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Gloves Come Off in Fight to Save Hubble
Both houses of Congress are now battling NASA and the Bush administration over the future of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Astronomers, Journalists Glimpse Universe's Past, Hubble's Future
Hubble's deepest-yet image comes amid uncertainty about the space telescope's future.
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Opportunity Catches Martian Moon Transits
A Mars rover images a Martian moon crossing the disk of the Sun.
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Hubble's Deepest View Yet
Astronomers have combined more than XX00 images from the Hubble Space Telescope to produce it's most detailed image so far.
Redshift Record Smashed Again
Astronomers have used a gravitational lens to view a baby galaxy 96.5 percent of the way back to the Big Bang.
The 2003 Leonids: Back to Normal?
Interactions between Earth and a pair of debris trails left by Comet Tempel-Tuttle may make for some interesting, albeit brief, Leonid meteor activity this year.
Leonids '02: A Sprinkle in the Moonlight
Norwegian amateur Jarle Aasland caught this 2002 Leonid streaking past the bright star Aldebaran in Taurus, the Bull, at 4:57 UT on November 19th. He used a Nikon D100 (digital SLR) set to ISO 800 and a 5-second exposure.Courtesy Jarle Aasland. I arrived at the Sky & Telescope offices this…
Leonids 2002: The Grand Finale
Despite the presence of a full Moon, the possibility of seeing one last Leonid storm should bring observers out in force.
Storm Watch on Mars
If events of the past 30 years are an indication, there's a good chance that the Martian landscape may soon be cloaked by a major dust storm.
A House Call for a Hubble House Call
The US House of Representatives is considering a resolution that could lead to the reversal of NASA's widely criticized decision to stop servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.
A Mars "Soaked With Water"
The red arid terrain seen at the Opportunity landing site appears to have once been a locale capable of sustaining life.Courtesy NASA/JPL/Cornell. When the two Mars Exploration Rover missions were first envisioned, their mission was clear: find if and where water once persisted on Mars. To do this, Spirit landed…
Comet Lander Takes Off
After much delay, the Rosetta spacecraft launched this morning. Its mission: to catch a comet.
Webcam Imagers Gather for Q-2004
QuickCam and Unconventional Imaging Astronomy Group (QCUIAG) founder Steve Wainwright (standing third from right) with some of the Q-2004 conference speakers and organizers: (seated, from left to right) Carsten Arnholm, Colin Bownes, and Jon Grove; (standing, from left to right) Martin Burri, Steve Chambers, Peter Katreniak, Jan Timmermans, and Greg…
New Light on Dark Energy
By measuring distances to the farthest Type Ia supernovae yet, astronomers and getting a sense of how dark energy works.
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You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
NASA's Cassini spacecraft returns a new postcard of Saturn.
A New Kuiper Belt Giant
A newly found object beyond Neptune may be the largest yet.
A Cosmic Game of Peekaboo
It seems that McNeil's Nebula made a previous appearance in the 1960s.
Black Hole Rips Star Apart
A supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy has shredded a star that ventured too close.
New Distance Record Holder Found
Astronomers have imaged a galaxy even closer to the edge of the observable universe.
