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Are Saturn's Rings Disappearing?
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,
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Finding Double Stars
Astronomers say that this
July planetary orbits have
lined up so that people on
Earth can see a rare
convergence of Venus and
Saturn in the night sky.
Just after sunset they will
appear in the west, looking
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Einstein Rings
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 background
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Chasing A Star Named MIRA
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
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Astronomers Explain Science Behind Folk Saying
A blue moon is when two full moons occur within the same month, as dictated by the satellite's 29.5 day orbit around the earth. A full moon is that point in the moon's orbit when it's on the back ... > 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 -
Astronomers Discover That The Earth's Magnetotail Charges The Surface Of The Moon
Astrophysicists found that the moon's surface becomes electrified during each full moon. The moon passes through the Earth's magnetotail, a cone of highly-charged particles, for about 6 days each ... > 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 -
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 -
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
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