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September 2003
Large Magellanic Cloud
Giant senior stars are shedding light on the Large Magellanic Cloud's origin.
By Andrew Fazekas
Published: September 22, 2003
Galileo Arrives At Jupiter
NASA's Galileo mission will come to a dramatic end on Sunday as the venerable spacecraft falls into Jupiter's cloudy atmosphere.
By Vanessa Thomas
Published: September 21, 2003
Moon in X Rays
The Chandra X-ray Observatory's first look at our moon shows that peculiar x rays thought to be from the moon are actually from a closer source.
By Vanessa Thomas
Published: September 18, 2003
SIRTF Startup Image
Instruments on NASA's newly launched Space Infrared Telescope Facility turn on and make preliminary observations.
By Vanessa Thomas
Published: September 4, 2003
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