Astronomers Weigh the Coolest Brown Dwarfs
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Famous People Wandering the Halls of AAS
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Planet Discovered with Only 3 Times the Mass of the Earth
Posted Tuesday June 3, 2008, 2:12 pm, Over one day oldToday, an international team of astronomers announced they have found a planet with only 3 times the mass of the Earth orbiting a tiny star that can barely support nuclear reactions. Read the rest of Planet Discovered with Only 3 Times the Mass of the Earth (338 words)
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AAS Meeting in St. Louis, June 1-5
Posted Tuesday June 3, 2008, 2:12 pm, Over one day oldWe're trying to outdo our previous effort with full coverage of the meeting. Stay tuned for our coverage on Universe Today, but if you really want the full coverage from everyone, check out Astronomy Cast LIVE.
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How To Weigh a Black Hole: Just Look At Its Galaxy
Posted Tuesday June 3, 2008, 2:12 pm, Over one day oldLouis, astronomers announced a new, simple way of determining masses of super-massive black holes by just looking at images of galaxies.
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Phoenix Digs on Mars
Posted Tuesday June 3, 2008, 2:12 pm, Over one day oldPhoenix's first dig in the Martian soil. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ University of Arizona The Phoenix lander used its robotic arm scoop to dig up soil on Mars surface for the first time during its activities during its seventh day on the Red Planet.
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Launchpad Damaged During Saturday's Shuttle Launch
Posted Tuesday June 3, 2008, 2:12 pm, Over one day oldThe launchpad at Kennedy Space Center was damaged during Saturday's space shuttle launch. Pictures taken during Discovery's launch show debris raining down into the waterway just behind launchpad 39A. Read the rest of Launchpad Damaged During Saturday's Shuttle Launch (237 words)
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Get Ready for High-Energy GLAST
Posted Tuesday June 3, 2008, 2:12 pm, Over one day oldGLAST, the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope will use its instruments to study those objects that generate gamma-ray radiation, the most energetic form of radiation we know of, billions of times more energetic than the type of light visible to our eyes.
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Harvesting Solar Power from Space
Posted Tuesday June 3, 2008, 2:12 pm, Over one day oldIn a new report, the viability of sending solar panels into space to collect a vast quantity of uninterrupted energy has been re-investigated. Although the idea has been around since the 1970's, space solar power has always been viewed as prohibitively expensive.
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It Really Looks Like Ice on Mars
Posted Tuesday June 3, 2008, 2:12 pm, Over one day oldOn Friday, Phoenix scientist Ray Arvidson said there may be ice directly under the Phoenix lander, exposed in the blast zone by the retrorockets used for Phoenix's soft landing. On Saturday, Sol 5 for Phoenix on Mars, a new image shows a greater portion of the area under the lander.
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