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Brown Dwarfs Really Do Form Like Stars
Astronomers have uncovered
strong evidence that brown
dwarfs form like stars.
Using the Smithsonian's
Submillimeter Array, they
detected molecules of carbon
monoxide shooting outward
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Unique Extrasolar Planet Orbits Fast-rotating Hot Star
Three undergraduate
students, from Leiden
University in the
Netherlands, have discovered
an extrasolar planet. The
extraordinary find, which
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Robot That Jumps Like A Grasshopper And Rolls Like A Ball Created For Space Exploration
The first robot that can
jump like a grasshopper and
roll like a ball could play
a key role in future space
exploration. The 'Jollbot'
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Blast From The Past: Astronomers Resurrect 16th-Century Supernova
Astronomers have used light
echoes as a time machine to
unearth secrets of one of
the most influential events
in the history of astronomy
-- a stellar explosion
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How To Destroy An Asteroid: Blowing Up Killer Space Rocks Without Dangerous Debris
December 4, 2008 — Astrophysicists agree that the best method for avoiding a catastrophic collision would be to change the path of the asteroid heading toward our planet. But to do that, scientists need to be able to ... > full story -
Omega Centauri: Glittering Giant Of Southern Skies
December 3, 2008 — Omega Centauri is one of the finest jewels of the southern hemisphere night sky, as ESO's latest stunning image beautifully illustrates. Containing millions of stars, this globular cluster is located ... > full story -
Venus Comes To Life At Wavelengths Invisible To Human Eyes
December 3, 2008 — A pale yellow-green dot to the human eye, Earth's twin planet comes to life in the ultraviolet and the infrared. New images taken by instruments on board ESA's Venus Express provide insight into the ... > full story -
NASA's Swift Looks To Comets For A Cool View
December 3, 2008 — NASA's Swift Gamma-ray Explorer satellite rocketed into space in 2004 on a mission to study some of the highest-energy events in the universe. The spacecraft has detected more than 380 gamma-ray ... > full story -
Fragments Of 10-tonne Space Rock Located In Canada From Nov. 20 Fireball
December 2, 2008 — The remains of a 10-tonne asteroid that exploded in the sky near the Alberta/Saskatchewan border on November 20, 2008 have been located in a rural area near the city of ... > full story -
Solar Wind Rips Up Martian Atmosphere
November 29, 2008 — Researchers have found new evidence that the atmosphere of Mars is being stripped away by solar wind. It's not a gently continuous erosion, but rather a ripping process in which chunks of Martian air ... > full story -
Chandrayaan-1 Starts Observations Of The Moon
November 29, 2008 — The Indian Space Research Organization's lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 released a probe that impacted close to the lunar south pole on Nov. 14. Following this, the instruments on the spacecraft are ... > full story -
Meteorite: 10-ton Rock Responsible For Fireball In Western Canada
November 28, 2008 — Investigation of the fireball that lit up the skies of Alberta and Saskatchewan on Nov. 20 has determined that an asteroid fragment weighing approximately 10 tons entered the Earth's atmosphere over ... > full story -
Jupiter's Rocky Core Bigger And Icier, According To New Simulation
November 27, 2008 — When Jupiter formed 4.5 billion years ago, rocks and ice combined to form a rocky core 14-18 times the mass of the Earth, according to a new simulation by UC Berkeley geophysicist Burkhard Militzer. ... > full story -
NASA Prepares For New Juno Mission To Jupiter
November 27, 2008 — NASA is officially moving forward on a mission to conduct an unprecedented, in-depth study of Jupiter. Called Juno, the mission will be the first in which a spacecraft is placed in a highly ... > full story
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