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Astronomy News and Research - June 2008 Archives
Canada's NEOSSat space telescope to discover near-Earth objects and track high-altitude satellites
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 | Cluster listens to the sounds of aurora, in hopes of using the technology to find other planets and stars. ...> Full Article |
 | The ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft has just discovered its 1500th comet, making it more successful than all other comet discoverers throughout history put together ...> Full Article |
 | Super-luminous stellar explosion observed via Caltech's Palomar Observatory, possibly resulting in a quark star ...> Full Article |
 | The dramatic differences between the northern and southern hemispheres of Mars have puzzled scientists for 30 years. One of the proposed explanations--a massive asteroid impact--now has strong support from computer simulations carried out by two groups of researchers ...> Full Article |
 | A new analysis of Martian soil data suggests that there was once enough water in the planet's atmosphere for a light drizzle or dew to hit the ground, leaving tell-tale signs of its interaction with the planet's surface. ...> Full Article |
 | The lander performed a diagnostic test that melted Earth ice to water ...> Full Article |
 | Radio-telescope images have revealed previously-unseen galactic cannibalism -- a triggering event that leads to feeding frenzies by gigantic black holes at the cores of galaxies ...> Full Article |
 | The Phoenix Mars Lander continues searching for related minerals and organic substances ...> Full Article |
The Importance of Ground-Based Solar-Terrestrial Physics
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Higher than expected levels of sodium found in a 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite suggest that the dust clouds from which the building blocks of the Earth and neighboring planets formed were much denser than previously supposed.
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 | Basic research may cause astronomers to re-examine the masses and ages of young stars and star formation theories ...> Full Article |
 | Researchers have discovered a secondary aurora sparkling on Saturn and also started to unravel the mechanisms that drive the process ...> Full Article |
 | The biggest black holes may feed just like the smallest ones ...> Full Article |
 | One of the ovens on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander continued baking its first sample of Martian soil over the weekend ...> Full Article |
 | A harvest of low-mass exoplanets discovered with HARPS ...> Full Article |
Astronomers have unveiled the most complete and detailed map yet of the chemical composition of our galaxy
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 | The lander's microscope was lightly dusted with a sample from the "Goldilocks" trench. ...> Full Article |
 | For more than 400 years, astronomers have studied the sun from afar. Now NASA has decided to go there. ...> Full Article |
 | The International Astronomical Union has decided on the term plutoid as a name for dwarf planets like Pluto at a meeting of its Executive Committee in Oslo. ...> Full Article |
On May 22, Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico joined other telescopes in North America, South America, Europe and Africa in simultaneously observing the same targets, simulating a telescope more than 6,800 miles (almost 11,000 kilometers) in diameter.
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 | The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures the magnificent starry population of the Coma Cluster of Galaxies, one of the densest known galaxy collections in the Universe. ...> Full Article |
 | Phoenix Mars Lander has filled its first oven with Martian soil ...> Full Article |
 | X-ray observatory has re-discovered an ignored celestial gem ...> Full Article |
Astronomers have discovered a previously unexpected astronomical phenomenon - a radio jet in a star system where none had been expected - which suggests that all stars and black holes feed in the same way.
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New research and monitoring systems are clarifying what happens to disruptive clouds of electrons and other electrically charged particles, known as ions, in the ionosphere
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 | Phoenix mission engineers will test a better way to deliver clumpy Martian soil ...> Full Article |
 | The sun has been laying low for the past couple of years, producing no sunspots and giving a break to satellites ...> Full Article |
 | Galaxy isn't as messy as many thought, evidence indicates some balance and order, like the yin and yang of Chinese philosophy ...> Full Article |
 | Plans to use new technology to take advantage of recent, promising ideas on where to search for possible extraterrestrial intelligence in our galaxy ...> Full Article |
 | Astronomers get their first good look at the structure of the Milky Way and the motions of its young stars ...> Full Article |
 | NASA scientists have concocted an innovative recipe for giant telescope mirrors on the Moon ...> Full Article |
 | A microscope on NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander has taken images of dust and sand particles with the greatest resolution ever returned from another planet. ...> Full Article |
 | While observing a sample of quasars with broad absorption line (BAL) in their spectra, researchers discovered that unlike most of BAL quasars, two of the observed do not show intrinsic X-ray absorption, indicating a different composition of matter in their outflows ...> Full Article |
 | Astronomers have used ultrasharp images obtained with the Keck Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope to determine for the first time the masses of the coldest class of "failed stars," a.k.a. brown dwarfs. ...> Full Article |
A team of scientists led from the UK has discovered that the rapid changes in Saturn's F ring can be attributed to small moonlets causing perturbations
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 | Scientists quietly switched off asatellite in April, ending a 10-year series of ups and downs for NASA's first and only low-cost, university-class Explorer spacecraft ...> Full Article |
 | The lander sits on soil, and a subsurface layer that's possibly salt, possibly ice. ...> Full Article |
 | In one of the first significant scientific findings from a huge collaborative effort to detect gravitational waves, the team operating the Laser Interferometer Gravity-wave Observatory (LIGO) is reporting this week that the pulsar at the center of the Crab Nebula must have an extremely smooth surface. ...> Full Article |
Astronomers have discovered a tiny star with its own planet, 3000 light years away.
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 | A set of 29 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images of an exotic type of active galaxy known as a "post-starburst quasar" show that interactions and mergers drive both galaxy evolution and the growth of super-massive black holes at their centers. ...> Full Article |
 | Like a celestial top, the spinning neutron star known as the Crab Pulsar is slowing, a phenomenon that astronomers have yet to fully understand. ...> Full Article |
 | Simulations correctly predicted that the pulsed jets of the Mars Phoenix lander would strip the soil to the subsurface ice or rock as the craft touched down. ...> Full Article |
 | One week after landing on far northern Mars, the Phoenix Mars Lander lifted its first scoop of Martian soil as a test of the lander's robotic arm. ...> Full Article |
 | Thirty-seven miles apart, twin stars orbit each other on a high-speed collision course ...> Full Article |
 | Scientists at NASA reveal a new understanding of the mysterious mechanism responsible for heating the outer part of the solar atmosphere, the corona, to million degree temperatures. ...> Full Article |
 | A supernova that exploded in the 16th century and was visible during daylight for 2 weeks, is now revealing some of its secrets. ...> Full Article |
 | Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral on June 5. ...> Full Article |
Salt deposits suggest salinity was commonly above what terrestrial life can tolerate
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 | GOCE, the most advanced gravity mission to date, is scheduled for lift-off on 10 September 2008. ...> Full Article |
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