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Astronomers Gain Important Insight on How Massive Stars Form

Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope have discovered key evidence that may help them figure out how very massive stars can form.
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Stellar birth control in the early universe

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Astronomy news // 01 October, 2006 03:10:15
 An international team of astronomers based at Yale and Leiden University in The Netherlands found that "old stars" dominated many large galaxies in the early universe, raising the new question of why these galaxies progressed into "adulthood" so early in the life of the universe.

NASA's New Mars Camera Gives Dramatic View of Planet

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Astronomy news // 29 September, 2006 12:09:20
 Mars is ready for its close-up. The highest-resolution camera ever to orbit Mars is returning low-altitude images to Earth from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Hubble Discovers Dark Cloud in the Atmosphere of Uranus

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Astronomy news // 27 September, 2006 05:09:42
 Just as we near the end of the hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean, winds whirl and clouds churn 2 billion miles away in the atmosphere of Uranus, forming a dark vortex large enough to engulf two-thirds of the United States.

Cydonia - the face on Mars

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Astronomy news // 20 September, 2006 07:09:17
 ESA's Mars Express has obtained images of the Cydonia region, site of the famous 'Face on Mars.' The High Resolution Stereo Camera photos include some of the most spectacular views of the Red Planet ever.

NASA's Hubble Finds Hundreds of Young Galaxies in Early Universe

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Astronomy news // 20 September, 2006 06:09:14
 Astronomers analyzing two of the deepest views of the cosmos made with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered a gold mine of galaxies, more than 500 that existed less than a billion years after the Big Bang. These galaxies thrived when the cosmos was less than 7 percent of its present age of 13.7 billion years. This sample represents the most comprehensive compilation of galaxies in the early universe, researchers said.

IAU names dwarf planet Eris

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Astronomy news // 14 September, 2006 01:09:19
 The dwarf planet formerly known as 2003 UB 313 received the official designation (136199) Eris, or Eris in short, from the International Astronomical Union on 13 September 2006. The name was accepted almost unanimously by the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) and the Committee for Small Body Nomenclature (CSBN).

Tracing the Evolution of the First Galaxies in the Universe

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Astronomy news // 12 September, 2006 04:09:36
 A systematic search for the first bright galaxies to form in the early universe has revealed a dramatic jump in the number of such galaxies around 13 billion years ago.

A "Genetic Study" of the Galaxy

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Astronomy news // 11 September, 2006 07:09:38
 Looking in detail at the composition of stars with ESO's VLT, astronomers are providing a fresh look at the history of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. They reveal that the central part of our Galaxy formed not only very quickly but also independently of the rest.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory Marks Seven Years of Stunning Revelations

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Astronomy news // 10 September, 2006 07:09:41
 Since 1999, a lot of things have come and gone -- the Y2K bug, a slew of boy bands and a new Star Wars trilogy. But NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, which unveiled its first images just a few months shy of the new millennium, continues to make headlines seven years later.

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