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Magellanic Gemstones In The Southern Sky
April 19, 2006 — Hubble has captured the most detailed images to date of the open star clusters NGC 265 and NGC 290 in the Small Magellanic Cloud -- two sparkling sets of gemstones in the southern sky. Two new ... > full story -
Cosmic Spider Is Good Mother
April 7, 2006 — Hanging above the Large Magellanic Cloud -- one of our closest galaxies -- in what some describe as a frightening sight, the Tarantula nebula is worth looking at in detail. This is now possible with ... > full story -
Nearby Dust Clouds In The Milky Way
April 4, 2006 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed dense knots of dust and gas in our Milky Way Galaxy. This cosmic dust is a concentration of elements that are responsible for the formation of stars in ... > full story -
Did 'Dark Matter' Create The First Stars?
March 19, 2006 — Dark matter may have played a major role in creating stars at the very beginnings of the universe. If that is the case, however, the dark matter must consist of particles called "sterile neutrinos". ... > full story -
Astronomers, At Last, Get A Chance To Size Up A Brown Dwarf
March 19, 2006 — Astronomers at three research institutions, including UW-Madison, report the discovery of a pair of young brown dwarfs in mutual orbit, a discovery that has enabled scientists to weigh and measure ... > full story -
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
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