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Rare 'Star-Making Machine' Found in Distant Universe

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Astronomers have uncovered an extreme stellar machine - a galaxy in the very remote universe pumping out stars at a surprising rate of up to 4,000 per year. In comparison, our own Milky Way galaxy turns out an average of just 10 stars per year.
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High Energy and Far Vision

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Astronomy news // 09 July, 2008 12:30:00
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With a 17-m diameter mirror the MAGIC telescope is the largest stand-alone gamma-ray telescope. MAGIC has discovered the most distant very-high energy gamma-ray emission.

Einstein's Theory Passes Strict, New Test

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Astronomy news // 06 July, 2008 01:50:00
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Taking advantage of a unique cosmic configuration, astronomers have measured an effect predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity in the extremely strong gravity of a pair of superdense neutron stars. Essentially, the famed physicist's 93-year-old theory passed yet another test.

Planets Align for the 4th of July

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Astronomy news // 30 June, 2008 12:50:00
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News Flash: On 4th of July weekend, NASA forecasts lights in the sky.

Solar system's biggest impact scar discovered

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Astronomy news // 25 June, 2008 01:00:00
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MIT scientists solve riddle of Mars' two-faced nature

Phoenix finds ice?

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Astronomy news // 19 June, 2008 11:59:00
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Dice-size crumbs of bright material have vanished from inside a trench where they were photographed by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander four days ago, convincing scientists that the material was frozen water that vaporized after digging exposed it.

Newly Born Twin Stars Are Far From Identical

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Astronomy news // 18 June, 2008 12:03:00
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NSF-funded basic research may cause astronomers to re-examine the masses and ages of young stars and star formation theories

Solstice Moon Illusion

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Astronomy news // 17 June, 2008 11:59:00
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On tonight, June 18th, step outside at sunset and look around. You'll see a giant form rising in the east. At first glance it looks like the full Moon. It has craters and seas and the face of a man, but this "moon" is strangely inflated. It's huge!

A Trio of Super-Earths

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Astronomy news // 14 June, 2008 07:57:00
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A harvest of low-mass exoplanets discovered with HARPS

Spitzer Captures Stellar Coming of Age in Our Galaxy

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Astronomy news // 03 June, 2008 12:31:00
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More than 800,000 snapshots from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have been stitched together to create a new "coming of age" portrait of stars in our inner Milky Way galaxy.

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