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41 min ago | Switched

Ring Nebula's Shape More Like Jelly Doughnut Than Bagel, Hubble Space Telescope PHOTOS Show

This close-up, visible-light view by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals new details of the Ring Nebula.

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41 min ago | Astronomy

Hubble Space Telescope reveals the Ring Nebula's true shapeMay 24, 2013

In this composite image, visible-light observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are combined with infrared data from the ground-based Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona to assemble a dramatic view of the well-known Ring Nebula.

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1 hr ago | National Geographic

Skywatcher's Guide: Eye-Catching Triple Planet Huddle in Evening Sky

This weekend, skywatchers around the world will get to see a striking triple planetary meetup in the evening skies the likes of which won't be repeated until 2026.

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1 hr ago | New Scientist

Astrophile: Hobbyist stakeout solves dwarf star enigma

Surveillance of the police variety is strictly for professionals. But humble backyard stargazers have carried out a cosmic stakeout on an unpredictable star system, Cygni SS, which periodically explodes.

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4 hrs ago | Examiner.com

UFO: NASA photos show buildings on Moon says Astronomer

Alien structures have been observed in photos taken of the moon, by NASA, as reported by UFO Sightings Daily.

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4 hrs ago | Examiner.com

UFO orbits around Moon says eyewitness

An eyewitness has spotted a UFO orbiting our moon for a period of 7 minutes on 26 April, 2013, as reported by UFO Sightings Daily.

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4 hrs ago | KurzweilAI.net

An interplanetary GPS using pulsar signals

Artist's impression of a rotation-powered pulsar. The neutron star appears as a pulsating source of radiation if the rotating emission beam crosses the observer's line of sight.

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6 hrs ago | Free Republic

Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Caterpillar Moon

Explanation: A close series of consecutive exposures are combined in this intriguing composite of the Full Moon slowly crawling, across the sky .

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7 hrs ago | Thetelegraphand Argus

The sky's the limit for Bradford youngsters

Bradford-based science body Space Connections hopes to get youngsters fired up about stargazing and show them how the Islamic world played a key role in early astronomy.

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9 hrs ago | Beach Connection

Oregon Coast Beach Connection Photos on Display in Portland

Photographs from Oregon Coast Beach Connection editor Andre' Hagestedt are on the walls for the month at the popular Raleigh Hills Starbucks on Beaverton/Hillsdale Highway in SW Portland.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Vancouver Sun

Pete McMartin: Looking for Earth 2.0

This NASA artist's concept image released on January 10, 2011 and obtained on February 1, 2011 shows Kepler-10b, the first rocky planet discovered by NASA's Kepler mission.

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Space Ref

Citizen Scientists Help Astronomers Solve Space Mystery

A University of Alberta physicist brought together backyard astronomers and professionals to confirm the mysterious behavior of two stars more than 300 light-years from Earth.

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Tuscon Citizen

This Weekend's SpaceFest is Tucson's Best-Kept Secret

How surprised would you be if I just happened to mention that you could meet fifteen real life NASA astronauts, including several Apollo mission moonwalkers, right here in Tucson this weekend? Oh, and there's lots more too.

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ThinkGeek

loves NASA Goddard & Space

On Tuesday, May 16th, we had the privilege of touring NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD.

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Voice of America

Telescopes Spot Colliding Galaxies

Several telescopes have teamed up to discover a rare and massive merging of two galaxies that took place when the universe was just 3 billion years old .

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Ars Technica

Refined distance measurements rescue a threatened theory

Artist's impression of the binary system SS Cygni, consisting of a white dwarf stripping gas off a red dwarf star.

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Pasadena Weekly

Common ground

J ennifer Wiseman, senior project scientist for NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, speaks at least two languages fluently - faith and science.

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RedOrbit

Magnetic Field Model Of Sun Explains Solar...

Since the 18th Century, scientists have been aware that the Sun oscillates between periods of high and low solar activity in an 11-year cycle.

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Space Ref

Photo: Admiring the Galaxy

It is difficult for even the most seasoned astronomer to resist taking time out of a busy observing schedule to stop and stare up at the gloriously rich southern sky.

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Universe Today

The Ring Nebula is Really a Football-Shaped Jelly Donut

Hubble Space Telescope view of the Ring Nebula. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage -ESA/Hubble Collaboration Sometimes the popular names given to an astronomical object hit the mark of describing its features.

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