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The Little Man and the Cosmic Cauldron (5/31/2008)

The Little Man and the Cosmic CauldronVLT images two nebulae in Carina ...> Full Article


Strange ring found circling dead star (5/30/2008)

Strange ring found circling dead starNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found a bizarre ring of material around the magnetic remains of a star that blasted to smithereens. ...> Full Article


Phoenix Commanded to Unstow Arm (5/30/2008)

Phoenix Commanded to Unstow ArmNASA Scientists have sent commands to Phoenix to unstow its robotic arm and take more images of its landing site early today. ...> Full Article


The Behemoth Has a Thick Belt (5/30/2008)

The Behemoth Has a Thick BeltAstronomers resolve torus around star in another galaxy ...> Full Article


All in a spin - record breaking asteroid discovered (5/29/2008)

All in a spin - record breaking asteroid discoveredA British amateur astronomer has discovered the fastest rotating natural object known in our Solar System. ...> Full Article


Engineering researcher seeks answers to asteroid deflection (5/29/2008)

An Asteroid Deflection Research Center has been established on the Iowa State campus to bring researchers from around the world to develop asteroid deflection technologies ...> Full Article


Solar Eruption Seen in Unprecedented Detail (5/28/2008)

Solar Eruption Seen in Unprecedented DetailOn April 9, the Sun erupted and blasted a bubble of hot, ionized gas into the solar system. The eruption was observed in unprecedented detail by a fleet of spacecraft, revealing new features that are predicted by computer models but difficult to see in practice. ...> Full Article


Astronomers search for orphan stars using newly upgraded telescope (5/28/2008)

Astronomers search for orphan stars using newly upgraded telescopeNew camera sees first light ...> Full Article


Phoenix Spacecraft Reports Good Health After Mars Landing (5/27/2008)

Phoenix Spacecraft Reports Good Health After Mars LandingA NASA spacecraft has sent pictures showing itself in good condition after making the first successful landing in a polar region of Mars. ...> Full Article


Exoplanet hunt update (5/26/2008)

Exoplanet hunt updateTwo new exoplanets and an unknown celestial object are the latest findings of the COROT mission. These discoveries mean that the mission has now found a total of four new exoplanets. ...> Full Article


Dark matter probed by promising cosmologist (5/25/2008)

The winner of a prestigious international science fellowship has chosen the University of Portsmouth as her host to study dark matter ...> Full Article


Storm Winds Blow in Jupiter's Little Red Spot (5/24/2008)

Storm Winds Blow in Jupiter's Little Red SpotUsing data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft and two telescopes at Earth, an international team of scientists has found that one of the solar system's largest and newest storms - Jupiter's Little Red Spot - has some of the highest wind speeds ever detected on any planet. ...> Full Article


Mars rover finds Yellowstone-like hot spring deposits (5/24/2008)

Mars rover finds Yellowstone-like hot spring depositsDeposits of nearly pure silica discovered by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in Gusev Crater formed when volcanic steam or hot water (or maybe both) percolated through the ground. Such deposits are found around hydrothermal vents like those in Yellowstone National Park ...> Full Article


Thirty-Meter Telescope Focuses on Two Candidate Sites (5/23/2008)

After completing a worldwide survey unprecedented in rigor and detail of astronomical sites for the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT), the TMT Observatory Corporation board of directors has selected two outstanding sites, one in each hemisphere, for further consideration ...> Full Article


Phoenix mission to Mars will search for climate clues (5/23/2008)

On May 25, 2008, approaching 5 p.m. PDT, NASA scientists will be wondering: Just how green is their valley? ...> Full Article


Twinkle, twinkle, any star - Sun not so special (5/23/2008)

Astronomers have found there is nothing special about the Sun after conducting the most comprehensive comparison of it with other stars - adding weight to the idea that life could be common in the universe. ...> Full Article


Caught in the act: the Swift satellite observes a supernova explosion in real-time (5/22/2008)

Caught in the act: the Swift satellite observes a supernova explosion in real-timeAstronomers have used the Swift satellite to observe the first moments of a supernova explosion as it happens. ...> Full Article


Hubble Space Telescope Survey Finds Missing Matter, Probes Intergalactic Web (5/21/2008)

Hubble Space Telescope Survey Finds Missing Matter, Probes Intergalactic WebAlthough the universe contains billions of galaxies, only a small amount of its matter is locked up in these behemoths. Most of the universe's matter that was cooked up during and just after the Big Bang must be found elsewhere. ...> Full Article


Common star draws swift attention with unprecedented flare (5/20/2008)

Common star draws swift attention with unprecedented flareRed dwarf unleashes the brightest flare ever detected from a normal star outside our solar system ...> Full Article


Quirky binary pulsar challenges theories (5/19/2008)

Quirky binary pulsar challenges theoriesAn ongoing sky survey using the Cornell-managed Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico has turned up a massive, fast-spinning binary pulsar with a mysterious elongated orbit ...> Full Article


Key molecule discovered in Venus's atmosphere (5/19/2008)

Key molecule discovered in Venus's atmosphereVenus Express has detected the molecule hydroxyl on another planet for the first time ...> Full Article


From Deep Space to Dirty Bombs: Scientists Retask Telescope (5/18/2008)

From Deep Space to Dirty Bombs: Scientists Retask TelescopeAstrophysicist to detect radioactive emissions across the vast sweep of our galaxy ...> Full Article


Universe shines twice as bright (5/18/2008)

Universe shines twice as brightThe Universe is actually twice as bright than was previously thought ...> Full Article


LIDAR Imaging Detector Could Build 'Super Road Maps' of Planets and Moons (5/18/2008)

Effort could extend NASA science capabilities for planetary applications ...> Full Article


Physicists Demonstrate How Information Can Escape From Black Holes (5/17/2008)

Physicists Demonstrate How Information Can Escape From Black HolesPhysicists have provided a mechanism by which information can be recovered from black holes, those regions of space where gravity is so strong that, according to Einstein's theory of general relativity, not even light can escape. The team's findings pave the way toward ending a decades-long debate sparked by renowned physicist Stephen Hawking. ...> Full Article


NASA's GLAST Gets Shades, Blankets for the Beach (5/17/2008)

NASA's GLAST Gets Shades, Blankets for the BeachNASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is receiving finishing touches at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, near the beaches of eastern central Florida for its launch ...> Full Article


Astronaut health on moon may depend on good dusting (5/16/2008)

Astronaut health on moon may depend on good dustingLunar dust could be more than a housekeeping issue for astronauts who visit the moon. Their good health may depend on the amount of exposure they have to the tiny particles. ...> Full Article


Phoenix about to land on Mars (5/16/2008)

Phoenix about to land on MarsNASA's Phoenix Lander is due to land on Mars this month (May) where it will probe the arctic landscape searching for conditions favourable for past or present life ...> Full Article


Wandering Poles Left Scars on Europa (5/15/2008)

Curved features on Jupiter's moon Europa may indicate that its poles have wandered by almost 90° ...> Full Article


A Molecular Thermometer for the Distant Universe (5/14/2008)

A Molecular Thermometer for the Distant UniverseFirst accurate measurement of the temperature of the cosmic background at an early epoch ...> Full Article


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