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 | Combined with previous analyses, the new observations from Cassini suggest that underground methane reservoirs must exist.
Provided by CICLOPS, Boulder, Colorado
Published: January 30, 2009 |
 | This study showed for the first time that there is a significant number of brown dwarfs in the W3 Main star forming region.
Provided by the Subaru Telescope Facility, Hilo, Hawaii
Published: January 29, 2009 |
 | After Spirit received its driving commands for the day, it did not move.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: January 29, 2009 |
 | Hubble's camera will make a high-resolution image revealing new details about the object that receives the most votes.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: January 28, 2009 |
 | Jets and lobes emanating a from central black hole have been imaged at sub-millimeter wavelengths for the first time.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: January 28, 2009 |
 | Measurements allowed astronomers to create impressive realistic images of an extrasolar planet.
Provided by the University of California, Santa Cruz
Published: January 27, 2009 |
 | The awards honor work done in diverse fields of astronomy.
Provided by the American Astronomical Society, Washington, D.C.
Published: January 27, 2009 |
 | The C1XS X-ray camera will build up a detailed picture of the ingredients that have gone into the Moon.
Provided by the STFC, United Kingdom
Published: January 23, 2009 |
 | New research shows the shutting-down process appears to take place much earlier in the active galactic nuclei's lifetime.
Provided by Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Published: January 22, 2009 |
 | A number of Neptune-like planets has been found recently by radial velocity searches.
Provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: January 21, 2009 |
 | Astronomers conclude that the center of galaxy NGC 253 hosts a scaled-up version of Sagittarius A.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: January 20, 2009 |
 | The more scientists understand the composition of the dust, the better they can understand how stars and galaxies evolve.
Provided by Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Published: January 16, 2009 |
 | Observations will help scientists to determine if buried ice deposits exist in the permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: January 16, 2009 |
 | Researchers found that radiation pressure does not limit the growth of massive stars.
Provided by the University of California, Santa Cruz
Published: January 15, 2009 |
 | The team detected three spectral features called absorption lines that together are a definitive signature of methane.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: January 15, 2009 |
 | Ancient rock's magnetic field shows that the Moon once had a dynamo in its core
Provided by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston
Published: January 15, 2009 |
 | Observations will open up a new window for studying exoplanets and their atmospheres using ground-based telescopes.
Provided by Joint Astronomy Center, Hilo, Hawaii
Published: January 14, 2009 |
 | Data from these tests will allow engineers to develop simulation models that can focus testing for efficiency and effectiveness.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: January 14, 2009 |
 | Researchers discovered a connection between the total mass contained in the core of a globular cluster and the number of blue stragglers observed within it.
Provided by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom
Published: January 14, 2009 |
 | SGR 1627-41 is the second fastest rotating magnetar known.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: January 13, 2009 |
 | The map will provide a deeper understanding of the Sun's interaction with the galaxy.
Provided by the Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado
Published: January 13, 2009 |
 | Rocks on Mars are on the move, rolling into the wind and forming organized patterns, according to new research.
Provided by The University of Arizona, Tucson
Published: January 9, 2009 |
 | The sought-for signal from the earliest stars remains hidden behind the newly detected cosmic radio background.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: January 7, 2009 |
 | Even some stars go ballistic, racing through interstellar space like bullets and tearing through clouds of gas.
Provided by STScI, Baltimore, Maryland
Published: January 7, 2009 |
 | The next challenge is to figure out how the black hole and the central "bulges" of stars affect each other's growth.
Provided by NRAO, Socorro, New Mexico
Published: January 7, 2009 |
 | New discoveries lead to better understanding of the object's power source.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: January 6, 2009 |
 | The study of Cas A and remnants like it help astronomers better understand how the explosions that generate them seed interstellar gas with heavy elements, heat it with the energy of their radiation, and trigger blast waves from which new stars form.
Provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: January 6, 2009 |
 | The Hubble survey, taken with Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), provides strong statistics pointing to the fact that brown dwarfs do not exist around even the least massive stars.
Provided by Space Telescope Science Institute
Published: January 6, 2009 |
 | Until this survey, astronomers could never be sure they were seeing most of the active galactic nuclei.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: January 6, 2009 |
 | The finding provides insight into star formation when the universe was about one-sixth its present age.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: January 6, 2009 |
 | Space weather can affect the performance and reliability of space-borne and ground-based technological systems.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: January 6, 2009 |
 | Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) will probe the coolest, most distant, and dustiest parts of the universe.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: January 5, 2009 |
 | Protoplanetary disks provide the raw material for forming gas giants like Jupiter.
Provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: January 5, 2009 |
 | Scientists are using the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) radio telescope to remake the map of the Milky Way.
Provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: January 5, 2009 |
 | Other scientific groups already are interested in using the new map for their research.
Provided by Iowa State University, Ames
Published: January 5, 2009 |
 | The Spitzer Space Telescope observed shredded asteroid pieces around white dwarfs with its infrared spectrograph.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: January 5, 2009 |
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