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What to expect from Comet PANSTARRS in February

Comet-finder-chartAs Comet PANSTARRS makes its first trip through the inner…
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Space instrument adds big piece to the solar corona puzzle

This is one of the highest-resolution images ever taken of…
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Baffling pulsar leaves astronomers in the dark

Artist's impression of a pulsar in radio-bright mode. // Credit:…
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Telescopes find evidence for asteroid belt around Vega

The data are consistent with the star having an inner…
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Texas Astronomers Measure Most Massive, Most Unusual Black Hole Using Hobby-Eberly Telescope

This image of NGC 1277 was taken with Hubble Space…
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Planck spots hot gas bridging galaxy cluster pair

Abell-399-401 The Planck satellite has discovered a bridge of hot…
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Jupiter brightens the December sky

The giant planet puts on its best appearance of 2012…
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Orionid meteors will light up the darkness

Debris from Halley’s Comet gives birth to one of 2012’s…
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