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  NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling anothe
Hubble Directly Observes a Planet Orbiting Another Star
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. The planet, called 'Fomalhaut b', orbits the bright southern star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years from Earth.
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  NASA astronomers have set up a monitoring station to scan the night sky for unknown or unexpected me
NASA Begins Hunt for New Meteor Showers
NASA astronomers have set up a monitoring station to scan the night sky for unknown or unexpected meteor showers--and they're finding more than they bargained for.
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  The planets are gathering for spooky sunset sky show on Oct. 31st. Read today's story to find out w
Halloween Sky Show
The planets are gathering for spooky sunset sky show on Oct. 31st. Read today's story to find out where to look.
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  NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a new kind of pulsar that hints at a previousl
Discovered: A New Kind of Pulsar
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a new kind of pulsar that hints at a previously unsuspected population of stars waiting to be found in the Milky Way.
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  A team of internationally renowned astronomers and opticians may have found a way to make 'unbelieva
Liquid Mirror Telescopes on the Moon
A team of internationally renowned astronomers and opticians may have found a way to make 'unbelievably large' telescopes on the Moon.
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  Backyard astronomers watching the Perseid meteor shower last month saw meteoroids hitting not only E
Amateur Astronomers See Perseids Hit the Moon
Backyard astronomers watching the Perseid meteor shower last month saw meteoroids hitting not only Earth but also the Moon. They recorded the impacts using backyard telescopes and off-the-shelf cameras, showing that "lunar meteors" are easy targets for amateur observatories and that amateur astronomers can contribute to NASA's lunar research.
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  A Flash of Insight: LCROSS Mission Update
There are places on the Moon where the sun hasn't shined for millions of years, inky-dark places that may harbor a treasure of great value. NASA's is about to light one of them up.
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  Partial Eclipse, Total Fun
This Friday, August 1st, millions of people in China will witness a well-publicized total eclipse of the sun. Less widely reported is the partial eclipse, which *billions* of people across a quarter of the globe can observe and enjoy.
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  The 2008 Perseid Meteor Shower
The 2008 Perseid meteor shower peaks during the dark hours before dawn on Tuesday, August 12th, and forecasters say it should be a good show.
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