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  Chandra Observations Reveal X-Ray Glint In Cat’s Eye Nebula

  February 5, 2001 — Hot gas from a shocked stellar wind is responsible for the complex shape of a planetary nebula known as the Cat’s Eye, say astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. In addition ... > full story
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  Insect-Like Space Structure Previews Our Sun's Death

  February 2, 2001 — A new Hubble Space Telescope image of a celestial object called the Ant Nebula may shed new light on the future demise of our Sun. This observation, along with other pictures of various remnants of ... > full story
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  Cosmic Paintbursh Revealed: Force That Shapes Nebulae Uncovered By Astronomers

  January 25, 2001 — The cosmic “paintbrush” that creates some of the most dazzling images in the night sky may have been found by researchers at the University of Rochester, a paper in the January 25 issue ... > full story
• Stars
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  Chandra X-Ray Observatory Links Pulsar To Historic Supernova

  January 10, 2001 — New evidence from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory suggests that a known pulsar is the present-day counterpart to a supernova that exploded in 386 AD, a stellar explosion witnessed by Chinese ... > full story
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  Students Using NASA And NSF Data Make Stellar Discovery; Win Science Team Competition

  December 11, 2000 — Three high school students, using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (VLA), won first place in the Siemens-Westinghouse Science ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
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  Meteorite May Be Primitive Solar System Material, Say Science Authors

  October 13, 2000 — A fragile, charcoal-like meteorite that plummeted on to a frozen Canadian lake last January may represent the most primitive solar system material yet studied, according to new research reported in ... > full story
• Sun
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  New Bulk Metallic Glass To Catch Pieces Of The Solar Wind

  October 13, 2000 — NASA's Genesis spacecraft, the first mission to collect and return samples of the solar wind -- fast moving particles from the Sun -- is moving closer to launch. Scheduled for liftoff in February ... > full story
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  Hubble Reveals Oddball Star

  September 1, 2000 — A mysterious object that seems to defy classification has been found by astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The object looks like a young, dust-enshrouded star with narrow jets of ... > full story
• Solar System
  Sun
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  Rutgers Geologists Re-Create Solar Nebula History In The Lab

  August 2, 2000 — Using the lab bench as a time machine, a Rutgers geology grad student, a professor and a post-doc investigated processes that operated in the ancient solar system. They were able to simulate ... > full story
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  Time Travel Through A Trail Of Comet Dust

  July 20, 2000 — Scientists believe they may one day be able to travel through time by looking more closely at the dust swirling with a comet as it hurdles through our galaxy. The research also indicates that ... > full story

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