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European Satellites Probe a New Magnetar
NASA's Swift satellite detected a rare interstellar object known as a soft gamma repeater, or SGR. The object is only the fifth confirmed SGR.
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Herschel's Cover Flips Open
The Herschel observatory has flipped its lid -- the cover protecting the telescope's instruments was successfully removed on June 14, 2009, at 2:54 a.m. Pacific Time.
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Planck Chills Out
A JPL-developed and -built cooler on the Planck spacecraft has chilled the mission's low-frequency instrument down to its operating temperature of a frosty 20 Kelvin (minus 424 degrees Fahrenheit).
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Baby Stars Finally Found in Jumbled Galactic Center
Astronomers have at last uncovered newborn stars at the frenzied center of our Milky Way galaxy.
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WISE Mission Assembled and Preparing for Launch
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has been assembled and is undergoing final preparations for a planned Nov. 1 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
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Keck Study Sheds New Light on 'Dark' Gamma-ray Bursts
An international team of astronomers today reported that most dark bursts occur in normal galaxies detectable by large, ground-based optical telescopes.
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Planet-Hunting Method Succeeds at Last
A long-proposed tool for hunting planets has netted its first catch -- a Jupiter-like planet orbiting one of the smallest stars known.
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NASA's Fermi Finds Gamma-ray Galaxy Surprises
Fermi, the successor to the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, is filling in the "gamma ray" picture with new finds of its own.
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Mission Accomplished: Leaving Hubble Better Than Ever
Take one space shuttle, seven highly trained astronauts, tons of equipment, and one legendary orbiting telescope and you have the 5.3 million-mile odyssey that was Hubble's final servicing mission.
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Suzaku Snaps First Complete X-ray of a Galaxy Cluster
For the first time, Suzaku has detected X-ray-emitting gas at a cluster's outskirts, where a billion-year plunge to the center begins.