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Hubble Provides Spectacular Detail Of A Comet's Breakup |
| Hubble Space Telescope is providing astronomers with extraordinary views of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3. The fragile comet is rapidly disintegrating as it approaches
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Bumper Crop Of New Objects Revealed Beyond Neptune |
| Astronomers have found 45 bodies, between 50 and 500 kilometres wide, which may reveal new details of the early solar system's story - New Scientist |
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NASA's Chandra Finds Black Holes Are 'Green' |
| Black holes are the most fuel efficient engines in the universe, according to a new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. By making the first direct estimate of how
efficient or "green" black holes are, this work gives insight into how black holes generate energy and affect their environment
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'Starquake' Explosion Rips Neutron Star Open |
| Astronomers have measured the thickness a neutron star's crust for the first time, thanks to a breach which spewed a fireball of particles into space - New Scientist |
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XMM-Newton Digs Into The Secrets Of Fossil Galaxy Clusters |
| Taking advantage of the high sensitivity of ESA's XMM-Newton and the sharp vision of NASA's Chandra X-Ray space observatories, astronomers have studied the behaviour of massive fossil galaxy clusters, trying to find out how they find the time to form… - ESA |
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The Sky Is Falling |
| Every day the Moon is hit by a surprising number of meteoroids. NASA researchers are poking through old Apollo data to find out if these projectiles pose a threat to future explorers - Science @ NASA |
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Taking Out A Killer Asteroid – With A Tame One |
| A small captured asteroid could be used deflect a large one zooming in on Earth – the idea highlights the need to devise strategies for this doomsday scenario - New Scientist |
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Progress With Equipment, Supplies Docks At Station |
| A new unpiloted Progress cargo carrier docked at the International Space Station at 1:41 p.m. EDT Wednesday [Apr. 26th] - NASA |
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Satellites To Try Formation Flying On Space Station |
| The soccer-ball-sized satellites, built as the result of a student project, will be also be used to test autonomous rendezvous and docking - New Scientist |
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NASA Launches Satellites For Weather, Climate, Air Quality Studies |
| Two NASA satellites were launched Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on missions to reveal the inner secrets of clouds and aerosols, tiny particles suspended in the air - NASA/JPL |
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