Category Archives: Space

50 Places to Explore Outer Space Online

Guest Post by Anna Miller Dear Readers ,Anna Miller has sent me this article by email to post it.As I found it useful, I am reproducing it here.Enjoy. One does not have to keep his or her head in the … Continue reading

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Hubble Finds a Star Eating a Planet

The hottest known planet in the Milky Way galaxy may also be its shortest-lived world. The doomed planet is being eaten by its parent star, according to observations made by a new instrument on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, the Cosmic … Continue reading

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For Space Shuttle Atlantis, The End Is Here

One last flight is planned for each of NASA’s three space shuttles, beginning with Atlantis, which is poised for liftoff on Friday (May 14, 2010) for a 12-day mission to deliver a Russian docking compartment to the International Space Station. … Continue reading

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Most Distant Galaxy Cluster Revealed by Invisible Light

Clusters of galaxies are the largest building blocks in the universe. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is part of the Virgo cluster, comprising some 1000-2000 galaxies. By observing galaxies and clusters that are very distant from Earth, astronomers can look … Continue reading

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