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The Making of a Hubble Image

To mark the International Year of Astronomy, the public was asked to vote on where Hubble should aim next. They chose an interacting pair of galaxies called Arp 274. This video shows how technicians processed the image back on Earth
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Space Junk: Hunting Zombies

If we don't deal with orbital debris, Earth will one day have rings of refuse – and we'll be cut off from space.
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Mars's Mysterious Elongated Crater

Orcus Patera is an enigmatic elliptical depression near Mars's equator, in the eastern hemisphere of the planet.
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Instruments Selected For Mars Probe

ESA PR-17 2010 ESA and NASA have selected the scientific instruments for their first joint Mars mission.
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Solar Explosions Headed For Earth

Look to the skies on the nights of August 3rd and 4th, we may be in for a lights show as the highly charged particles of a massive explosion on the Sun hit our atmosphere. Read on for more information.
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Most Powerful X-Ray Ever Recorded

It was bright, fierce and thankfully short. A mysterious event in a distant galaxy has blasted our solar system with the most powerful burst of X-rays ever recorded, temporarily blinding an astronomical satellite.
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Scientists Discover First Planet With Tail

Scientists have discovered the first cometary planet, one with a huge tail, a stream of gas being ripped off by solar winds at 22,000 miles per hour. This jovian world is located 153 light-years from Earth.
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NASA Sets Final Shuttle Launch Dates

NASA Updates Shuttle Target Launch Dates For Final Two Flights
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Giant Propellers Discovered in Saturn's Rings

Giant propeller-shaped structures have been discovered in the rings of Saturn and appear to be created by a new class of hidden moons, NASA announced Thursday.
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Spitzer Spies Frigid Brown Dwarfs

Unable to be viewed by light telescopes, infrared telescopes are revealing cold, dark brown dwarfs, previously unseen and hidden by the brightness of their companions in the sky.
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