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Jupiter gets bonked by either a comet or asteroid
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-21 07:29:11
Astronomers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory verified on Monday, July 20, 2009, after receiving an email from an amateur astronomer in Australia, that Jupiter had just been hit with an object, possibly a comet or asteroid.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-21 07:29:11
Astronomers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory verified on Monday, July 20, 2009, after receiving an email from an amateur astronomer in Australia, that Jupiter had just been hit with an object, possibly a comet or asteroid.
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The Hunt for Space Station Flares
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-27 07:26:33
Sky watchers around the world have been seeing a treat lately as they witness strong, but unpredictable, flares coming off the recently enlarged International Space Station as it flies across their local night sky.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-27 07:26:33
Sky watchers around the world have been seeing a treat lately as they witness strong, but unpredictable, flares coming off the recently enlarged International Space Station as it flies across their local night sky.
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Astronomers see star turn into pulsar
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-22 08:35:01
An international team of astronomers has observed for the first time a star being turned into a very fast rotating neutron star, what is called a millisecond pulsar. This discovery helps to find answers to how such massive stars evolve later in their lives.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-22 08:35:01
An international team of astronomers has observed for the first time a star being turned into a very fast rotating neutron star, what is called a millisecond pulsar. This discovery helps to find answers to how such massive stars evolve later in their lives.
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Europa eclipsing Ganymede caught on video
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-11 09:40:07
A rarely recorded astronomical event in our Solar System occurred recently when one of Jupiter’s moons moved directly in front of another one and Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley caught it on video.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-11 09:40:07
A rarely recorded astronomical event in our Solar System occurred recently when one of Jupiter’s moons moved directly in front of another one and Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley caught it on video.
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Spitzer telescope will kick on after coolant runs out
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-06 20:33:23
NASA's Spitzer space telescope has been detecting infrared light from distant objects for over five years. But it has almost run out of the liquid helium which makes that possible by cooling the instruments to within 3 degrees of absolute zero.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-06 20:33:23
NASA's Spitzer space telescope has been detecting infrared light from distant objects for over five years. But it has almost run out of the liquid helium which makes that possible by cooling the instruments to within 3 degrees of absolute zero.
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