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1. It’s Not Just The Astronauts That Are Getting Older

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   Representing what may be the first long term lunar environmental impact study, recent laser ranging data from the Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico suggests the Lunar Ranging Retro Reflectors (LRRRs) ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

2. How Black Holes May Shape Galaxies

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   Boston MA (SPX) Mar 09, 2010 - New observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory provide evidence for powerful winds blowing away from the vicinity of a supermassive black hole in a nearby galaxy. ... Monday, 08 March 2010

3. Winds of Change

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   ... heat the ouflowing gas, causing it to glow at lower X-ray energies. X-ray data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory are shown in red, optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope in green and radio data ... Thursday, 04 March 2010

4. Next Gen X-ray Telescope To Be Unveiled

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   Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2010 - Northrop Grumman will showcase its innovative hardware design for NASA's International X-Ray Observatory (IXO) during the premier conference of the world's leading ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

5. Haze over Santiago, Chile After Quake

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   ... cuts eastward into the mountains. › Earth Observatory: View Before And After Comparison→ Image Credit: NASA ... Sunday, 28 February 2010

6. Chilean Telescopes OK, ESO Reports

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   The ESO Very Large Array atop Cerro Paranal, northern Chile (ESO). The European Southern Observatory, which has several telescopes housed in the mountains of Chile, issued a press release that none of ... Sunday, 28 February 2010

7. Chilean Telescopes OK, ESO, Gemini Report

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   The ESO Very Large Array atop Cerro Paranal, northern Chile (ESO). The European Southern Observatory, which has several telescopes housed in the mountains of Chile, issued a press release that none of ... Sunday, 28 February 2010

8. Solar Stormwatch Asks Public For Help In Understanding The Sun

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   Greenwich, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2010 - The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (ROG), in partnership with the Science and Technology Facilities Council's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and Zooniverse are launching ... Tuesday, 23 February 2010

9. The Father Of Arecibo Observatory Dies At 92

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   Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 22, 2010 - William E. Gordon, founder of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, died Feb. 16 at his home in Ithaca. He was 92. Gordon was the Walter R. Reed Professor of Electrical ... Monday, 22 February 2010

10. Cool Movie: SDO Destroys A Sundog

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    Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 22, 2010 - Last week, on Feb. 11th, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) lifted off from Cape Canaveral on a five-year mission to study the sun. Researchers have called the advanced ... Monday, 22 February 2010

11. Newsletters from Astronomical Observatories

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    ... years, in the shape of regular PDF newsletters. Don't see your favorite observatory newsletter here? Write a comment, and share it with us! (...) Read the rest of Newsletters from Astronomical Observatories ... Sunday, 21 February 2010

12. Massive Stars' Magnetically Controlled Diets

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    Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 19, 2010 - A team of astronomers, led by Dr. Wouter Vlemmings at Bonn University, has used the MERLIN radio telescope network centered on the Jodrell Bank Observatory to show ... Thursday, 18 February 2010

13. NASA's Chandra Reveals Origin Of Key Cosmic Explosions

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    Boston MA (SPX) Feb 18, 2010 - New findings from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided a major advance in understanding a type of supernova critical for studying the dark energy that astronomers ... Wednesday, 17 February 2010

14. NASA's Chandra Reveals Origin Of Key Cosmic Explosions

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    Boston MA (SPX) Feb 18, 2010 - New findings from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided a major advance in understanding a type of supernova critical for studying the dark energy that astronomers ... Wednesday, 17 February 2010

15. Merging White Dwarfs Set Off Supernovae

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    New results from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory suggests that the majority of Type 1a supernovae occur due to the merger of two white dwarfs. This new finding provides a major advance in understanding ... Wednesday, 17 February 2010

16. Astronomical Eye Candy from WISE First Images

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    ... WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) mission team isn't wasting any time in making observations and releasing images. Already the new infrared observatory has spied its first comet and first ... Wednesday, 17 February 2010

17. Riding Out The Snow Storm To Carry On The Mission

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    ... employees are there to support the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-130) mission and the launch and operation of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Crews continue to work very hard to make sure the Center ... Tuesday, 16 February 2010

18. On The Trail Of Space Weather

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    Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 16, 2010 - Beginning Thursday, 11 February 2010, our Sun is being monitored round the clock - the space-based Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) was launched successfully from Cape ... Monday, 15 February 2010

19. SDO Launches!

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    Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 16, 2010 - The Atlas V roared to life Thursday morning to send the Solar Dynamics Observatory into space on its mission to evaluate the complex mechanisms of the sun. ... Monday, 15 February 2010

20. Gemini's New Filters Reveal the Beauty of Star Birth

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    Sharpless 2-106 (Gemini Observatory/AURA, right; left: copyright Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan; All rights reserved) About 2,000 light-years away, in the constellation ... Sunday, 14 February 2010