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Astronomers Report Unprecedented Double Helix Nebula Near Center Of The Milky Way
March 15, 2006 Astronomers report an unprecedented elongated double helix nebula near the center of our Milky Way ... > full story -
Comet From Coldest Spot In Solar System Has Material From Hottest Places
March 13, 2006 Scientists analyzing recent samples of comet dust have discovered minerals that formed near the sun or other stars. That means materials from the innermost part of the solar system could have ... > full story -
Largest Ever Galaxy Portrait -- Stunning HD Image Of Pinwheel Galaxy
February 28, 2006 The new Hubble image reveals the gigantic Pinwheel Galaxy, one of the best known examples of "grand design spirals," and its supergiant star-forming regions in unprecedented detail. The image is the ... > full story -
Interplanetary Dust Particles: Reproducing GEMS-Like Structure In The Laboratory
February 15, 2006 For the first time, a team of French scientists were able to reproduce the structure of the exotic GEMS (glass with embedded metal and sulphides) in the laboratory. The results of their experiments ... > full story -
Mapping Orion's Winds
January 15, 2006 For the past few months, Bob O'Dell has been mapping the winds blowing in the Orion Nebula, the closest stellar nursery similar to the one in which the Sun was born. New data from the Hubble Orion ... > full story -
Multi-Wavelength Images Help Astronomers Study Star Birth, Death
January 15, 2006 New composite images of optical, radio, infrared, ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths are giving astronomers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign a clearer picture of the birth, life and ... > full story -
Hubble Panoramic View Of Orion Nebula Reveals Thousands Of Stars
January 12, 2006 In one of the most detailed astronomical images ever produced, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is offering an unprecedented look at the Orion Nebula. This turbulent star-formation region is one ... > full story -
Astronomers Report Mysterious Giant Star Clusters
January 10, 2006 An international team of astronomers reported evidence for the formation of mysterious "super star clusters" in a dozen nearby galaxies. These star clusters are the likely precursors to the familiar ... > full story -
The Cosmic Christmas Ghost
December 24, 2005 Just like Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol takes us on a journey into past, present and future in the time of only one Christmas Eve, two of the European Southern Observatory's telescopes captured ... > full story -
Most Detailed Image Of The Crab Nebula
December 5, 2005 A new Hubble image - among the largest ever produced with the Earth-orbiting observatory - gives the most detailed view so far of the entire Crab Nebula. The Crab is arguably the single most ... > full story
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