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 | Zeplin-III will join Zeplin-II, already operating in an English mine, in the hunt for dark matter.
Provided by the Royal Astronomical Society, United Kingdom
Published: April 30, 2007 |
 | Researchers uncover our galaxy's lowest-mass white dwarf.
Provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: April 27, 2007 |
 | Astronomers have developed a new method for accurately determining the ages of field stars based on their rotational rates.
Provided by Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona
Published: April 26, 2007 |
 | Astronomers have discovered the most earthlike planet to date.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: April 25, 2007 |
 | To mark the space telescope's 17th anniversary, NASA and ESA release one of Hubble's largest panoramic images.
Provided by Hubble ESA, Garching, Germany
Published: April 24, 2007 |
 | Astronomers theorize warm gas escaping black holes can encourage life.
Provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: April 23, 2007 |
 | The discovery of radio emissions from brown dwarfs may unlock the mysteries of how pulsars work.
Provided by NRAO, Socorro, New Mexico
Published: April 19, 2007 |
 | A triple threat of telescopes captures images of forming galaxies.
Provided by the Royal Astronomical Society, United Kingdom
Published: April 18, 2007 |
 | Steaming stars drive out thick clouds of water vapor as they approach death.
Provided by the Royal Astronomical Society, United Kingdom
Published: April 17, 2007 |
 | This year's observance seeks to deter light pollution through lighting actions.
Provided by the National Dark-Sky Week Foundation
Published: April 16, 2007 |
 | Astronomers have spotted the "Red Square," a nebula nestled in the constellation Serpens.
Provided by the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Published: April 13, 2007 |
 | ESA scientists are confident that Venus Express will continue to aid them in a global understanding of the bright planet.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: April 11, 2007 |
 | Astronomers are puzzled by the "Hang-loose Binary" — a pair of low-mass stars with an extreme orbital separation.
Provided by Gemini Observatory, Hilo, Hawaii
Published: April 11, 2007 |
 | The Global Positioning System, among other radio-wave-based technologies, may be vulnerable to space weather.
Provided by the NOAA, Silver Spring, Maryland
Published: April 10, 2007 |
 | Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have found thriving planetary systems orbiting twin stars.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: April 9, 2007 |
 | Using relic radiation from the birth of the universe, astrophysicists at the University of Illinois have proposed a new way of measuring the fine-structure constant in the past, and comparing it with today.
Provided by the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Published: April 8, 2007 |
 | A suprising stellar explosion opens the window on how some stars die.
Provided by the University of California, Berkeley
Published: April 6, 2007 |
 | Scientists seek to understand the cloud features and atmospheric turbulence on Venus.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: April 4, 2007 |
 | A new image of NGC 1672 sheds light on the process of starburst activity.
Provided by Hubble ESA, Garching, Germany
Published: April 4, 2007 |
 | Joint observations of Jupiter by the Rosetta and New Horizons spacecraft will reveal information about the planet's atmosphere.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: April 3, 2007 |
 | Despite an intensive study of double asteroids, the origin of Antiope still remains unclear.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: April 2, 2007 |
 | Researchers create software that models the delivery of materials to future human settlements on the Moon and Mars.
Provided by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston
Published: April 2, 2007 |
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