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Astronomy News and Research - July 2008 Archives
Bars abound in spiral galaxies today, but this was not always the case.
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 | Fly-bys of the moon have returned its most detailed full-disc images ever, also in 3-D, using the High Resolution Stereo Camera on board. ...> Full Article |
 | The revised plan shortens how long the rasp operates and lengthens how long the scoop vibrates. ...> Full Article |
 | Space scientists and colleagues have identified the mechanism that triggers substorms in space; wreaks havoc on satellites, power grids and communications systems; and leads to the explosive release of energy that causes the spectacular brightening of the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights. ...> Full Article |
 | Object intermediate between normal supernovae and gamma-ray bursts found ...> Full Article |
 | Research shows identification, analysis thresholds passed ...> Full Article |
 | Astronomers are leading the way in the search for life outside planet earth. ...> Full Article |
 | The CoRoT space mission has found a new planet orbiting a star slightly larger than the Sun. ...> Full Article |
 | Researcher is building a navigation system that will rely on signals from a set of sensors including lunar beacons, stereo cameras, and orbital imaging sensors. ...> Full Article |
 | The first robotic mission to return samples to Earth from Mars took a further step toward realisation ...> Full Article |
 | Stop the presses! The sun is behaving normally. ...> Full Article |
 | The lander is studying Mars' atmosphere and ground at the same time an orbiter does. ...> Full Article |
 | For the first time astronomers have found a way to get a clean view of the elusive disks of matter surrounding supermassive black holes. By using a polarising filter on the UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) in Hawaii, they have been able to see through the clouds of dust which surround these black holes. ...> Full Article |
 | The Northern Star, whose vibrations were thought to be dying away, appears to have come to life again. ...> Full Article |
 | Nova missed by amateur and professional astronomers spotted by team led by Leicester scientist. ...> Full Article |
 | Analysis of data from spacecraft Voyager 2 shows that the solar wind, when collides with interstellar medium to enter the Solar System's final frontier, the heliosheath, turns out to be faster and cooler than scientists had previously expected ...> Full Article |
 | The tests are designed to get more fresh, icy soil tailings. ...> Full Article |
 | Scientists and engineers are preparing ESA's Mars Express for several close fly-bys of the Martian moon Phobos ...> Full Article |
 | The camera may also capture an image of the intended landing site for Russia's Phobos-Grunt mission, due for launch in 2009 ...> Full Article |
 | According to recent data transmitted from the Voyager 2 spacecraft, the solar system is not round, but has an asymmetric, squashed shape. ...> Full Article |
 | The rasp and scoop will be used to collect icy soil for baking. ...> Full Article |
 | How do you weigh the biggest black holes in the universe? One answer now comes from a new and independent technique. ...> Full Article |
Astronomers from around the world are to gather at Keele University to learn more about two of our neighbouring galaxies at an event which is only held once every 10 years.
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 | When observing with the GEMINI telescopes, two astronomers from Brazil and the United States discovered for the first time asteroids that are similar to "ordinary chondrites", the most common meteorites found on Earth. ...> Full Article |
 | Astronomers have uncovered an extreme stellar machine -- a galaxy in the very remote universe pumping out stars at a surprising rate of up to 4,000 per year. In comparison, our own Milky Way galaxy turns out an average of just 10 stars per year. ...> Full Article |
 | Research team has for the first time found evidence of water deep within the Moon ...> Full Article |
 | Asteroids with moons, which scientists call binary asteroids, are common in the solar system. A longstanding question has been how the majority of such moons are formed. A trio of astronomers from Maryland and France say the surprising answer is sunlight, which can increase or decrease the spin rate of an asteroid. ...> Full Article |
 | The sun is about to undergo unremitting scrutiny. About six times each minute of every hour for at least five years, a soon-to-be launched NASA satellite will measure the sun's quirky-and sometimes stormy-output of extreme ultraviolet light ...> Full Article |
 | Phoenix Mars Lander used its robotic arm to deliver a second sample of soil for analysis by the spacecraft's wet chemistry laboratory, data received from Phoenix on Sunday night confirmed. ...> Full Article |
 | Spacecraft gives data on space beyond sun's influence ...> Full Article |
 | A detailed survey of stars in the Orion Nebula has found that fewer than 10 percent have enough surrounding dust to make Jupiter-sized planets ...> Full Article |
 | Is there anybody out there? Could the Universe contain lots of other planets like ours? Are there new worlds yet to be discovered? ...> Full Article |
 | Double pulsar is the only known system of its kind. ...> Full Article |
 | The Ulysses spacecraft, whose mission was expected to end on 1 July 2008, is hanging on valiantly as spacecraft controllers wait for a sign of the fuel freeze that would end the mission. This could happen any time now. ...> Full Article |
 | Volcanism has played a more extensive role in shaping the surface of Mercury than scientists had thought. This result comes from multispectral imaging data gathered in January 2008 by MESSENGER, the latest spacecraft to visit the sun's innermost planet. ...> Full Article |
 | Twin STEREO spacecraft take first images of distant solar system with particles, not light ...> Full Article |
 | Experts to meet to discuss the next step in the exploration of Mars ...> Full Article |
 | Scientists will carefully select and deliver the sample because it could be the last one baked. ...> Full Article |
Scientists too showcase their exciting work looking at Einstein's general theory of relativity, black holes and gravitational waves.
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 | Samples hold clues to history of Martian water, climate and possible habitability. ...> Full Article |
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander scraped to icy soil in the "Wonderland" area on Thursday, confirming that surface soil, subsurface soil and icy soil can be sampled at a single trench.
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