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 | By measuring stellar gravities and temperature of blue supergiant stars, astronomers can meaure distances to galaxies beyond the Local Group.
Provided by the Institute of Astronomy, Honolulu, Hawaii
Published: May 31, 2007 |
 | NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has captured one of the most energetic events ever detected.
Provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: May 31, 2007 |
 | For the first time, astronomers have surveyed an incredible amount of activity in the distant universe.
Provided by the Institute of Astronomy, Honolulu, Hawaii
Published: May 31, 2007 |
 | Astronomers have resolved the first image of the surface of a Sun-like star.
Provided by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Published: May 31, 2007 |
 | Astronomers announce the discovery of 28 new extrasolar planets, bringing the total known to 236. By David J. Eicher
Published: May 30, 2007 |
 | Astronomers offer insight into the solar chromosphere's temperature and a way to predict massive particle storms that could damage earthly resources. By David J. Eicher
Published: May 30, 2007 |
 | New research sheds light on how black holes form and evolve. By David J. Eicher
Published: May 30, 2007 |
 | A newly released Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy M81 shows unprecedented detail. By David J. Eicher
Published: May 29, 2007 |
 | Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope have found a brown dwarf spewing jets.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: May 28, 2007 |
 | Using NASA's Swift satellite, astronomers have discovered that energetic flares seen after gamma-ray bursts are not just hiccups, they appear to be a continuation of the burst itself.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: May 25, 2007 |
 | Astronomers have identified a new class of stellar explosions in M85.
Provided by the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Published: May 24, 2007 |
 | Using the McDonald Observatory, astronomers have discovered a system of two Jupiter-like planets orbiting a star whose composition might seem to rule out planet formation.
Provided by the University of Texas, Austin
Published: May 23, 2007 |
 | NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has found a silica-rich patch that scientists theorize water has influenced.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 22, 2007 |
 | NASA dedicates its new Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy on the 50th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 21, 2007 |
 | Astrophysicists have successfully tested a new method for determining masses of black holes.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: May 18, 2007 |
 | NASA's Wind spacecraft finds that helium may set the solar wind's speed.
Provided by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico
Published: May 17, 2007 |
 | Tidal forces acting on fault lines in the moon's icy shell cause the faults to rub back and forth against each other, producing enough heat to transform some of the ice into plumes of water vapor and ice crystals.
Provided by the University of California, Santa Cruz
Published: May 16, 2007 |
 | Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have found a ring of dark matter that formed from a collision between two galaxy clusters.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: May 15, 2007 |
 | Shock waves from a central supermassive black hole create M106's ghostly X-ray arms.
Provided by the University of Maryland, College Park
Published: May 14, 2007 |
 | Researchers identify a Milky Way star that is 13.2 billion years old.
Provided by the University of Texas, Austin
Published: May 11, 2007 |
 | Astronomers find dwarf galaxies born from the collision of larger galaxies are more massive than expected.
Provided by NRAO, Socorro, New Mexico
Published: May 10, 2007 |
 | Using a new technique, astronomers have mapped the cloud tops of a "hot Jupiter."
Provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: May 9, 2007 |
 | The extrasolar planet HD 149026b glows like an ember in space at a temperature of 3,700º Fahrenheit.
Provided by the University of Central Florida, Orlando
Published: May 9, 2007 |
 | Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based telescopes have detected the brightest stellar explosion ever recorded.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 7, 2007 |
 | The ESA-NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory may have glimpsed miniscule ripples in the overall movement of the solar surface.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: May 7, 2007 |
 | NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has discovered evidence of an ancient volcanic explosion in Gusev Crater.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: May 4, 2007 |
 | Radar observations by ground-based telescopes indicate the innermost planet has a molten core.
Provided by NRAO, Socorro, New Mexico
Published: May 3, 2007 |
 | The Thermal Emission Imaging System improves scientists' understanding of Mars' water cycle.
Provided by Arizona State University, Tempe
Published: May 2, 2007 |
 | The Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft captured never-before-seen perspectives of the giant planet's atmosphere, rings, moons and magnetosphere.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 2, 2007 |
 | Hubble finds three generations of stars formed early in globular cluster NGC 2808's life, instead of a single "baby boom."
Provided by Hubble ESA, Garching, Germany
Published: May 2, 2007 |
 | The European Space Agency announces its "cosmic vision" for 2015 to 2025.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: May 1, 2007 |
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