Looking Back on the Giotto Encounter With Comet Halley
Comet Halley, the originator of the Orionids meteor shower that lit up our skies last month – as they do every October – is seen here…
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Fast Food at the Center of the Galaxy
Deep in the heart of the spiral Milky Way galaxy, a hot vortex of matter swirls around a black hole more than a million times as…
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The ESA Are Looking for Your AstroPhotos to Feature in Their Space Science Image of the Week in December
Have you taken an interesting astronomical photo this year? From planets and moons to the Sun, stars and galaxies, we’d like you to send us your…
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Born-Again Star Foretells Possible Fate of the Sun
Astronomers have found evidence for a dying Sun-like star coming briefly back to life after casting its gassy shells out into space, mimicking the possible fate…
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Kepler’s Main Mission Ends – Extended Mission Begins
NASA is marking two milestones in the search for planets like Earth; the successful completion of the Kepler Space Telescope’s three-and-a-half-year prime mission and the beginning…
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ESA Proba-2 Satellite Watched Three Partial Solar Eclipses in One Day
ESA’s Sun-watching Proba-2 satellite experienced three partial solar eclipses last night while lucky observers watching from northern Australia were treated to a total solar eclipse. During…
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Mars Rover News Conference: Curiosity’s Progress
NASA will hosted a media teleconference on Nov. 15, 2012 to provide an update about the Curiosity rover’s mission to Mars’ Gale Crater. The Mars Science…
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A Citizen’s Briefing on the ESA – Two Days That Decide Europe’s Space Future
Next week, the future course of Europe’s space sector will be set as ministers of the European Space Agency’s 20 Member States come together in Italy.…
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Stellar Explosion Aftershock Imaged by Space Observatories
The aftershock of a stellar explosion rippling through space is captured in this new view of supernova remnant W44, which combines far-infrared and X-ray data from…
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People from around the world are converging on the coast of northeast Australia. The attraction isn’t the Great Barrier Reef, just offshore, or the surrounding rain…
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