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Galaxy Messier 94

Galaxy's Ring of Fire

This ring of fire "burns, burns, burns" with young stars.

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NASA Develops Key to Cosmic Carbon's Evolution

Scientists now have the capability to systematically investigate the molecular evolution of cosmic carbon.

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Artistic version of a hot Jupiter

NASA's Spitzer Puts Planets in a Petri Dish

Astronomers are using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to dissect the atmospheres of an exotic class of planets called hot Jupiters.

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Star formation in NGC 602, part of the wing region of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy

Under the 'Wing' of the Small Magellanic Cloud

Chandra looks under the "wing" of the dwarf galaxy Small Magellanic Cloud to study the life cycle of stars and the gas lying in between them.

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composite image of Spitzer and Hubble views of LRLL 54361 and artist concept of possible central object

Strobe-Like Flashes in Suspected Binary Protostar

Two of NASA's great observatories have teamed up to uncover a mysterious infant star that behaves like a strobe light.

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Galactic Wheels within Wheels

Galaxy Messier 94

How many rings do you see in this new image of the galaxy Messier 94, also known as NGC 4736? While at first glance one might see a number of them, astronomers believe there is just one. This image ...

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An Astronomer's Fantasy - Planets in the Lab

Artistic version of a hot Jupiter

If astronomers could somehow pull planets out of the sky and analyze them in the laboratory, it might look something like this artistically altered image illustrating new research from NASA's Spitzer ...

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Taken Under the 'Wing' of the Small Magellanic Cloud

Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy

The tip of the "wing" of the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy is dazzling in this new view from NASA's Great Observatories. The Small Magellanic Cloud, or SMC, is a small galaxy about 200,000 ...

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Vega - Two Belts and the Possibility of Planets

Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the bright star Vega, as illustrated here at left in brown

Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the bright star Vega, as illustrated here at left in brown. The ring of warm, rocky debris was detected using NASA's ...

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Probing Brown Dwarf Layers

This graph shows the brightness variations of the brown dwarf named 2MASSJ22282889-431026

This graph shows the brightness variations of the brown dwarf named 2MASSJ22282889-431026 measured simultaneously by both NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes. As the object rotates every 1.4 ...

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