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Watching a Cannibal Galaxy Dine
A new technique using
near-infrared images,
obtained with ESO's
3.58-metre New Technology
Telescope (NTT), allows
astronomers to see through
the opaque dust lanes of the
... > full story
Bubbling Ball of Gas: SUNRISE Telescope Delivers Spectacular Pictures of Sun's Surface
The Sun is a bubbling mass.
Packages of gas rise and
sink, lending the sun its
grainy surface structure,
its granulation. Dark spots
... > full story
LCROSS Impact Analysis Indicates Water on Moon
The argument that the moon
is a dry, desolate place no
longer holds water.
Preliminary data from the
Lunar CRater Observation and
Sensing Satellite, or
... > full story
Professor to Predict Weather on Mars
Is there such a thing as
"weather" on Mars? There are
some doubts, considering the
planet's atmosphere is only
1 percent as dense as that
of the Earth. Mars, however,
definitely has clouds,
... > full story
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ESA Spacecraft May Help Unravel Cosmic Mystery
November 13, 2009 — When Europe's comet chaser Rosetta swings by Earth on Nov. 13 for a critical gravity assist, tracking data will be collected to precisely measure the satellite's change in orbital energy. The results ... > full story -
Rapid Star Formation Spotted in 'Stellar Nurseries' of Infant Galaxies
November 12, 2009 — The Universe's infant galaxies enjoyed rapid growth spurts forming stars like our Sun at a rate of up to 50 stars a year, according to ... > full story -
Butterfly Payload to Launch Nov. 16 on Space Shuttle
November 12, 2009 — When NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launches for the International Space Station on Nov. 16 it will carry a butterfly experiment that will be monitored by thousands of K-12 students across the ... > full story -
Are Earth's Oceans Made Of Extraterrestrial Material?
November 11, 2009 — Contrary to preconceived notions, the atmosphere and the oceans were perhaps not formed from vapors emitted during intense volcanism at the dawning of our planet. Scientists now suggest that water ... > full story -
Middleweight Black Hole: Swift, XMM-Newton Satellites Tune Into X-Ray Source
November 10, 2009 — While astronomers have studied lightweight and heavyweight black holes for decades, the evidence for black holes with intermediate masses has been much harder to come by. Now, astronomers find that ... > full story -
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Sees Channels From Hale Crater
November 10, 2009 — A new image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows channels to the southeast of Hale crater on southern Mars. Taken by the orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, ... > full story -
MESSENGER Spacecraft Reveals More Hidden Territory On Mercury
November 10, 2009 — A NASA spacecraft gliding over the battered surface of Mercury for the second time this year has revealed more previously unseen real estate on the innermost planet. The probe also has produced ... > full story -
Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander Seen In Winter Images From Mars
November 10, 2009 — Winter images of NASA's Phoenix Lander showing the lander shrouded in dry-ice frost on Mars have been captured with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE camera, aboard NASA's ... > full story -
'Dropouts' Pinpoint Earliest Galaxies
November 9, 2009 — Astronomers, conducting the broadest survey to date of galaxies from about 800 million years after the Big Bang, have found 22 early galaxies and confirmed the age of one by its characteristic ... > full story -
Unsettled Youth: Spitzer Observes A Chaotic Planetary System
November 9, 2009 — Before our planets found their way to the stable orbits they circle in today, they wiggled and jostled about like unsettled children. Now, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found a young star with ... > full story
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