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  Light Continues To Echo Three Years After Stellar Outburst

  February 4, 2005 — The Hubble Space Telescope's latest image of the star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) reveals dramatic changes in the illumination of surrounding dusty cloud structures. The effect, called a light ... > full story
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  Probe Opens A New Window To Interstellar Space

  January 21, 2005 — With help from a novel new device, a team of astrophysicists has successfully developed a method for sampling the interstellar medium, specifically to take the temperature of and explore the pockets ... > full story
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  Organic Molecules Transport Strongest Spectral Signature Of Interplanetary Dust Particles

  January 21, 2005 — Carbon and silicate grains in interplanetary dust particles are helping scientists solve a 40-year-old astronomical ... > full story
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  Spitzer Finds Stellar "Incubators" With Massive Star Embryos

  January 12, 2005 — NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has uncovered a hatchery for massive stars. A new striking image from the infrared telescope shows a vibrant cloud called the Trifid Nebula dotted with glowing ... > full story
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  Astronomers Take Revealing Peek At Star Factory

  January 11, 2005 — Using NASA's orbiting Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, a team of astronomers from The Johns Hopkins University and elsewhere has taken an unprecedented peek beneath the "skirts" ... > full story
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  First Detection Of Magnetic Fields In The Central Stars Of Four Planetary Nebulae

  January 11, 2005 — For the first time, a team of astronomers based in Germany has detected the presence of magnetic fields in the central stars of four planetary nebulae. Planetary nebulae are expanding gas shells that ... > full story
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  Space Scientist Proposes New Model For Jupiter's Core

  December 20, 2004 — After eleven months of politics, now it's time for some real "core values" - not those of the candidates but those of the great gas giant planet, Jupiter. Katharina Lodders, Ph.D., ... > full story
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  Going To Extremes: Pulsar Gives Insight On Ultra Dense Matter And Magnetic Fields

  December 20, 2004 — A long look at a young pulsar with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory revealed unexpectedly rapid cooling, which suggests that it contains much denser matter than previously expected. The ... > full story
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  Symphony Of Colours In The Tarantula

  December 19, 2004 — The Tarantula Nebula is the most vigorous star forming region known in the local Universe. Using the power of the freely available ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator package a young amateur ... > full story
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  A New Twist On An Old Nebula

  December 19, 2004 — Looks can be deceiving, especially when it comes to celestial objects like galaxies and nebulas. These objects are so far away that astronomers cannot see their three-dimensional structure. The Helix ... > full story

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