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Google Into Space
Astronomers have added an
application to Google Earth
that allows users to not
only look at detailed
pictures of the night sky at
their convenience, but to
observe unfolding cosmic
events in real time. This
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Black Holes Light Up
Not even light can escape a
black hole's grip, but gas
falling into a black hole
can heat up and become an
intense source of X-rays, at
temperatures up to 1,000
times hotter than the sun.
Astronomers use the Chandra
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Searching For Extrasolar Planets
A new distributed computing
program analyzes data to
characterize new planetary
systems by computing the
light reflected from nearby
extrasolar planets and the
wobble the planets cause in
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Sun Darkens Electronics
Solar activity can wreak
havoc in communications
systems -- particularly
during coronal mass
ejections, when plumes of
electrically charged
particles hit earth's
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- Astronomers And Computer Scientists Reveal Astronomical Events In Real Time
- Astronomers Spot Black Holes Using NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory
- Astronomers Need Your Help To Find Planets Outside Our Solar System
- Space Physicists and Atmospheric Scientists Can Now Predict Disruptions Caused by the Sun's Coronal Mass Ejections
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Total Lunar Eclipse Casts Eerie Red And Orange Glow
A total lunar eclipse was observed during the summer of 2007. A total lunar eclipse occurs when a full moon passes through the earth's shadow during its orbit. When the sun, Earth and moon are ... > more -
Astronomers Spy Earth-like Planet Forming Around Distant Star
Astrophysicists analyzing infrared images captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope found indications of a dust cloud surrounding a relatively young star. The star is 10 to 16 million years old, and ... > more -
Astronomers Reveal First Objects In Our Universe
Astronomers removed light from closer and better known galaxies and stars from pictures taken with the Spitzer Space Telescope. The remaining images are believed to be the first objects in space, 13 ... > more -
Astronomers Discover Eight New Gravitational Lenses with Hubble Telescope
Images from the Hubble telescope reveal eight new Einstein rings, joining only three others previously known. Einstein rings are pairs of galaxies, with a foreground galaxy bending the light of a ... > more -
Planetary Scientists Use Hubble to Spot Oxygen-Rich Soil on Moon
The Moon's surface is covered with oxygen-rich soils, Hubble Space Telescope images show. Planetary scientists believe the oxygen could be tapped to power rockets and be a source of oxygen to breathe ... > more -
Astronomers Look At Ultraviolet Light To Find Star’s Tail
Astronomers found a tail of carbon, oxygen, and other material trailing behind a dying star called Mira. People have watched the star break down for 400 years, but only recently have astronomers ... > more -
Astrophysicists Discover New Details of How Stars Collapse
A satellite called Swift is revealing that black holes have a messier birth than previously thought. Instead of being created in one instant, astrophysicists now believe after a star dies and ... > more -
Roboticists Create Rover To Move And Drill On The Moon
Engineers and robiticists created a robot to explore the moon. Running on the same amount of power as a 100-watt light bulb the rover uses heat from radiation to support its sensors, movement, and ... > more -
Astrophysicists Search Skies For A Moon Like Earth's
Astrophysicists used the Spitzer Space Telescope to scan a cluster of about 500 stars for evidence of a collision similar to the one that produced Earth's moon. The telescope searches in the infrared ... > more -
Astronomers Explain Reason For Narrowing Rings Of Saturn
Astronomers say that Saturn's rings will disappear from view on Earth on September 4, 2009. The gases, ice, and rocky material that make up the rings will remain in place, but be invisible from the ... > more
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