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Radar Image Shows Titan's Surface Live And In Color |
| Saturn's moon Titan shows a sharp contrast between its smooth and rough edges in a new false-color radar image. Titan's surface lies beneath a thick coat of hazy clouds, but Cassini's radar instrument can peer through to show finer surface features - NASA/JPL |
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Hubble Snaps A Shadow-Spotted Jupiter |
| Jupiter's cloud belts are always filled with spots, streaks, and swirls, but this image shows five spots of another kind - Sky and Telescope |
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Second Black Hole At The Heart Of The Milky Way |
| A French/US team of astronomers have discovered a second black hole is lurking at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, completely separate from the supermassive black hole that we've known about for years - Universe Today |
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Spirit Adds Clues About History Of Rocks In Martian Hills |
| All the scientific tools on NASA's two Mars Exploration Rovers are still working well, a full 10 months after Spirit's dramatic landing - NASA/JPL |
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Prometheus Caught Stealing From Saturn's Rings |
| In Greek mythology, Prometheus stole fire from the Gods. Now, Saturn’s tiny moon Prometheus is showing similar tendencies, repeatedly stealing material from planet’s rings, according to new images taken by the Cassini probe - New Scientist |
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Possible Origin Of Cosmic Rays Revealed With Gamma Rays |
| A team of UK astronomers working with international partners has produced the first ever image of an astronomical object using high energy gamma rays, helping to solve a 100 year old mystery - the origin of cosmic rays - Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council |
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Refining The Universe's Size |
| Astronomers have measured the sizes of seven stars, and how they did it may help them pin down the distance scale in extragalactic space - Astronomy |
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Europe Reaches The Moon |
| During the night of 15 to 16 November, ESA’s SMART-1 will reach the first of its closest approaches to the Moon after a 13-month journey - ESA |
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Measuring Cosmic Distances With Stellar Heart Beats |
| Taking advantage of the very high spatial resolution provided by the Very Large Telescope Interferometer, a team of French and Swiss astronomers has measured directly the change in angular diameter of four southern Cepheid variable stars over
their pulsation cycle - European Southern Observatory |
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The First Stone For Vega At Europe's Spaceport |
| The construction site for the ground segment of Vega, the small European launcher, was opened at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana last month - ESA |
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