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  A Youthful 'Star Wreck': Youngest-Known Supernova Remnants in Our Milky Way Galaxy

  March 15, 2013 — While performing an extensive X-ray survey of our galaxy's central regions, NASA's Swift satellite has uncovered the previously unknown remains of a shattered star. Designated G306.3.9 after the ... > full story
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  Astronomers Find 'Lost' Supernova

  March 7, 2013 — Supernova explosions of massive stars are common in spiral galaxies like the Milky Way, where new stars are forming all the time. They are almost never seen in elliptical galaxies where star ... > full story
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  Hubble Observes Glowing, Fiery Shells of Gas

  March 1, 2013 — A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope may look like something from "The Lord of the Rings," but this fiery swirl is actually a planetary nebula known as ESO 456-67. Set against a backdrop of ... > full story
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  New Greek Observatory Sheds Light on Old Star

  February 27, 2013 — Continuing a tradition stretching back more than 25 centuries, astronomers have used the new 2.3-meter 'Aristarchos' telescope, sited at Helmos Observatory (2340m high) in the Pelοponnese ... > full story
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  Sweeping Dust from a Cosmic Lobster

  February 20, 2013 — Located around 8000 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion), NGC 6357 -- sometimes nicknamed the Lobster Nebula due to its appearance in visible-light images -- is a region ... > full story
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  Supernova Remnants Produce Cosmic Rays

  February 14, 2013 — A new study reveals the first clear-cut evidence the expanding debris of exploded stars produces some of the fastest-moving matter in the universe. This discovery is a major step toward understanding ... > full story
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  Clues to the Mysterious Origin of Cosmic Rays

  February 14, 2013 — Very detailed new observations of the remains of a thousand-year-old supernova have revealed clues to the origins of cosmic rays. For the first time the observations suggest the presence of ... > full story
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  'A Drop of Ink on the Luminous Sky:' Wide Field Imager Snaps Cosmic Gecko

  February 13, 2013 — This part of the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer) is one of the richest star fields in the whole sky -- the Large Sagittarius Star Cloud. The huge number of stars that light up this region ... > full story
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  The Wings of the Seagull Nebula

  February 6, 2013 — A new image from the European Southern Observatory shows a section of a cloud of dust and glowing gas called the Seagull Nebula. These wispy red clouds form part of the "wings" of the celestial bird ... > full story
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  WISE Space Telescope Feels the Heat from Orion's Sword

  February 5, 2013 — The tangle of clouds and stars that lie in Orion's sword is showcased in a new, expansive view from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or ... > full story

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