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astronomy stories: 68 news summaries

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New 'Lucky' System Takes Clearest-Ever Space Pics

Images are twice as sharp as Hubble's

Sep 4, 07 3:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A ground-based optics system has been developed that can take pictures of space twice as sharp as those from the Hubble Telescope. The system uses advanced light detection chips and calculates when the atmosphere is least distorting, the BBC reports. The system gathers together the clear pictures and eliminates distortions... More »

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astronomy • Hubble • space • Cambridge • Palomar • Caltech • Lucky

Western US Awaits Total Lunar Eclipse

Early birds who look to the skies will get an eyeful on Tuesday

Aug 26, 07 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Western US will get a celestial treat early Tuesday morning: a total lunar eclipse. Residents of the Western Hemisphere and eastern Asia will get at least a glimpse of the spectacle, but Europeans will miss out—the moon will be below the horizon. Space.com tells you how to... More »

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astronomy • space • Earth • lunar eclipse • stargazing • eclipse • moon

Enormous Hole Found in Cosmos

Scientists spot unexpected void a billion light years wide

Aug 24, 07 3:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Astronomers have discovered a mysterious gigantic hole in the universe, reports Space.com. Unlike black holes, created by super dense material, this hole is devoid of matter. It measures nearly a billion light years wide and is 10 billion light years from earth. The hole was discovered by examining input... More »

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astronomy • space • black hole • universe • dark matter • void • Very Large Array

Largest Planet Ever Discovered

Huge, lightweight discovery puzzles scientists

Aug 7, 07 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forget Jupiter. Scientists have discovered the largest planet out there—a "puffy" space mass almost twice the size of our solar system's gas giant. But the find is posing more questions than answers, Space.com reports: TrES-4’s mass is large but its density is about the same as... More »

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astronomy • planet • space • exoplanet • Lowell Observatory • Georgi Mandushev • discovery

Most Massive Star Ever Weighs In

Astronomers say hefty gas giant is 100 times heavier than the sun

Jun 8, 07 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The most massive star yet discovered has been "weighed," astronomers say, and it tips the scales at a whopping 114 times the mass of the sun. The enormous star forms the bigger half of a rapidly orbiting binary system and it far outstrips both its companion star and... More »

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NASA • astronomy • Hubble • space • star • sun

Crop of New Planets Means Better Chance of Life

Rapid discovery of planets outside our solar system ups odds one has liquid water

May 29, 07 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Astronomers who've spotted 28 new planets in the past year are gaining confidence that other solar systems may be able to support life like ours. One researcher estimated that there are probably "tens of billions" of planets with habitable conditions, most important of which is hospitality to water. More »

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astronomy • planet • space • solar system • universe • exoplanet

Hubble Finds Dark Matter

May 15, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Astronomers have discovered a ring of dark matter in a galaxy cluster about 5 billion light years away. The Hubble Telescope turned up an anomaly in the way stars in the area appear, which researchers think is a distortion caused by the intense gravity of the galactic "glue" holding... More »

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astronomy • Hubble • space • star • dark matter • gravity

Earth-Like Planet Could Sustain Life

Scientists claim major breakthrough
in search for extraterrestrial life

Apr 25, 07 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Astronomers have discovered a planet that can sustain liquid water, the prerequisite for life as we understand it. Named Gliese 581 C, the new planet orbits a red dwarf star in what's called the "Goldilocks zone"—not so close that water melts, and not so far that it... More »

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astronomy • space exploration • science • planet • Gliese 581 C • dwarf star • Goldilocks zone • extraterrestrial life

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