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  Fostering Curiosity: Mars Express Relays Rocky Images

  November 26, 2012 — For the first time, ESA’s Mars orbiter has relayed scientific data from NASA’s Curiosity rover on the Red Planet’s surface. The data included detailed images of ... > full story
• Galaxies
  Space Telescopes
  Astrophysics
  Stars
  Space Exploration
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  Hubble Eyes a Loose Spiral Galaxy

  November 23, 2012 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the spiral galaxy ESO 499-G37, seen here against a backdrop of distant galaxies, scattered with nearby ... > full story
• Stars
  Cosmology
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  Astronomy
  Astrophysics
  Cosmic Rays
   
  

  Hot Gas Bridges Galaxy Cluster Pair

  November 20, 2012 — Space telescope has made the first conclusive detection of a bridge of hot gas connecting a pair of galaxy clusters across 10 million light-years of intergalactic ... > full story
• Galaxies
  Astrophysics
  Astronomy
  Optics
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  Hubble Traps Galactic Fireflies

  November 19, 2012 — A remote sensing instrument that will peer into the ultraviolet to offer clues to how Mars might have lost its atmosphere has arrived at Lockheed Martin for integration into NASA's Mars Atmosphere ... > full story
• ESA
  Astronomy
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  Venus
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  Snap the Stars to See Your Photo on ESA Portal

  November 16, 2012 — Have you taken an interesting astronomical photo this year? From planets and moons to the Sun, stars and galaxies, we’d like you to send us your images to feature as our Space Science Image of ... > full story
• Satellites
  Earth Science
  Geology
  Climate
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  GOCE’s Second Mission Improving Gravity Map

  November 16, 2012 — ESA’s GOCE gravity satellite has already delivered the most accurate gravity map of Earth, but its orbit is now being lowered in order to obtain even better results. The Gravity field and ... > full story
• Stars
  Nebulae
  Galaxies
  Astronomy
  Black Holes
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  Life and Death in a Star-Forming Cloud

  November 14, 2012 — The aftershock of a stellar explosion rippling through space is captured in this new view of supernova remnant W44, which combines far-infrared and X-ray data from ESA's Herschel and XMM-Newton space ... > full story
• Galaxies
  Astrophysics
  Astronomy
  Stars
  NASA
  Space Telescopes
   
  

  Hubble Spots a Colorful Lenticular Galaxy

  November 9, 2012 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a beautiful galaxy that, with its reddish and yellow central area, looks rather like an explosion from a Hollywood movie. The galaxy, called NGC 5010, ... > full story
• Space Station
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  Experimental Interplanetary Internet Used to Test Robot from International Space Station

  November 8, 2012 — NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully have used an experimental version of interplanetary Internet to control an educational rover from the International Space Station. The experiment ... > full story
• Stars
  Galaxies
  Astrophysics
  Space Telescopes
  Astronomy
  NASA
   
  

  Hubble Sees an Unexpected Population of Young-Looking Stars

  November 2, 2012 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope offers an impressive view of the center of globular cluster NGC 6362. The image of this spherical collection of stars takes a deeper look at the core of the ... > full story

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