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Cassini's Big Sky: View from the Center of Our Solar System
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is
helping to rewrite our
understanding of the shape
of our solar system as it
moves through the local
Milky Way galaxy. Previous
... > full story
Spitzer Telescope Observes Baby Brown Dwarf
NASA's Spitzer Space
Telescope has contributed to
the discovery of the
youngest brown dwarf ever
observed -- a finding that,
if confirmed, may solve an
... > full story
Visual Assistance for Cosmic Blind Spots
Information field theory
enables astronomers, medical
practitioners and geologists
to look into places where
their measuring instruments
are blind. ... > full story
Cassini Sends Back Images of Saturn's Moon Enceladus as Winter Nears
NASA's Cassini spacecraft
has sailed seamlessly
through the Nov. 21 flyby of
Saturn's moon Enceladus and
started transmitting
... > full story
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First Black Holes May Have Incubated in Giant, Starlike Cocoons
November 24, 2009 — The first large black holes in the universe likely formed and grew deep inside gigantic, starlike cocoons that smothered their powerful X-ray radiation and prevented surrounding gases from being ... > full story -
Spiral Galaxies: Exploring the Baffling Boxy Bulge
November 23, 2009 — Just as many people are surprised to find themselves packing on unexplained weight around the middle, astronomers find the evolution of bulges in the centers of spiral galaxies puzzling. A recent ... > full story -
Extensive Valley Network on Mars Adds to Evidence for Ancient Martian Ocean
November 23, 2009 — Scientists have used an innovative computer program to produce a more detailed global map of Mars' valley networks. It shows the networks are much more extensive than had been previously depicted. ... > full story -
Solar Winds Triggered by Magnetic Fields
November 22, 2009 — Solar wind generated by the sun is probably driven by a process involving powerful magnetic fields, according to a new study led by researchers based on the latest observations from the Hinode ... > full story -
Watching a Cannibal Galaxy Dine
November 21, 2009 — A new technique using near-infrared images, obtained with ESO's 3.58-metre New Technology Telescope (NTT), allows astronomers to see through the opaque dust lanes of the giant cannibal galaxy ... > full story -
'Vampire Star': Ticking Stellar Time Bomb Identified
November 17, 2009 — Using ESO's Very Large Telescope and its ability to obtain images as sharp as if taken from space, astronomers have made the first time-lapse movie of a rather unusual shell ejected by a "vampire ... > full story -
Close-Up Movie Shows Hidden Details in the Birth of Super-Suns
November 16, 2009 — A new high-resolution time-lapse movie reveals the process of massive star formation with radio images a thousand times sharper and more detailed than any previously obtained. The movie shows that ... > full story -
Lightning Strike in Africa Helps Take Pulse of Sun
November 14, 2009 — Scientists have developed a more definitive and reliable tool for measuring the Sun's rotation when sunspots aren't visible ---- and even when they are -- based on observations of common lightning ... > full story -
'Doomsday' 2012 Prediction Explained: Mayan Calendar Was Cyclical
November 14, 2009 — Contrary to what the latest Hollywood blockbuster movie would suggest, the world will NOT end on Dec. 21, 2012, according to astronomers. The Mayan calendar was designed to be cyclical, so the fact ... > full story -
Bubbling Ball of Gas: SUNRISE Telescope Delivers Spectacular Pictures of Sun's Surface
November 14, 2009 — The Sun is a bubbling mass. Packages of gas rise and sink, lending the sun its grainy surface structure, its granulation. Dark spots appear and disappear, clouds of matter dart up -- and behind the ... > full story
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