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 | New research uses silicon isotopes to distinguish between the formation of Earth's core and that of Mars.
Provided by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom
Published: June 29, 2007 |
 | July opens in spectacular fashion with an evening display of Venus and Saturn in the same telescopic view.
Published: June 29, 2007 |
 | Astronomers discover a neutron star 20,000 light-years away with a black hole's ability to launch jets of energy into space.
Provided by University of Wisconsin-Madison
Published: June 28, 2007 |
 | Astronomers use Hubble images of Vesta and Ceres to prepare for spacecraft Dawn's mission to the asteroid belt.
Provided by Space Telescope Science Institute
Published: June 27, 2007 |
 | As Eta Carinae nears a state of unstable equilibrium, the massive star draws closer to its inevitable demise.
Provided by the Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: June 26, 2007 |
 | A research team concludes it is impossible to lose something inside a black hole.
Provided by Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Published: June 25, 2007 |
 | Atlantis uses its backup landing strip at Edwards Air Force Base after bad weather rules out Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: June 22, 2007 |
 | High-contrast observations will help directly image unknown extra-solar planets, low-mass stars, and brown dwarfs.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: June 22, 2007 |
 | Two celestial explosions at the same spot in the sky may be the result of a massive star's death, and could challenge astronomers' understanding of stars' lives.
Provided by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom
Published: June 20, 2007 |
 | Astronomers analyzing Sloan Digital Sky Survey data discover a supersized Einstein ring. By Francis Reddy
Published: June 20, 2007 |
 | NASA confirms space shuttle Atlantis will land Thursday in Florida after completing its mission to the International Space Station.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: June 19, 2007 |
 | NASA has cleared the shuttle to land following a final test of critical space-station computers. By Francis Reddy
Published: June 18, 2007 |
 | Data from the Cassini mission to Saturn suggest geological activity on Tethys and Dione.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: June 18, 2007 |
| A power spike from the International Space Station's new solar panels damaged onboard computers, say Russian officials. By Francis Reddy
Published: June 15, 2007 |
 | Scientists believe changes in Mars' orientation manipulated the Red Planet's shorelines within the past 2 to 3 billion years.
Provided by the Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C.
Published: June 14, 2007 |
 | New data support Pluto's demotion as the list of dwarf planets grows.
Provided by the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Published: June 14, 2007 |
 | A NASA technique pinpoints Earth's exact center of mass to understand global climate change.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: June 13, 2007 |
 | Astronomers discover 30 variable stars in the field of open star cluster M23.
Provided by Luther College, Iowa
Published: June 13, 2007 |
 | Our galaxy is being pushed away from the Local Void at 600,000 mph, meaning the void must be very large and very empty.
Provided by the Institute of Astronomy, Honolulu, Hawaii
Published: June 12, 2007 |
 | The discovery of the coolest-known low-mass brown dwarf means the boundary between planets and brown dwarfs is shrinking.
Provided by Joint Astronomy Center, Hilo, Hawaii
Published: June 11, 2007 |
 | The first look at the chaotic core of the Sun comes from a computer model developed to simulate convection patterns.
Provided by NCAR, Boulder, Colorado
Published: June 8, 2007 |
 | Astronomers confirm date by comparing photographs taken 17 years apart to study the famous supernova's expansion speed.
Provided by Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Published: June 8, 2007 |
 | A black hole located 13 billion light-years from Earth could provide information about the universe's early evolution.
Provided by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Published: June 7, 2007 |
 | Supermassive black holes are actively growing in even the emptiest regions of the universe.
Provided by Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Published: June 6, 2007 |
 | A new X-ray telescope's images of magnetic fields on the Sun provide clues to when dangerous solar activity could occur.
Provided by Montana State University, Bozeman
Published: June 5, 2007 |
 | Astronomers use triangulation, an ancient Greek method, to study dark matter in the Milky Way's galactic halo.
Provided by Ohio State University, Columbus
Published: June 5, 2007 |
 | NASA's FUSE satellite and ground-based telescopes reveal the interaction of a binary system.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: June 4, 2007 |
 | Astronomers image scores of dwarf galaxies in the Coma cluster.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: June 1, 2007 |
 | The Canadian space telescope MOST's observations of planetary system Gleise 581 indicates stellar stability.
Provided by the University of British Columbia
Published: June 1, 2007 |
 | Astronomers find three rings of shredded galaxies and star clusters encircle the Milky Way.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: June 1, 2007 |
 | A team of astronomers from University of Montréal has identified the most massive star ever weighed.
Provided by the University of Montreal, Canada
Published: June 1, 2007 |
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