Corot 9b Could Hold Water
Artist’s impression of exoplanet around a star Credits: ESA 2003. Illustration by AOES Medialab The Corot satellite strikes again with another fascinating planet discovery. This time,…
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NASA Sun-Earth Day, 2010, Webcast
When Is Sun-Earth Day? This year’s main celebration will be on March 20, 2010, @1pm – 2pm ET. NASA EDGE, an award-winning talk show known for…
Read the articlePlanck Sees Cold Interstellar Dust
Giant filaments of cold dust stretching through our Galaxy are revealed in a new image from ESA’s Planck satellite. Analysing these structures could help to determine…
Read the articlePhobos Flyby Images
Images from the recent flyby of Phobos, on 7 March 2010, are released today. The images show Mars’ rocky moon in exquisite detail, with a resolution…
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AAVSO Alert Notice 419: Nova eruption in V407 Cyg March 15, 2010 According to CBET 2199, 2204, and 2205, the suspected symbiotic star V407 Cyg has…
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AAVSO Alert Notice 418: Request for Monitoring of V842 Cen in Support of HST Observations
AAVSO Alert Notice 418: Request for monitoring of V842 Cen in support of HST Observations March 12, 2010 Further to Alert Notice 417, the AAVSO requests…
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In general, galaxies can be thought of as sociable, hanging out in groups and frequently interacting. However, this recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image highlights how…
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This image of Phobos’s surface was obtained by the Super Resolution Channel (or SRC, a part of the High Resolution Stereo Camera experiment) on board ESA’s…
Read the articleAAVSO Alert Notice 417: Request for Observations of GW Lib and V842 Cen
AAVSO Alert Notice 417: Request for observations of GW Lib and V842 Cen in support of HST observations March 3, 2010 Dr. Paula Szkody (U. Washington)…
Read the articleSpirit Journeys to the Center of Mars
Spirit’s view of its own predicament. The rover is now parked for the winter with its solar panels tilted 9 degrees away from the sun. Mars…
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