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Eulogy to Herschel
January 2, 2013 — With its 2160 liters of liquid helium about to run out, the Herschel Space Observatory will, by the end of March, become just another piece of space junk. The astronomer who leads one of the ... > full story -
An Image Gallery Gift from NASA's Swift
December 28, 2012 — Of the three telescopes carried by NASA's Swift satellite, only one captures cosmic light at energies similar to those seen by the human eye. Although small by the standards of ground-based ... > full story -
Hubble Eyes the Needle Galaxy: IC 2233, One of the Flattest Galaxies Known
December 28, 2012 — Like finding a silver needle in the haystack of space, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a beautiful image of the spiral galaxy IC 2233, one of the flattest galaxies ... > full story -
Armchair Science: Bag and Tag Glowing Galactic Clouds
December 20, 2012 — A new galactic game launches today that lets citizen scientists identify the glowing clouds where future stars will be born. The online experience, called Clouds, is a new addition to the Milky Way ... > full story -
Astronomy: Stars Reveal the Secret of Aging Well
December 19, 2012 — Some people are in great shape at the age of 90, while others are decrepit before they're 50. We know that how fast people age is only loosely linked to how old they actually are -- and may have more ... > full story -
Shot Away from Its Companion, Giant Star Makes Waves: Spitzer Captures Infrared Portrait
December 18, 2012 — Like a ship plowing through still waters, the giant star Zeta Ophiuchi is speeding through space, making waves in the dust ahead. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured a dramatic, infrared ... > full story -
From Super to Ultra: Just How Big Can Black Holes Get?
December 18, 2012 — Some of the biggest black holes in the Universe may actually be even bigger than previously thought, according to a study using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray ... > full story -
A Cosmic Holiday Ornament, Hubble-Style
December 18, 2012 — Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have photographed a festive-looking nearby planetary nebula called NGC 5189. The intricate structure of this bright gaseous nebula resembles a ... > full story -
How White Dwarfs Mimic Black Holes
December 17, 2012 — Astronomers have revealed that bright X-ray flares in nearby galaxies, once assumed to indicate the presence of black holes, can in fact be produced by white dwarfs. They made the discovery by ... > full story -
'Liquid That Thinks:' Swarm of Ping-Pong-Ball-Sized Robots Created
December 14, 2012 — If one robot can accomplish a singular task, think how much more could be accomplished if you had hundreds of them. A research team has developed a basic robotic building block, which they hope to ... > full story
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