Chandra X-ray Observatory, provides new insight into nature of black holes WASHINGTON — An extraordinary outburst produced by a black…
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NASA’s Kepler Mission Extended to 2016
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — NASA’s Kepler mission has been approved for extension through fiscal year 2016 based on a recommendation…
Martian dust devil roughly 12 miles high
Mars’ Whirling Dust Devil A Martian dust devil roughly 12 miles (20 kilometers) high was captured winding its way…
New Surface Features Seen on Giant Asteroid Vesta
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has revealed unexpected details on the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta. New images and…
Small Black Hole causes 2 Million MPH wind
NASA’s Chandra Finds Fastest Wind from Stellar Mass Black Hole WASHINGTON – Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have clocked…
First Planck all-sky carbon monoxide (CO) image
All-sky image of molecular gas and three molecular cloud complexes seen by Planck This all-sky image shows the distribution of…
Hubble Telescope makes over one million observations
This is an artist’s concept of that planet, HAT-P-7b. It is a “hot Jupiter” class planet orbiting a star that…
Portrait of a Doomed Asteroid
Source NASA – A new study provides a possible explanation of mysterious X-ray flares detected by the Chandra K-ray Observatory…
