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Stella Birth Rate
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The "birth rate" for stars is certainly not easy to determine. Distances in the universe are far too great for astronomers to be able to count all the newly formed celestial bodies with the aid of a telescope. So it is fortunate that the emerging stars give themselves away by a characterist...
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Supernova 2008fw
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A magnitude 14.3 type 1a supernova, 2008fw, was discovered on the 19th September, 2008, by Berto Monard in the (mag 12) spiral galaxy NGC 3261 in the constellation Vela. The supernova is located 52" west and 30" south from the cent...
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Andijan observatory
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Ilmenite
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Planetary scientists are using the Hubble Space Telescope to scout out sites for potential human bases on the Moon.
They hope to identify a mineral called ilmenite - or iron titanium oxide - which has...
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Meter-Class Autonomous Telescope
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Meter-Class Autonomous Telescope for Orbital Debris Research NASA/JSC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the following Commercial item/services: The Orbital Debris Program Office (ODPO) at the National Aeronautical Space Administration Johnson Space Center (NASA/JSC), in Hou...
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ChroTel robotic solar telescope
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A recently built telescope on Tenerife will observe eruptive events in the solar chromosphere and help to gain physical insights into the underlying triggering mechanisms. Read more
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MOA-2007-BLG-400-L b
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A cool, Jovian-mass planet, MOA-2007-BLG-400L b, has been discovered using gravitational lensing. MOA-2007-BLG-400-L b is currently 8th Microlensed Planet discovery. Read more
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Supernova SN 1995N
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Title: Eleven years of radio monitoring of the Type IIn supernova SN 1995N Authors: Poonam Chandra, Christopher J. Stockdale, Roger A. Chevalier, Schuyler D. Van Dyk, Alak Ray, Matthew T. Kelley, Kurt W. Weiler, Nino Panagia, Richard A. Sramek We present radio observations of the optically brigh...
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2MASX J00482185-2507365
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a rare alignment between two spiral galaxies. The outer rim of a small, foreground galaxy is silhouetted in front of a larger background galaxy. Skeletal tentacles of dust can be seen extending beyond the small galaxy's disk of sta...
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Supernova 2008fp
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A bright Magnitude 13.5 supernova, 2008fp, was discovered by the Chilean Automated Supernova search (CHASE) on the 7th September, 2008, in the Seyfert galaxy ESO 428-G14 in the constellation Canis Major. The supernova is located 17".5 east and 2".1 south from the centre of the galaxy....
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Supernova 2008fl
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A magnitude 14.9 supernova, 2008fl, was discovered by Pignata et al. at the Chilean Automatic Supernova Search (CHASE) on the 7th September, 2008, in the elliptical galaxy NGC 6805 in the constellation Sagittarius. The supernova is located 10".3 west and 11".1 north from the center o...
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Comets Disguised as Asteroids
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An asteroid cruising through the solar system six years ago seemed just another silent ship sailing in the eternal darkness, until it flared up with the startling brightness of a comet's halo. Just like that, the space rock known as NEO 2001 OG108 was re-classified as C/2001 OG108 in 2002, from aster...
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Largest Impact Crater
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New analysis of Mars' terrain using NASA spacecraft observations reveals what appears to be by far the largest impact crater ever found in the solar system. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mars Global Surveyor have provided detailed information about the elevations and gravity of the Red...
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Solar System Map
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Galactic hitchhikers visiting our solar system, if they exist, would probably love to get their hands on a new guide that puts GPS to shame. A planetary scientist has made the most detailed maps of our local planets, moons and asteroids yet by combining hundreds of spacecraft images to chart all the n...
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Supernova 2008fd
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A magnitude 15.7 supernova, 2008fd, was discovered by CHASE on the 27th August 2008, in the galaxy ESO 466-G24 in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. The supernova is located 16".4 west and 14".4 north of the centre of the galaxy. Position(2000): R.A. = 21h58m09s.22, Dec. = -27°23'17...
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