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 | Astronomers can use these echoes to observe light from old supernovae.
Provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: May 30, 2008 |
 | NASA's Phoenix lander puts its arm and other tools to work.
Provided by the University of Arizona, Tucson
Published: May 30, 2008 |
 | Object probably formed from supernova explosion.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: May 29, 2008 |
 | Astronomers map the metals in millions of Milky Way stars.
Provided by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II
Published: May 29, 2008 |
 | Super-fast rotator offers a clue about near-Earth objects.
Provided by the STFC, United Kingdom
Published: May 28, 2008 |
 | What did it sound like when the lander headed toward the Red Planet's surface? Find out here.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: May 28, 2008 |
 | Astronomers resolve torus around star in another galaxy.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: May 27, 2008 |
 | Our galaxy is less massive than previously believed.
Provided by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II
Published: May 27, 2008 |
 | NASA's Phoenix mission successfully lands on the Red Planet and will begin searching for the conditions for life in Mars' past. By Daniel Pendick, Jeremy McGovern
Published: May 25, 2008 |
 | A mineral-scouting camera pointed scientists toward an ancient martian hydrothermal system.
Provided by Arizona State University, Tempe
Published: May 22, 2008 |
 | Feature may be an indicator of global climate change on the planet.
Provided by the University of California, Berkeley
Published: May 22, 2008 |
 | A Hubble survey reveals matter that had been missing in deep space is strung along in filaments that form the universe's backbone.
Provided by STScI, Baltimore, Maryland
Published: May 21, 2008 |
 | The outburst marking the birth of a supernova.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: May 21, 2008 |
 | Comet C/2007 W1 (Boattini) has brightened enough to see with binoculars and, if you're lucky, with naked eyes. But you won't want to delay your attempts to glimpse it. By Richard Talcott
Published: May 20, 2008 |
 | Astronomers search for orphan stars using a newly upgraded telescope.
Provided by Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Published: May 20, 2008 |
 | NASA's latest mission to the Red Planet will focus on its frozen arctic, where conditions suitable for life may have once existed.
Published: May 20, 2008 |
 | A NASA satellite finds the interior of the Red Planet to be colder than thought.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: May 16, 2008 |
 | Astronomers have found that our universe shines twice as bright as thought.
Provided by the STFC, United Kingdom
Published: May 16, 2008 |
 | Physicists show how information escapes from black holes.
Provided by Penn State University, University Park
Published: May 15, 2008 |
 | Pulsar spins around star with no apparent explanation.
Provided by NRAO, Socorro, New Mexico
Published: May 15, 2008 |
 | This detection gives scientists an important new tool to unlock the workings of Venus's dense atmosphere.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: May 15, 2008 |
 | Observations reveal supernova remnant G1.9+0.3 is only 150 years old.
Provided by the Royal Astronomical Society, United Kingdom
Published: May 14, 2008 |
 | Research will assess whether microbial life and ice existed on the Red Planet.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 14, 2008 |
 | The free program offers seamless exploration of the night sky using real data from multiple observatories. By Francis Reddy
Published: May 13, 2008 |
 | Merging system's interaction sets standard for galaxy evolution.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: May 9, 2008 |
 | Astronomy magazine, Meade Instruments Corp., and science centers throughout the United States unite May 10 to celebrate the sky.
Published: May 9, 2008 |
 | Researchers are closer to understanding how planetary cores evolve.
James E. Kloeppel
Published: May 8, 2008 |
 | NASA's Terra satellite shows aftermath of floods in Burma.
Rebecca Lindsey
Published: May 7, 2008 |
 | Solar phenomena are revealed at Paranal.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: May 6, 2008 |
 | Long-sought baryonic matter connects two galaxies.
Provided by the Max Planck Institute, Garching, Germany
Published: May 6, 2008 |
 | The ASP announces the 2008 award winners in astronomy education and research. By Provided by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, California
Published: May 2, 2008 |
 | All you need is an Internet connection.
Provided by the American Astronomical Society, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 2, 2008 |
 | NASA calls on the APL to send a probe to the brightest star in our solar system.
Provided by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Howard County, Maryland
Published: May 2, 2008 |
 | A NASA satellite pinpointed the time of explosion.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: May 1, 2008 |
 | Astronomy's Out-of-this-world Award recognizes excellence in astronomy outreach.
Published: May 1, 2008 |
 | A NASA spcecraft has been tracking a raging storm on the ringed planet.
Provided by the Cassini Imaging Lab, Boulder, Colorado
Published: May 1, 2008 |
 | The innermost planet makes its best appearance of 2008 in early May. By Michael E. Bakich
Published: May 1, 2008 |
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