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Photo of President Obama, 2008 National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology awardees. President Obama Presents 2008 National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology and Innovation
Released October 8, 2009
Press Release
astronomy graphic Dirty Stars Make Good Solar System Hosts
Released October 6, 2009
News From the Field
BOSS cartridge First Light for BOSS: A New Kind of Search for Dark Energy
Released October 1, 2009
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ALMA antenna on transport ALMA Telescope Reaches New Heights
Released September 23, 2009
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galactic center of the Milky Way Sophisticated Telescope Camera Debuts With Peek at Nest of Black Holes
Released September 15, 2009
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Milky Way galaxy Is the Milky Way Doomed to be Destroyed by Galactic Bombardment? Probably Not, Study Says
Released August 31, 2009
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Gemini North infrared image of Jupiter and Titan. Storm Clouds Over Titan
Released August 12, 2009
Press Release
Adaptive optics image of Titan showing storm feature. Methane Clouds Observed Near Titan's Equator May Explain Presence of Riverbeds on the Surface
Released August 12, 2009
Discovery
Saturn and Titan Caltech Scientists Discover Storms in the Tropics of Titan
Released August 12, 2009
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gas (blue) interacting with black holes First Black Holes Born Starving
Released August 10, 2009
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comet 2001 RX14 Crashing Comets Not Likely the Cause of Earth's Mass Extinctions
Released July 30, 2009
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News thumbnail Simulations Illuminate Universe's First Twin Stars
Released July 9, 2009
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News thumbnail, supernova Giant Supernovae Farthest Ever Detected
Released July 8, 2009
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galaxy M87 VLBA Locates Superenergetic Bursts Near Giant Black Hole
Released July 2, 2009
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VERITAS Pinpointing Origin of Gamma Rays From a Supermassive Black Hole
Released July 2, 2009
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teen girl with telescope Peculiar, Junior-sized Supernova Discovered by New York Teen
Released June 10, 2009
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Infrared Spatial Interferometer telescopes Red Giant Star Betelgeuse is Mysteriously Shrinking
Released June 9, 2009
News From the Field
M81 To 300 Million Light Years, and Beyond--a New Way to Measure Cosmic Distances
Released June 8, 2009
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image of the galaxy Rare Radio Supernova in Nearby Galaxy is Nearest Supernova in Five Years
Released May 27, 2009
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astronomy graphic New Technique Could Find Water on Earth-like Planets Orbiting Distant Suns
Released May 26, 2009
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pulsar and companion 'Missing Link': Revealing Fast-spinning Pulsar Mysteries
Released May 21, 2009
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Photo of NSB Chrm. Steven Beering and NSF Director Arden Bement posing with 2009 award recipients. NSF and NSB Pay Tribute to Three Top American Scientists and Public Service Awardees at Annual Ceremony
Released May 18, 2009
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SuperNova Integral Field Spectrograph Cosmology's Best Standard Candles Get Even Better
Released May 18, 2009
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data from telescopes Astronomers Find Farthest Known Object
Released April 28, 2009
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galaxy IU Astronomer's Discovery Poses Challenge to Galaxy Formation Theories
Released April 10, 2009
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BLAST team prepares for launch First Results From Penn's Balloon-borne Telescope BLAST
Released April 9, 2009
News From the Field
Photo of the summer Milky Way behind the Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory. Palomar Observatory Is Last Stop on 24-Hour Webcast Linking Telescopes Around the Globe and in Space
Released March 25, 2009
Press Release
pulsar illustration Arecibo Pulsar Survey is Using 50,000 PCs Worldwide to Generate Supercomputing Power
Released March 25, 2009
News From the Field
Photo of Alan T. Waterman Awardee David Charbonneau. NSF Announces 2009 Alan T. Waterman Award Recipient
Released February 27, 2009
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Illustration of Charles Darwin. Scientists' Next Big Discoveries Predicted in Online Report on the 150th Anniversary of "On The Origin of Species"
Released February 12, 2009
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