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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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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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The Mystery of Black Holes
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
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Discovering A New Earth 430 Light Years Away
Astrophysicists analyzing
infrared images captured by
the Spitzer Space Telescope
found indications of a dust
cloud surrounding a
relatively young star. The
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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 -
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 And Computer Scientists Reveal Astronomical Events In Real Time
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 ... > 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 -
Astronomers Need Your Help To Find Planets Outside Our Solar System
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 their stars ... > more -
Physicists Spot Interstellar Shock Wave Using Spitzer Telescope
The spirals of a "space tornado" may be the first step in the formation of a new star. The structure, observed with NASA's Spitzer infrared telescope, is a shock wave created by a jet of material ... > more -
Planetary Scientists Detect Strong Winds In Anticyclone On Jupiter
Planetary scientists detected that an anticyclone on Jupiter called the Little Red Spot produces winds up to 384 miles per hour, far exceeding the 156 mph mark that would make it a category five ... > 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 -
Astronomers Spot Black Holes Using NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory
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 ... > more -
Microbiologists and Astrobiologists Help Kids Discover New Species
Extremophiles are microbes that have adapted to extreme environments, such as Utah's Great Salt Lake. But new microorganisms can be found in everyday places, and scientists are showing school kids ... > more
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