Mission

  July 3, 2009 — NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera has taken and received its first images of the Moon, kicking off the year-long mapping mission of Earth's nearest celestial ... > full story
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  New Class Of Pulsars Solve Mystery Of Previously Unidentified Gamma-ray Sources

  July 3, 2009 — A new class of pulsars detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is solving the mystery of previously unidentified gamma-ray sources and helping scientists understand the mechanisms behind ... > full story

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