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Visit To An Asteroid
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 system. ... > full story
Are Saturn's Rings Disappearing?
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,
... > full story
Unlocking The Mystery Of The Moon
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
... > full story
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
... > full story
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Astronomers Spy Earth-like Planet Forming Around Distant Star
Astrophysicists analyzing infrared images captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope found indications of a dust cloud surrounding a relatively young star. The star is 10 to 16 million years old, and ... > more -
Astronomers Look At Ultraviolet Light To Find Star’s Tail
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 astronomers ... > more -
Total Lunar Eclipse Casts Eerie Red And Orange Glow
A total lunar eclipse was observed during the summer of 2007. A total lunar eclipse occurs when a full moon passes through the earth's shadow during its orbit. When the sun, Earth and moon are ... > more -
Roboticists Create Rover To Move And Drill On The Moon
Engineers and robiticists created a robot to explore the moon. Running on the same amount of power as a 100-watt light bulb the rover uses heat from radiation to support its sensors, movement, and ... > 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 -
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 -
Planetary Scientists Use Hubble to Spot Oxygen-Rich Soil on Moon
The Moon's surface is covered with oxygen-rich soils, Hubble Space Telescope images show. Planetary scientists believe the oxygen could be tapped to power rockets and be a source of oxygen to breathe ... > more -
Space Physicists and Atmospheric Scientists Can Now Predict Disruptions Caused by the Sun's Coronal Mass Ejections
Solar activity can wreak havoc in communications systems -- particularly during coronal mass ejections, when plumes of electrically charged particles hit earth's atmosphere. Scientists can now track ... > more -
Astronomy Students Find 1,300 New Asteroids
Astronomy students looking for supernovae examined photographs and found asteroids. They used both unaided eyes and computer analysis to identify the asteroids. The images were composited from three ... > 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
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