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 | The non-toxic oxygen and methane propellant combination has the potential for greater engine performance.
Provided by NASA's Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Published: August 31, 2010 |
 | The data indicate that young gas-giant planets are extremely cloudy.
Provided by the W. M. Keck Observatory, Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Published: August 31, 2010 |
 | Research indicates that the Sun's magnetic cycle, which produces differing numbers of sunspots over an approximately 11-year cycle, may vary more than previously thought.
Provided by the American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.
Published: August 30, 2010 |
 | Studying many stars with stellar seismology could help scientists better understand how magnetic activity cycles can differ from star to star, as well as the processes behind such cycles.
Provided by NCAR, Boulder, Colorado
Published: August 27, 2010 |
 | A new image shows the elliptical depression with unprecedented clarity.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: August 27, 2010 |
 | The Rosette Nebula is a huge star-forming region in our Milky Way Galaxy.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: August 26, 2010 |
 | Systems with multiple transiting planets are particularly rich with information that provides clues as to their physical characteristics.
Provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: August 26, 2010 |
 | Scientific results show that when asteroids spin fast enough, they can undergo rotational fission, splitting into two pieces that then begin orbiting each other.
Provided by the University of Colorado, Boulder
Published: August 25, 2010 |
 | Scientists believe that planetary collisions are kicking up fresh dust.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: August 24, 2010 |
 | Scientists believe there are as many as seven planets orbiting this Sun-like star.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: August 24, 2010 |
 | The method is based on corrections astronomers make to signals from pulsars.
Provided by CSIRO, Sydney, Australia
Published: August 23, 2010 |
 | M87's location, coupled with long observations over Chandra's lifetime, has made it an excellent subject for investigations of how a massive black hole impacts its environment.
Provided by the Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: August 20, 2010 |
 | Based on the size of the newly discovered cliffs, scientists estimate the distance between the Moon's center and its surface has shrunk by about 300 feet.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: August 20, 2010 |
 | Scientists determine that an ancient galaxy cluster is still actively producing stars.
Provided by Texas A&M University, College Station
Published: August 19, 2010 |
 | The team used a massive galaxy cluster as a cosmic magnifying lens to study the nature of dark energy and improve current measurements of the mass and energy content of the universe.
Provided by Hubble ESA, Garching, Germany
Published: August 19, 2010 |
 | Scientists have demonstrated that a magnetar formed from a star with at least 40 times the mass of the Sun, but theory states that mass should form a black hole.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: August 18, 2010 |
 | This is the first time scientists have detected X-ray eclipses from a fast pulsar that is also accreting gas.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: August 18, 2010 |
 | In addition to detailing the never-before-seen regions at the solar system's edge, IBEX data has been used in discoveries closer to Earth.
Provided by the Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado
Published: August 17, 2010 |
 | The research will cover areas such as understanding how the first stars and galaxies formed, locating earthlike planets, and surveying the Milky Way.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: August 16, 2010 |
 | Brilliant Venus appears highest in evening twilight this week. By Richard Talcott
Published: August 16, 2010 |
 | The study highlights the importance of monitoring and improving measurement of the Sun's meridional circulation.
Provided by NCAR, Boulder, Colorado
Published: August 16, 2010 |
 | NGC 4696 is more interesting than most elliptical galaxies, with its huge dust lane and strange thin filaments of ionized hydrogen.
Provided by Hubble ESA, Garching, Germany
Published: August 13, 2010 |
 | Scientists have detected gamma rays from a nova for the first time.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: August 13, 2010 |
 | Trojans share their planet's orbit and help astronomers understand how the planets formed and how the solar system evolved.
Provided by the Subaru Telescope Facility, Hilo, Hawaii
Published: August 12, 2010 |
 | Scientists find the pulsar especially interesting because it is likely a recycled pulsar that lost its companion.
Provided by the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Published: August 12, 2010 |
 | A new camera that detects light in the near-infrared will provide a detailed study of star formation in the Magellanic Clouds.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: August 11, 2010 |
 | The cluster continues to transform galaxies because of interactions of close-proximity galaxy systems.
Provided by STScI, Baltimore, Maryland
Published: August 11, 2010 |
 | A new image of the Antennae galaxies allows astronomers to get the inside story behind a galactic collision.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: August 10, 2010 |
 | Scientists traveled to Ny-Alesund to investigate how extremophiles — organisms that thrive in harsh conditions — first colonized snow and ice.
Provided by European Planetary Science Congress
Published: August 9, 2010 |
 | Scientists have developed a technique that allows them to switch off the twinkling of stars over a wide field of view, enabling Earth-based telescopes to obtain images as crisp as those taken with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Provided by the University of Arizona, Tucson
Published: August 9, 2010 |
 | Scientists found that by using the timing of the radio pulses as a guide to organizing auroral data, and by stacking the results from all the Hubble Saturn auroral images on top of each other, the auroral pulses finally revealed themselves.
Provided by the American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.
Published: August 5, 2010 |
 | The magazine will join Astronomy to enhance the publishing company's science coverage.
Published: August 5, 2010 |
 | Because of its relative closeness, Supernova 1987A has made it possible for astronomers to study the explosion of a massive star and its aftermath in more detail.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: August 5, 2010 |
 | The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter program objectives are to characterize Mars' atmosphere and, in particular, search for trace gases like methane.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: August 4, 2010 |
 | The Sun's surface erupted and blasted tons of plasma into space Sunday. That plasma is headed our way, and when it arrives, it could create a spectacular light show.
Provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: August 3, 2010 |
 | The process that produced the handedness of amino acids in meteorites may provide clues to how it developed in life-forms on Earth.
Provided by the Subaru Telescope Facility, Hilo, Hawaii
Published: August 3, 2010 |
 | The separation between the 36 Jupiter-mass brown dwarf companion and its primary star is only 18 astronomical units. Most young brown dwarf and planetary companions found by direct imaging are at orbital separations greater than 50 AU.
Provided by the University of Arizona, Tucson
Published: August 2, 2010 |
 | The John H. Eicher Mineral Museum outside Animas, New Mexico, will connect a crossover interest between amateur astronomers and rock and mineral collectors.
Published: August 2, 2010 |
 | This year's shower, which peaks the night of August 12/13, promises to be among the Perseids' best. By Liz Kruesi
Published: August 2, 2010 |
 | The rover team anticipated Spirit would go into a low-power "hibernation" mode since the rover was not able to get to a favorable slope for its fourth martian winter.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: August 2, 2010 |
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