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Hubble Captures Stars Going Out In Style
September 14, 2007 The colorful, intricate shapes in these NASA Hubble Space Telescope images reveal how the glowing gas ejected by dying Sun-like stars evolves dramatically over time. These gaseous clouds, called ... > full story -
'One Of The Most Curious Objects In The Sky' Delights Astronomers Again
August 29, 2007 Edwin Hubble once called IC 10 "one of the most curious objects in the sky," and new observations of the extremely faint, lightweight dwarf galaxy are giving scientists new clues about how ... > full story -
Shrinking Giants, Exploding Dwarves
August 28, 2007 New, detailed observations of a supernova show evidence that a white dwarf star "fed" off a red giant to gain the critical mass needed for explosion. When white dwarf stars explode, they leave behind ... > full story -
Physicists Discover Inorganic Dust With Lifelike Qualities
August 14, 2007 Intriguing new evidence of lifelike structures that form from inorganic substances in space have just been revealed. The findings hint at the possibility that life beyond earth may not necessarily ... > full story -
Uncovering The Veil Nebula
August 5, 2007 Although we don't usually think about it, the stars twinkling in the night sky don't shine forever. How long a star lives depends on how big and heavy it is. The bigger the star, the shorter its ... > full story -
Circumstellar Space: Where Stars Are Born
July 31, 2007 Picture a cool place, teeming with a multitude of hot bodies twirling about in rapidly changing formations of singles and couples, partners and groups, constantly dissolving and reforming. If you ... > full story -
Images Of Gases Escaping From Jupiter's Moon Io Produced
July 19, 2007 The first clear evidence of how gases from Jupiter's tiny moon's volcanoes can lead to the largest visible gas cloud in the solar system has been announced. Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar ... > full story -
Japanese Space Probe Yields Detailed All-Sky Map In Infrared Light
July 11, 2007 One year after the beginning of its scientific operations, the high-capability infrared satellite AKARI continues to produce stunning views of the infrared ... > full story -
New View Of Doomed Star
June 20, 2007 A new composite image of the Eta Carinae from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope shows the remnants of a massive eruption from the star during the 1840s. Eta Carinae is a ... > full story -
Computer Models Suggest Planetary And Extrasolar Planet Atmospheres
June 19, 2007 The world is abuzz with the discovery of an extrasolar, Earthlike planet around the star Gliese 581 that is relatively close to our Earth at 20 light years away in the constellation Libra. Scientists ... > full story
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