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 | New observations by the Spitzer Space Telescope show water vapor prevalent across young star system.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: August 31, 2007 |
 | Recent observations of dwarf galaxy IC 10 reveal new stars and clues about stellar evolution.
Provided by the W. M. Keck Observatory, Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Published: August 30, 2007 |
 | Astronomers have pioneered a technique for determining the properties of these ultradense objects.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: August 28, 2007 |
 | NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a rare view edge-on of Uranus' rings.
Provided by STScI, Baltimore, Maryland
Published: August 27, 2007 |
 | Astronomers conclude a cold region in the constellation Eridanus is caused by a hole in the universe nearly one billion light-years across.
Provided by the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul
Published: August 24, 2007 |
 | Ridges on the lunar surface help astronomers piece together the history of volcanic activity on our Moon.
Provided by European Planetary Science Congress
Published: August 23, 2007 |
 | Two asteroids orbiting between Mars and Jupiter do not fit into any existing classification category.
Provided by European Planetary Science Congress
Published: August 22, 2007 |
 | An object in Ursa Minor could be the closest known neutron star to Earth.
Provided by Penn State University, University Park
Published: August 21, 2007 |
 | Titan's future depends on how much methane is stored in the moon's interior, and how easily that methane can be transferred.
Provided by European Planetary Science Congress
Published: August 20, 2007 |
 | A chaotic clash of galaxy clusters has astronomers questioning what they know about dark matter.
Provided by the Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: August 17, 2007 |
 | A new model based on data from Cassini suggests water isn't necessary for geyser-like activity to occur on Saturn's icy moon.
Provided by the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Published: August 16, 2007 |
 | Mira, streaking through space at extraordinary speeds, leaves a wake 13 light-years long.
Provided by the Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C.
Published: August 15, 2007 |
 | Astronomers combine data from several telescopes to find luminous galaxies hiding 12 billion light-years away.
Provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: August 14, 2007 |
 | The Very Large Telescope Interferometer captures a dusty puff around a variable star.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: August 13, 2007 |
 | The world's largest bolometer camera will study star formation and how galaxies emerged from the Big Bang.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: August 10, 2007 |
 | Scientists unveil a class of active galactic nuclei so heavily surrounded in gas and dust that no light can escape.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: August 9, 2007 |
 | A planet enormous in size but small in density defies current theories of superheated giant planets.
Provided by Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona
Published: August 8, 2007 |
 | Four clashing galaxies will eventually merge into one 10 times as big as the Milky Way.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: August 7, 2007 |
 | The NASA spacecraft will search for water in the Red Planet's northern polar region.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: August 6, 2007 |
 | Cassini scientists think hidden icy masses could be the source of the dusty G ring.
Provided by CICLOPS, Boulder, Colorado
Published: August 3, 2007 |
 | Astronomers will study planets around red-giant stars to learn more about our own solar system's future.
Provided by Penn State University, University Park
Published: August 2, 2007 |
 | Original photos transported from the Moon to Earth 40 years ago now move from the archives to the Internet.
Provided by Arizona State University, Tempe
Published: August 1, 2007 |
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