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Hubble Images Majestic Cousin of the Milky Way

08/06/2004 07:00AM

Hubble Images Majestic Cousin of the Milky Way

Our Sun and solar system are embedded in a broad pancake of stars deep within the disk of the Milky Way galaxy. Even from a distance, it is impossible to see our galaxy's large-scale features other than the disk...

Stellar Pair Shot Out from Its Birthplace:

08/04/2004 07:00AM

Stellar Pair Shot Out from Its Birthplace:

Astronomers studying data from the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) and other telescopes have concluded that a binary pair of stars forming an energetic microquasar was blasted out of the cluster in which it was born by a supernova explosion some 1.7 million years ago. This is the first time that a fast-moving stellar pair has been tracked back to a specific star cluster.

Chandra sheds new light on McNeil's Nebula

08/03/2004 07:00AM

Chandra sheds new light on McNeil's Nebula

This small nebula was discovered with a 3-inch telescope by amateur astronomer Jay McNeil in January 2004.

A Day in the Lives of Galaxies

07/25/2004 07:00AM

A Day in the Lives of Galaxies

In taking this picture, Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys was not looking at any particular target...

Build a Hubble Model

07/23/2004 07:00AM

Build a Hubble Model

Here's a great astronomy education project to work on with your kids or grandkids...

Apollo 11 Experiment Still Going Strong after 35 Years

07/21/2004 07:00AM

Apollo 11 Experiment Still Going Strong after 35 Years

Scientists have been able to use the data they received through lunar laser ranging to study the Earth, the Moon and the character of gravity...

GR17, the 17th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation

07/19/2004 07:00AM

GR17, the 17th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation

Listed among the program speakers is Stephen Hawking who, after nearly 30 years of arguing that a black hole destroys everything that falls into it, will be coming to announce that he was wrong. It seems that black holes may after all allow information within them to escape. Hawking will speak on this at the GR17 conference in Ireland this week.

NASA Infrared Camera Helps Surgeons Map Brain Tumors

07/17/2004 07:00AM

NASA Infrared Camera Helps Surgeons Map Brain Tumors

Using an infrared video camera developed by researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., surgeons are testing thermal imaging and image processing to see if they can create useful maps of brain tumors.

Astronomers Measure Mass of a Single Star

07/15/2004 07:00AM

Astronomers Measure Mass of a Single Star

Astronomers have directly measured the mass of a single star — the first time such a feat has been accomplished for any solitary star other than our own Sun.

AstroImage 2004

07/14/2004 07:00AM

AstroImage 2004

The Orange County Astronomers will host AstroImage 2004 on August 27 and 28 at the Curtis Theater in Brea, California.

FITS format liberation

07/11/2004 07:00AM

FITS format liberation

DIY astronomical images with the expert touch using a software tool created by developed by imaging scientists at the European Space Agency, the European Southern Observatory and NASA...

Sagittarius A*: Center of the Spin Zone

07/10/2004 07:00AM

Sagittarius A*: Center of the Spin Zone

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory pulls back the curtain on the very center of our galaxy and helps put the right spin on just how fast we're spinning...

Chandra looks over a cosmic four-leaf clover

07/07/2004 07:00AM

Chandra looks over a cosmic four-leaf clover

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has uncovered evidence that a single star in a foreground galaxy may have magnified X-rays coming from a rare quadruple quasar. About 11 billion light years from Earth, the Cloverleaf quasar is a single object that appears as four images. The Marshall Center manages the Chandra program.

Astronomers predict a better than average rate for Fourthiads this year

07/04/2004 07:00AM

Astronomers predict a better than average rate for Fourthiads this year

This odd atmospheric phenomenon, primarily only visible in the skies over North America, has delighted and fascinated observers since the first recorded sighting in 1776...

Seeing Double: Spitzer Captures Our Galaxy's Twin

07/03/2004 07:00AM

Seeing Double: Spitzer Captures Our Galaxy's Twin

What would our Milky Way galaxy look like if we could travel outside it and snap a picture?