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Can We Spot Volcanoes on Alien Worlds? Astronomers Say Yes.
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09/09/2010 01:59 AM
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Volcanoes display the awesome power of Nature like few other events. Earlier this year, ash from an Icelandic volcano disrupted air travel throughout much of northern Europe. Yet this recent eruption pales next to the fury of Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanic body in our solar system. (2010-09-08)
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With new technique, UF astronomers find potassium in giant planet's atmosphere
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09/09/2010 01:59 AM
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Any driver who's seen deer silhouetted by the headlights of an oncoming car knows that vital information can be conveyed by the outlines of objects. (2010-09-01)
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Space telescope's new survey of outer galaxy helps Iowa State astronomers study stars
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09/09/2010 01:59 AM
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The Spitzer Space Telescope is now taking aim at the outer reaches of the Milky Way and helping two Iowa State University astronomers advance their star studies. (2010-08-31)
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NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Two Planets Transiting Same Star
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09/09/2010 01:59 AM
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NASA's Kepler Mission has discovered the first confirmed planetary system with more than one planet transiting the same star. (2010-08-27)
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Pulverized Planet Dust Might Lie Around Double Stars
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09/09/2010 01:59 AM
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Tight double-star systems might not be the best places for life to spring up, according to a new study using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. (2010-08-25)
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Decadal survey of astronomy and astrophysics
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09/09/2010 01:59 AM
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A new report by the National Research Council identifies the highest- priority research activities for astronomy and astrophysics in the next decade that will "set the nation firmly on the path to answering profound questions about the cosmos." (2010-08-16)
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Citizen Scientists Discover Rotating Pulsar
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09/09/2010 01:59 AM
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Idle computers are the astronomers' playground: Three citizen scientists--an American couple and a German--have discovered a new radio pulsar hidden in data gathered by the Arecibo Observatory. (2010-08-13)
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Dark-matter search plunges physicists to new depths
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09/09/2010 01:59 AM
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This month physicist Juan Collar and his associates are taking their attempt to unmask the secret identity of dark matter into a Canadian mine more than a mile underground. (2010-08-12)
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Making sense of space dust: Researchers explore solar system's origins
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09/09/2010 01:59 AM
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The chemical breakdown of minerals that may be lurking in space dust soon will be available to scientists around the world. (2010-08-11)
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Aurora Alert: The Sun is Waking Up!
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09/09/2010 01:59 AM
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Sky viewers might get to enjoy some spectacular Northern Lights, or aurorae, tomorrow. After a long slumber, the Sun is waking up. Early Sunday morning, the Sun's surface erupted and blasted tons of plasma (ionized atoms) into interplanetary space. That plasma is headed our way, and when it arrives, it could create a spectacular light show. (2010-08-03)
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Astronomers discover an unusual cosmic lens
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09/09/2010 01:59 AM
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Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have discovered the first known case of a distant galaxy being magnified by a quasar acting as a gravitational lens. (2010-07-16)
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Herschel: The first science highlights
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09/09/2010 01:59 AM
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Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing a special feature devoted to the first science results obtained with Herschel, an ESA space observatory with science instruments provided by European-led Principal Investigator consortia and with important participation from NASA. (2010-07-16)
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Record-Breaking X-ray Blast Briefly Blinds Space Observatory
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09/09/2010 01:59 AM
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A blast of the brightest X-rays ever detected from beyond our Milky Way galaxy's neighborhood temporarily blinded the X-ray eye on NASA's Swift space observatory earlier this summer, astronomers now report. (2010-07-15)
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Origin of Key Cosmic Explosions Still a Mystery
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09/09/2010 01:59 AM
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When a star explodes as a supernova, it shines so brightly that it can be seen from millions of light-years away. (2010-07-13)
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