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 | NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured a first glimpse at a very early stage in the life of an embryonic star.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: November 30, 2007 |
 | Scientists employed one of the largest CCD cameras to image Comet 17P/Holmes as it fades from view.
Provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: November 30, 2007 |
 | ESA's Venus Express has confirmed lightning on Venus.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: November 29, 2007 |
 | A team of astronomers has discovered that Leo II, an old dwarf galaxy, has a juvenescent heart.
Provided by the Subaru Telescope Facility, Hilo, Hawaii
Published: November 29, 2007 |
 | ESO's VLT takes the search for young galaxies to new limits.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: November 28, 2007 |
 | The Mars Rover Spirit captured an image of Mars' Home Plate.
Provided by the University of Arizona, Tucson
Published: November 27, 2007 |
 | A new study sheds light on the early formation of Earth and Mars.
Provided by the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Published: November 27, 2007 |
 | On December 25, 2003, Mars Express arrived at the Red Planet. Almost 4 years later, the orbiter has reached 5,000 orbits of Mars.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: November 26, 2007 |
 | With Cluster data, scientists now have evidence that solar outbursts can generate conditions that slingshot matter in Earth's magnetic environment.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: November 26, 2007 |
 | The "flaring comet" continues to impress observers. By Francis Reddy
Published: November 24, 2007 |
 | Rosetta's OSIRIS camera has captured true color images of Earth.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: November 21, 2007 |
 | Observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope indicate that satellites created from collisions occur in only 5 to 10 percent of planetary systems.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: November 20, 2007 |
 | New research has found evidence for what might be the raw material for the beginning of shrunken versions of our solar system - miniature worlds in the making.
Provided by the University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Published: November 20, 2007 |
 | The discovery provides a new model for the behavior of the universe's largest and most rare exploding stars.
Provided by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico
Published: November 20, 2007 |
 | The ESA has decided to continue operation of the Ulysses space craft until 2009.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: November 19, 2007 |
 | The first global map of Mars' ionosphere has been constructed by Mars Express.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: November 19, 2007 |
 | Astronomers have spotted evidence for colliding planet embryos in the Pleiades star cluster.
Providedy by Gemini Observatory, Hilo, Hawaii
Published: November 16, 2007 |
| The Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of Comet 17P/Holmes.
Provided by Hubble ESA, Garching, Germany
Published: November 16, 2007 |
 | A CU satellite has indicated regional warming variations from the Sun found during a solar cycle.
Provided by the University of Colorado, Boulder
Published: November 15, 2007 |
 | A professor from UCSC has discovered the steps to make the brightest supernova ever: explode, collapse, repeat.
Provided by the University of California, Santa Cruz
Published: November 14, 2007 |
 | Astronomers at the Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory have linked mysterious cosmic rays to a galactic powerhosue.
Provided by the University of Chicago
Published: November 13, 2007 |
 | UKIRT's wide field camera took its one-millionth observation October 31, after more than two years of observation.
Provided by the Joint Astronomy Center, Hilo, Hawaii
Published: November 13, 2007 |
 | Astronomers at the McDonald Observatory have discovered the best "solar twin" to date.
Provided by McDonald Observatory, Austin, Texas
Published: November 12, 2007 |
 | ESA's comet chaser, Rosetta, is on its way to its second close encounter with Earth on November 13.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: November 12, 2007 |
 | More than 100,000 volunteer scientists find that galaxies seem to prefer to spin counterclockwise as seen from Earth. By Daniel Pendick
Published: November 9, 2007 |
 | A new study suggests ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays come from black holes.
Provided by the University of Utah, Salt Lake city
Published: November 9, 2007 |
 | Astronomers from around the world have been discussing the findings from ESA's orbiting gamma-ray observatory, Integral.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: November 8, 2007 |
 | Japan's KAGUYA satellite provides the world's first high-definition image data acquisition of the Moon.
Provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Published: November 8, 2007 |
 | A spectacular new image shows how complex a star's afterlife can be.
Provided by the Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: November 7, 2007 |
 | A new Web interface makes it possible for everyone to submit their pictures of the planet.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: November 5, 2007 |
 | The new calculations might leave the mass of the universe as much as 10 to 20 percent lighter than previously calculated.
Provided by the University of Alabama
Published: November 5, 2007 |
 | New center assignments for Moon exploration announced by NASA.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: November 2, 2007 |
 | White dwarf "sibling rivalry" exploded into supernova.
Provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: November 2, 2007 |
 | Mars Express probes the Red Planet's most unusual deposits.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: November 2, 2007 |
 | Leicester professor is pioneering a new project in hopes of finding the origin of the universe.
Provided by the University of Leicester, England
Published: November 2, 2007 |
 | NASA astronomers have found a new black hole that breaks a record, making it the largest black hole known that orbits another star.
Provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: November 2, 2007 |
 | RIT study confirms supermassive black holes produce powerful galaxy-shaping winds.
Provided by the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York
Published: November 2, 2007 |
 | NASA has announced its intent to establish a new Lunar Science Institute that will help lead the agency's research activities for future lunar science missions.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: November 1, 2007 |
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