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 | A new study looks at the formation of Jupiter's rings.
Provided by Nature
Published: April 30, 2008 |
 | A gravitational rocket propelled the monster at a speed of thousands of kilometers per second.
Provided by the Max Planck Institute, Garching, Germany
Published: April 30, 2008 |
 | A possible flurry of "shooting stars" makes this year's Eta Aquarid meteor shower worth a look. By Francis Reddy
Published: April 29, 2008 |
 | Compact galaxies in the early universe have a much greater mass than expected.
Provided by STScI, Baltimore, Maryland
Published: April 29, 2008 |
 | These objects are found to be suprisingly immature.
Provided by the Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: April 28, 2008 |
 | The Northern Lights glimmer with an unexpected trait.
Provided by the American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.
Published: April 25, 2008 |
 | The Herschel spacecraft assembly has been completed.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: April 24, 2008 |
 | To mark the 18th anniversary of Hubble's launch, scientists have released 59 images of galaxies merging.
Provided by Hubble ESA, Garching, Germany
Published: April 24, 2008 |
 | Michigan telescopes help give astronomers insights into blazars.
Provided by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Published: April 23, 2008 |
 | Observers in 62 countries contributed data on night skybrightness.
Provided by NOAO, Tucson, Arizona
Published: April 22, 2008 |
 | New research finds that the ice is more vulnerable to sunny weather.
Provided by the American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.
Published: April 22, 2008 |
 | New NASA Moon mission begins integration of science instruments.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: April 18, 2008 |
 | Expedition 16's Whitson hands over command of the station.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: April 18, 2008 |
 | Young stars are shown growing in a new NASA image.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: April 17, 2008 |
 | Light echo of a high-energy flash from a black hole has been observed in detail for the first time.
Provided by the Max Planck Institute, Garching, Germany
Published: April 17, 2008 |
 | Following success at Saturn, NASA extends the Cassini mission to July 2010.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: April 16, 2008 |
 | Astronomers 'listen' to an exoplanet-host star to find its birthplace.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: April 15, 2008 |
 | Our galaxy's giant black hole erupted 300 years ago.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: April 15, 2008 |
 | Spot the end of a star's life. By Michael E. Bakich
Published: April 14, 2008 |
 | NASA's Mars Phoenix trajectory manuever supports the May 25 landing.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: April 14, 2008 |
 | Hubble pinpoints record explosion and finds unexpected fading mode.
Provided by the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colorado
Published: April 11, 2008 |
 | This finding is a new step toward filling the gap between stars and planets.
Provided by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Published: April 10, 2008 |
 | The space telescope captured a dazzling view of Omega Centauri.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: April 10, 2008 |
 | HiRISE captured one of Mars' moons on March 23.
Provided by the University of Arizona, Tucson
Published: April 10, 2008 |
 | An RIT team simulates the first merger of three black holes.
Provided by the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York
Published: April 9, 2008 |
 | A rocky planet has been discovered orbiting a star in the constellation.
Provided by University College London
Published: April 9, 2008 |
 | New laser technology could find the first planets that resemble Earth.
Provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: April 8, 2008 |
 | Venus Express reexamines the case for active volcanos on the cloudy planet.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: April 7, 2008 |
 | The satellite is detecting more X-rays than thought possible.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: April 7, 2008 |
 | Astronomers have produced an image containing more than 100,000 galaxies.
Provided by the Joint Astronomy Center, Hilo, Hawaii
Published: April 4, 2008 |
 | The Automated Transfer Vehicle from the European Space Agency docks to the International Space Station on April 3, 2008.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: April 4, 2008 |
 | An amateur internet telescope observes light from a stellar explosion older than Earth.
Provided by the Seeing in the Dark Internet Telescope
Published: April 2, 2008 |
 | Astronomers have tracked down the starting point of the particles.
Provided by the Royal Astronomical Society, United Kingdom
Published: April 2, 2008 |
 | New evidence suggests old galaxies stay together and grow into large galaxies.
Provided by JAC/UKIRT in Honolulu, Hawaii
Published: April 2, 2008 |
 | Astronomers have found an embryonic planet.
Provided by the Royal Astronomical Society, United Kingdom
Published: April 2, 2008 |
 | Twilight sets a perfect stage Tuesday evening, April 8, when our Moon passes the beautiful Pleiades star cluster. By Richard Talcott
Published: April 2, 2008 |
 | NASA scientists identify the lowest-mass black hole known.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: April 1, 2008 |
 | These new systems are the first of their kind ever discovered.
Provided by Ohio State University, Columbus
Published: April 1, 2008 |
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