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  Venus Has Extraordinarily Changeable And Extremely Large-Scale Weather

  February 21, 2008 — Venus Express has revealed a planet of extraordinarily changeable and extremely large-scale weather. Bright hazes appear in a matter of days, reaching from the south pole to the low southern ... > full story
• Obesity
  Medical Devices
  Healthy Aging
  Back and Neck Pain
  Health Policy
  Psychology Research
   
  

  New Telescopes Planned For Moon

  February 19, 2008 — NASA has selected a proposal by an MIT-led team to develop plans for an array of radio telescopes on the far side of the moon that would probe the earliest formation of the basic structures of the ... > full story
• Saturn
  Solar System
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  Astrophysics
  Space Exploration
  Space Probes
   
  

  Saturn's Mingling Moons May Share A Dark Past

  February 19, 2008 — Despite the incredible diversity of Saturn's icy moons, theirs is a story of great interaction. Some of them are pock-marked, some seemingly dirty, others pristine, one spongy, one two-faced, some ... > full story
• Dark Matter
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  Sun
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  Experiment Tightens Limits On Dark Matter: Physicists Revive Bubble Chamber Technology To Search For WIMPs

  February 14, 2008 — Scientists working on the COUPP experiment at DOE's Fermilab have announced a new development in the quest to observe dark matter. The experiment tightened constraints on "spin-dependent" properties ... > full story
• Galaxies
  Astrophysics
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  Space Telescopes
  NASA
  Space Exploration
   
  

  Hubble Finds Strong Contender For Galaxy Distance Record

  February 12, 2008 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, with a boost from a natural "zoom lens," has found the strongest evidence so far for a galaxy with a redshift significantly above 7. It is likely to be one of the ... > full story
• Galaxies
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  NASA
  Stars
   
  

  A Cosmic Fossil? Brilliant But Fuzzy Galaxy May Be Aftermath Of Multi-Galaxy Collision

  February 5, 2008 — The galaxy NGC 1132 is most likely a cosmic fossil -- the aftermath of an enormous multi-galactic pile-up, where the carnage of collision after collision has built up a brilliant but fuzzy giant ... > full story
• Dark Matter
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  Astronomy
  Sun
  Solar Flare
  Cosmology
   
  

  Dark Fluid: Dark Matter And Dark Energy May Be Two Faces Of Same Coin

  January 31, 2008 — Astronomers believe they can "simplify the dark side of the universe" by shedding new light on two of its mysterious constituents. Only 4% of the universe is made of known material - the other 96% is ... > full story
• Cosmology
  Astrophysics
  Big Bang
  Space Telescopes
  Dark Matter
  Galaxies
   
  

  Probing The Cosmic Web Of The Universe: New Light On Dark Energy

  January 30, 2008 — Astronomers have used ESO's Very Large Telescope to measure the distribution and motions of thousands of galaxies in the distant universe. This opens fascinating perspectives to better understand ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Satellites
  Space Exploration
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  Solar System
  Astrophysics
   
  

  Asteroid To Make Rare Close Flyby Of Earth January 29

  January 24, 2008 — Scientists are monitoring the orbit of asteroid 2007 TU24. The asteroid, believed to be between 150 meters (500 feet) and 610 meters (2,000 feet) in size, is expected to fly past Earth on Jan. 29, ... > full story
• Quantum Physics
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  Inorganic Chemistry
  Chemistry
  Nuclear Energy
   
  

  CERN: Celebrating The Lowering Of The Final Detector Element For Large Hadron Collider

  January 22, 2008 — In the early hours of the morning the final element of the Compact Muon Solenoid detector began the descent into its underground experimental cavern in preparation for the start-up of CERN's Large ... > full story

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