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  Hubble Portrays a Dusty Spiral Galaxy

  September 30, 2012 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided another outstanding image of a nearby galaxy -- NGC 4183, seen with a beautiful backdrop of distant galaxies and nearby stars. Located about 55 ... > full story
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  Sun Unleashes a Wide, but Benign, Coronal Mass Ejection

  September 29, 2012 — The sun erupted with a wide, Earth-directed coronal mass ejection on Sept. 27, 2012 at 10:25 p.m. ... > full story
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  Technology Designed for Use by Astronauts Works to Save Trapped Miners

  September 28, 2012 — A technology designed for use by astronauts in the hazardous environment of space has found a lifesaving use in another dangerous occupation, but this time on Earth, or rather under it: coal ... > full story
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  Learning to Live on Mars: Fatigue Management Program for Controlling Space-Age Jetlag

  September 28, 2012 — The Martian day, which is about 40 minutes longer than an Earth day, can cause havoc with the internal 24-hour body clock. However, researchers have developed and tested a fatigue management program ... > full story
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  Venus Transit Movie Shows Perspective in Viewing Our Solar System

  September 28, 2012 — New movies of the transit of Venus on June 6, 2012, viewed from two different locations on Earth, clearly show the parallax effects that have made Venus transits so important historically. The ... > full story
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  Saturn’s Moon Titan Shows Surprising Seasonal Changes

  September 28, 2012 — Detailed observations of Saturn’s moon Titan have now spanned 30 years, covering an entire solar orbit for this distant world. Researchers have now analyzed data gathered over this time and has ... > full story
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  Mars: Curiosity's DAN Instrument Suggests Gale Crater Drier Than Expected

  September 28, 2012 — Preliminary data from the Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory indicate that the Gale Crater landing site might be drier than expected. The Curiosity rover is designed to carry out research into whether ... > full story
• Black Holes
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  Simulations Uncover 'Flashy' Secrets of Merging Black Holes

  September 27, 2012 — Researchers are using computational models to explore the mergers of supersized black holes. Their most recent work investigates what kind of "flash" might be seen by telescopes when astronomers ... > full story
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  Measuring the Universe’s 'Exit Door': For the First Time, an International Team Has Measured the Radius of a Black Hole

  September 27, 2012 — The point of no return: In astronomy, it's known as a black hole -- a region in space where the pull of gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. Black holes that can be billions ... > full story

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  Supernova SN 1006: Cause of Brightest Stellar Event in Recorded History Illuminated

  September 27, 2012 — Between April 30 and May 1 of the year 1006, the brightest stellar event ever recorded in history occurred: a supernova, or stellar explosion, that was widely observed by various civilizations from ... > full story

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