SPACE.com – Six months ago, satellite telescopesspotted an exceptionally bright burst of energy that would have been the mostdistant object in the universe ever visible to the naked eye, if anyone saw it.
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ESA PR 37-2008 ESA’s comet chaser, Rosetta, last night flew by a small body in the main asteroid belt, asteroid Steins, collecting a wealth of information about this rare type of minor Solar System body.
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AP – NASA’s new moon rocket passed a key design milestone late Wednesday. Senior NASA management unanimously approved the preliminary design review of the planned Ares I rocket that would launch astronauts into space by 2015 and back to the moon by 2020.
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AFP – NASA has taken a giant leap in the next stage of manned space flight with Wednesday’s successful completion of a final step in the design process for the Ares I rocket, on course to launch in 2015, and put Americans back on the moon by 2020.
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AFP – Climate change could have a devastating impact on the Philippines, leading to widespread destruction of the country’s flora and fauna and flooding the capital Manila, a NASA scientist warned here Friday.
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ESA PR 36-2008. At the end of a flawless six-month mission, Jules Verne, Europe’s first Automated Transfer Vehicle, undocked from the International Space Station today at 23:29 hours CEST. The ATV has now embarked on the last leg of its journey in space, which will end with a controlled destructive re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere on 29 September.
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Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe isfeatured, along with a brief explanation written by a professionalastronomer.2008 September 14
The Heart and Soul Nebulas Credit: Digitized Sky Survey, ESA/ESO/NASAFITS Liberator;
Color Composite:Davide De Martin (Skyfactory)Is the heart and soul of our Galaxy located in Cassiopeia? Possibly not, but that is where two bright emission nebulasnicknamed Heart and Soul can be found. The Heart Nebula, officially dubbed IC 1805 and visible in the abovezoomable view on the right, has a shape reminiscent of a classical heart symbol. Both nebulas shine brightly in the red light of energizedhydrogen. Several young open clusters of stars populate the image and are visible above in blue, including the nebula centers. Light takes about 6,000 years to reach us from these nebulas, which together span roughly 300 light years. Studies of stars and clusters like those found in the Heart and Soul Nebulas have focussed on how massive starsform and how they affect their environment.hubble ribbon| | | >Jerry Bonnell
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SPACE.com – HOUSTON Seven NASA astronauts are gearing up to tackle a risky shuttle mission torepair the Hubble Space Telescope.
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