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Voyager 2 Continues Its Long, Lonely Journey Into Magnetic Fluff
Thirty-two years into its mission and 8.4 million miles from Earth, Voyager 2 will soon enter the Local Fluff, an interstellar cloud of hydrogen and helium measuring thirty lightyears across. And, according to Voyager's measurements, the fluff is surprisingly magnetic. More »12/25/09
[antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov]
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Vampirism and Collisions Keep Ancient Stars Young
Here are some vampires we don't mind sparkling. This globular cluster, Messier 30, contains two types of ancient stars that have managed to keep themselves brilliant and young. One type relies on interstellar collisions; the other drinks from its neighbors. More »First Clear Look At One Of The Galaxy's Greatest Mysteries
The ESA's Herschel satellite has instruments aboard that created this never-before-seen image of a star factory inside a dust-shrouded, mysterious region of the galaxy called "Gould's Belt." It's a vast ring of young stars that encircles our solar system. More »Hubble's Greatest Hits
We've kept you updated with all manner of space porn from the Hubble Telescope, but Coolvibe went one better and collected 100 of the best images the space telescope has sent back to Earth. Here're some of our favorites. [Coolvibe] More »12/19/09
[edition.cnn.com]
'Boat' could explore Saturn moon
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12/26/09
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12/19/09
Closest approach ever of any known object.
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When Stars Orbit Black Holes
A star, no bigger than our own sun, orbits a black hole, and every once in a while they get so close, the black hole starts siphoning off pieces of the star — creating an explosive particle blast. More »Plan Your Space Vacation with the First Ever Map of Mercury
If you're planning a trip to Mercury, you'll need the first map ever released of the solar system's innermost planet, a mosaic of photos from the Mercury missions. More »"Super Earth" Discovered Orbiting A Red Dwarf Star
Just 13 parsecs away, a planet astronomers are calling a "super Earth" is orbiting a dwarf star. Its radius is over twice that of Earth, and there's something very surprising in its core. More »What Caused This Galaxy's Power Surge?
The galaxy 3C 454.3 is located 7.2 billion light years away, but it's suddenly become the brightest source of gamma rays in the sky. Its particle jet has increased 10 times since the summer — and it's aimed at us. More »The Secret Stars At The Heart Of The Flame Nebula — Revealed!
More proof we're living in a golden age for space images: Another new telescope, the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (ViSTA) just started up, and already we have some gorgeous images. Click through to see a couple more. More »12/11/09
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Scientists Ponder Saturn's Mysertious Hexagon
At Saturn's North pole sits a weather mystery: a giant hexagon formed by the path of a jet stream. It's a phenomenon that has remained largely unchanged for decades, at least, and scientists are trying to figure out why. More »12/09/09
[www.nasa.gov]
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People In These Galaxies May Have Pointed Their Telescopes At The Big Bang
The Hubble Space Telescope's newly installed Wide Field Camera 3 took the deepest image of the universe ever in infrared light. The reddest and faintest galaxies date from just 600 million years after the Big Bang. More »12/04/09
[www.huffingtonpost.com]
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The Mystery Of The Scarlet Nebula
Why do parts of the Iris Nebula appear so red? Based on these new NASA/ESA images, researchers believe an unknown chemical, maybe hydrocarbon-based, is at work. Click through for a wide-field image that shows why it's called the Iris Nebula. More »The Mystery of Titan's Methane Lakes - Solved?
Saturn's atmosphere-shrouded moon Titan is dotted with methane lakes, giving it a geography like Saskatchewan or the Great Lakes region in the US. But why are all the lakes grouped in the northern hemisphere of the moon? More »The Heart Nebula Bleeds Out Into Space
The so-called Heart Nebula lives up to its name, in this lush new image that an amateur astrophotographer posted on a new Flickr account. We've never seen nebula pictures this rich-looking. And just wait until you see the Rosette Nebula. More »Our Atmosphere: A Fragile Sliver Of Blue Against An Endless Black
Earth's atmosphere shimmers in the sunlight, against a dark background, in this amazing photo taken by the crew of the International Space Station during a docking with the Space Shuttle Atlantis. [NASA]