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  New Mineral Discovered: One of Earliest Minerals Formed in Solar System

  May 6, 2011 — A team of scientists has discovered a new mineral -- krotite, one of the earliest minerals formed in our solar system. It is the main component of an unusual inclusion embedded in a meteorite (NWA ... > full story
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  Celestial Fireworks from Dying Stars

  April 13, 2011 — A new image of the nebula NGC 3582 shows giant loops of gas bearing a striking resemblance to solar prominences. These loops are thought to have been ejected by dying stars, but new stars are also ... > full story
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  The Art of Making Stars

  April 4, 2011 — It might look like an abstract painting, but this splash of colors is in fact a busy star-forming complex called Rho Ophiuchi. NASA's Wide-field Infrared Explorer, or WISE, captured the picturesque ... > full story
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  Stellar Nursery: The Rose-Red Glow of Star Formation

  March 30, 2011 — The vivid red cloud in a new image from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope is a region of glowing hydrogen surrounding the star cluster NGC 371. This stellar nursery lies in our ... > full story
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  Newborn Stars Wreak Havoc in Their Nursery

  March 16, 2011 — A new image from ESO's Very Large Telescope gives a close-up view of the dramatic effects new-born stars have on the gas and dust from which they formed. Although the stars themselves are not ... > full story
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  Hubble Snaps Close-Up of Tarantula Nebula

  March 15, 2011 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced an outstanding image of part of the famous Tarantula Nebula, a vast star-forming cloud of gas and dust in our neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic ... > full story
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  Speed Demon Star Creates a Shock

  March 11, 2011 — Just as some drivers obey the speed limit while others treat every road as if it were the Autobahn, some stars move through space faster than others. NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or ... > full story
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  'Elephant Trunks' in Space: WISE Captures Image of Star-Forming Cloud of Dust and Gas

  March 6, 2011 — NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, captured this image of a star-forming cloud of dust and gas, called Sh2-284, located in the constellation of Monoceros. Lining up along the edges ... > full story
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  Oldest Objects in Solar System Indicate a Turbulent Beginning

  March 3, 2011 — Scientists have found that calcium, aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs), some of the oldest objects in the solar system, formed far away from our sun and then later fell back into the mid-plane of the ... > full story
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  Reflected Glory: New Image of Nebula Shows Brilliant Starlight as It Ricochets Off Dust Particles

  February 16, 2011 — The nebula Messier 78 takes center stage in this image taken with the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile, while the stars powering the bright ... > full story

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