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  Capturing Black Hole Spin Could Further Understanding of Galaxy Growth

  July 29, 2013 — Astronomers have found a new way of measuring the spin in supermassive black holes, which could lead to better understanding about how they drive the growth of ... > full story
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  NASA's Chandra Sees Eclipsing Planet in X-Rays for First Time

  July 29, 2013 — For the first time since exoplanets, or planets around stars other than the sun, were discovered almost 20 years ago, X-ray observations have detected an exoplanet passing in front of its parent ... > full story
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  Pulsating Star Sheds Light on Exoplanet

  July 29, 2013 — Astronomers have devised a way to measure the internal properties of stars —- a method that offers more accurate assessments of their orbiting ... > full story
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  Hubble Eyes a Mysterious Old Spiral

  July 26, 2013 — A striking cosmic whirl is the center of galaxy NGC 524, as seen with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This galaxy is located in the constellation of Pisces, some 90 million light-years from ... > full story
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  Largest Magnetic Fields in the Universe

  July 26, 2013 — Numerical simulations show for the first time the occurrence of an instability in the interior of neutron stars that can lead to gigantic magnetic fields, possibly triggering one of the most dramatic ... > full story
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  Centaurs: NASA's WISE Finds Mysterious Centaurs May Be Comets

  July 25, 2013 — The true identity of centaurs, the small celestial bodies orbiting the sun between Jupiter and Neptune, is one of the enduring mysteries of astrophysics. Are they asteroids or comets? A new study of ... > full story
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  NASA's IRIS Telescope Offers First Glimpse of Sun's Mysterious Atmosphere

  July 25, 2013 — The moment when a telescope first opens its doors represents the culmination of years of work and planning -- while simultaneously laying the groundwork for a wealth of research and answers yet to ... > full story
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  Image of Sun-Approaching Comet ISON

  July 25, 2013 — In this Hubble composite image taken in April 2013, the sun-approaching Comet ISON floats against a seemingly infinite backdrop of numerous galaxies and a handful of foreground ... > full story
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  Shedding New Light on the Brightest Objects in the Universe

  July 24, 2013 — Astrophysicists have documented the immense power of quasar radiation, reaching out for many thousands of light years to the limits of the quasar's ... > full story
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  Curiosity Mars Rover Gleams in View from Orbiter

  July 24, 2013 — An image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter released today shows NASA's Curiosity Mars rover and the wheel tracks from its landing site to the "Glenelg" area where the rover worked for the first ... > full story

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