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  Planetary Scientists To Find Out Composition, Structure Of Asteroids

  A NASA mission to two asteroids, one formed of lava and the other potentially containing water, will help find clues about the formation of our solar ... > more
• Big Bang
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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
• Extrasolar Planets
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  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
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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
• Albert Einstein
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  Acoustic Waves Could Help Put Out Flames in Zero-Gravity Environments

  Aboard NASA's "Weightless Wonder" airplane, physicists are experimenting with combustion and fluid flows in zero-g and developing a fire extinguishing system based on sound waves. The technique could ... > more
• Ultrasound
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  Portable Machines Go Beyond Prenatal Uses

  Ultrasound uses sound waves that bounce off body parts, producing echoes. A computer translates the echoes into images that rival the quality of CAT scans and MRIs, showing broken bones, muscle ... > more
• Black Holes
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  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
• Sun
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  With Precautions, Anyone Can Observe the Sun Safely

  Sun spots are cooler regions on the sun's surface held up by magnetic fields, and they can have dramatic effects on space weather, disrupting satellite communications. Astrophysicists track them with ... > more
• Nebulae
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  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
• Albert Einstein
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  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

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