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The Antennae Galaxies

This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Antennae galaxies is the sharpest yet of this merging pair of galaxies. During the course of the collision, billions of stars will be formed. The brightest and most compact of these star birth regions are called super star clusters.
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Mars Express and the story of water on Mars

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Astronomy news // 15 October, 2006 12:10:22
 For a number of decades now, astronomers have wondered about water on Mars. Thanks to ESA's Mars Express, much of the speculation has been replaced with facts. Launched on 2 June 2003, Mars Express has changed the way we think of Mars.

NASA Says: 'Build It and Infrared Surprises Will Come'

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Astronomy news // 13 October, 2006 11:10:08
 Engineers are rolling up their sleeves in preparation for building a telescope that will find the nearest star-like objects and the brightest galaxies. NASA has approved the start of construction on a new mission called the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, which will scan the entire sky in infrared light.

NASA's Spitzer Sees Day and Night on Exotic World

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Astronomy news // 13 October, 2006 11:10:03
 NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has made the first measurements of the day and night temperatures of a planet outside our solar system. The infrared observatory revealed that the Jupiter-like gas giant planet circling very close to its sun is always as hot as fire on one side, and potentially as cold as ice on the other.

Hubble Captures Galaxy in the Making

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Astronomy news // 11 October, 2006 07:10:52
 Images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have provided a dramatic glimpse of a large and massive galaxy under assembly by the merging of smaller, lighter galaxies.

Hubble Zeroes in on Nearest Exoplanet

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Astronomy news // 08 October, 2006 01:10:41
 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, in collaboration with ground-based observatories, has provided definitive evidence for the existence of the nearest extrasolar planet to our solar system.

Hubble Zeroes in on Nearest Exoplanet

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Astronomy news // 08 October, 2006 01:10:41
 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, in collaboration with ground-based observatories, has provided definitive evidence for the existence of the nearest extrasolar planet to our solar system.

Chandra Reviews Black Hole Musical: Epic But Off-Key

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Astronomy news // 05 October, 2006 06:10:42
 A gigantic sonic boom generated by a supermassive black hole has been found with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, along with evidence for a cacophony of deep sound.

Astronomers get first look inside quasars

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Astronomy news // 05 October, 2006 01:10:35
 For the first time, astronomers have looked inside quasars -- the brightest objects in the universe -- and have seen evidence of black holes.

Hubble Finds Extrasolar Planets Far Across Galaxy

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Astronomy news // 03 October, 2006 05:10:27
 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered 16 extrasolar planet candidates orbiting a variety of distant stars in the central region of our Milky Way galaxy.

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