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  Hubble Captures Rare Jupiter Collision

  July 24, 2009 — The checkout and calibration of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has been interrupted to aim the recently refurbished observatory at a new expanding spot on the giant planet Jupiter. The spot, ... > full story
• Nebulae
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  Eagle Nebula: An Eagle Of Cosmic Proportions

  July 16, 2009 — A new and stunning image of the sky around the Eagle Nebula, a stellar nursery where infant star clusters carve out monster columns of dust and gas has been ... > full story
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  US Space Program Should Align With Broader National Goals, Experts Urge

  July 7, 2009 — The US civil space program should be aligned with widely acknowledged national challenges, says a new report from the National Research ... > full story
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  New Portrait Of Omega Nebula's Glistening Watercolors

  July 7, 2009 — The Omega Nebula, a stellar nursery where infant stars illuminate and sculpt a vast pastel fantasy of dust and gas, is revealed in all its ... > full story
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  Coolest Spacecraft Ever In Orbit Around L2 (-273 Degrees Celsius)

  July 3, 2009 — On July 2 the detectors of Planck's High Frequency Instrument reached their amazingly low operational temperature of -273°C, making them the coldest known objects in space. The spacecraft has ... > full story
• Black Holes
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  New Class Of Black Holes Discovered

  July 1, 2009 — A new class of black hole, more than 500 times the mass of the Sun, has been discovered by an international team of ... > full story
• Galaxies
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  Dense Knots Of Cold Cosmic Dust -- Potential Birthplaces Of New Stars -- Discovered In Inner Regions Of The Milky Way

  July 1, 2009 — Astronomers have unveiled an unprecedented new atlas of the inner regions of the Milky Way, our home galaxy, peppered with thousands of previously undiscovered dense knots of cold cosmic dust -- the ... > full story
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  International Space Hotel Envisioned

  June 28, 2009 — Plans for a new international space hotel students have been unveiled by students this month as part of a project for their Masters degree. Students had to grapple with the challenges of designing ... > full story
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  ESA To Build Its Third Deep Space Ground Station In Argentina

  June 26, 2009 — ESA has informed Argentinean authorities that an area 30 km south of the town of Malargüe in Mendoza province, about 1000 km west of Buenos Aires, has been chosen as the best option to build a ... > full story
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  Ulysses Hears The Siren's Song: End Of Mission To Chart Unexplored Regions Of Space

  June 26, 2009 — Upon receipt of the last command from Earth, the transmitter on Ulysses will switch off on 30 June, bringing one of the most successful and longest missions in spaceflight history to an end. Ulysses, ... > full story

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