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January 06, 2009Cassiopeia A Comes Alive Across Time and SpaceTwo new efforts have taken a famous supernova remnant from the static to the dynamic. A new movie of data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows changes in time never seen before in this type of object.Read More...
January 05, 2009Milky Way a Swifter Spinner, More Massive, New Measurements ShowFasten your seat belts -- we're faster, heavier, and more likely to collide than we thought. Astronomers making high-precision measurements of the Milky Way say our Galaxy is rotating about 100,000 miles per hour faster than previously understood.Read More...
January 05, 2009Baby Jupiters Must Gain Weight FastThe planet Jupiter gained weight in a hurry during its infancy. It had to, since the material from which it formed probably disappeared in just a few million years, according to a new study of planet formation around young stars.Read More...