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Determining The Galaxy Collision Rate
[/caption] Big galaxies... Little galaxies... But how often do they meet? Thanks to information from some of the latest Hubble…
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Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Raising Funds, Awareness With Autograph Show
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – It all started – with seven. The original seven Mercury astronauts that is. They wanted…
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Dawn Discovers Surprise 2nd Giant South Pole Impact Basin at Strikingly Dichotomous Vesta
[/caption] Scientists leading NASA’s Dawn mission have discovered a 2nd giant impact basin at the south pole of the giant…
New Dark Matter Census – The Hubble Survey
[/caption] Way off in the constellation of Virgo, galaxy cluster MACS J1206.2-0847 -or MACS 1206 for short - is making…
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Book Review: The Space Shuttle: Celebrating Thirty Years of NASA’s First Space Plane
[/caption] The space shuttle program is over. The orbiters are being decommissioned, stripped of the components that allowed them to…
Welcome To The Heart Of The Milky Way…
[/caption] When it comes to my job, I see a lot of astrophotography. I've contemplated innumerable nebulae, viewed myriad galaxies…
Buried Treasure: Astronomers Find Exoplanets Hidden in Old Hubble Data
[/caption] Over the past 21 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has gathered boatloads of data, with the Hubble archive center…
Looking Into The Eye Of A Monster – Active Galaxy Markarian 509
[/caption] "The world is a vampire, sent to drain... Secret destroyers, hold you up to the flames..." Ah, yes. It's…
Holmberg II – Forever Blowing Bubbles
[/caption] "I'm forever blowing bubbles... Pretty bubbles in the air..." Its name is Holmberg II, and it's a dwarf galaxy…
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Ed Weiler – NASA Science Leader and Hubble Chief Scientist Retires
[/caption] Ed Weiler, NASA’s Science leader in charge of the robotic missions that continually produce scientific breakthroughs that amaze all…