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  NASA's Webb Telescope Completes Mirror-Coating Milestone

  September 19, 2011 — NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has reached a major milestone in its development. The mirrors that will fly aboard the telescope have completed the coating process at Quantum Coating Inc. in ... > full story
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  Cassini Presents Saturn Moon Quintet

  September 19, 2011 — With the artistry of a magazine cover shoot, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured a new portrait of five of Saturn's moons poised along the planet's ... > full story
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  NASA Announces Two Game-Changing Space Technology Projects

  September 19, 2011 — NASA has selected two game-changing space technology projects for development. The selections are part of the agency's efforts to pursue revolutionary technology required for future missions, while ... > full story
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  Vigorous Star Birth Without Galactic Collisions: Herschel Paints New Story of Galaxy Evolution

  September 13, 2011 — The European Space Agency's Herschel infrared space observatory has discovered that galaxies do not need to collide with each other to drive vigorous star birth. The finding overturns this long-held ... > full story
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  Rare Martian Lake Delta Spotted by Mars Express

  September 2, 2011 — The European Space Agency's Mars Express has spotted a rare case of a crater once filled by a lake, revealed by the presence of a delta. The delta is an ancient fan-shaped deposit of dark sediments, ... > full story
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  Cassini Closes in on Saturn's Tumbling Moon Hyperion

  August 27, 2011 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured new views of Saturn's oddly shaped moon Hyperion during its encounter with a cratered body on Aug. 25. Raw images were acquired as the spacecraft flew past the moon ... > full story
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  Milky Way's Halo Raining Ionized Gas to Fuel Continued Star Formation

  August 25, 2011 — Astrophysicists have concluded that the Milky Way will have the fuel to continue forming stars, thanks to massive clouds of ionized gas raining down from its halo and intergalactic space. The Milky ... > full story
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  First Glimpse Into Birth of the Milky Way

  August 25, 2011 — For almost 20 years astrophysicists have been trying to recreate the formation of spiral galaxies such as our Milky Way realistically. Now astrophysicists and astronomers present the world's first ... > full story

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  • Astrophysicists Simulate a Milky Way-Like Galaxy; Supercomputer Experiment Supports Cosmological Model of a 'Cold Dark Matter' Universe
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  James Webb Space Telescope Instrument Completes Cryogenic Testing

  August 24, 2011 — A pioneering camera and spectrometer that will fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has completed cryogenic testing designed to mimic the harsh conditions it will experience in ... > full story
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  Cosmic Eye Emerges from Exhaustive Tests in UK Space Lab

  August 19, 2011 — A pioneering camera and spectrometer for the James Webb Space Telescope – the gigantic successor to the Hubble Telescope – has just completed cryogenic testing. This testing subjected the ... > full story

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