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NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has made the first unambiguous detection of high-energy gamma-rays from an enigmatic binary system known as Cygnus X-3. The system pairs a hot, massive star with a compact object -- either a neutron star or a black hole -- that blasts twin radio-emitting jets of matter into space at more than half the speed of light.
The International Space Station, which was crowded last week with 12 astronauts onboard, is set to go down to a crew of two Tuesday.
Image 1: Artist's concept of GOES-O in orbit. Credit: NASA/Honeywell Tech Solutions, C. Meaney Image 2: When GOES-14 replaces either GOES-11 or GOES-12, it will provide satellite weather imagery just as GOES-12 captured a dying Tropical Storm Danny on the U.S. east coast (top right) and an explosive Tropical Storm Jimena on the Mexican west coast (bottom left) on August 29. Credit: NASA/GOES ...
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Astronauts who were aboard space shuttle Atlantis are talking about their trip at Ellington Field in Houston. The crew members returned Friday return from their International Space Station.
LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Nov. 30, 2009) - A correction from source is being issued with respect to the release sent on November 30th at 3:51 PM EST. In the second paragraph, it should read "November 30th at 22:56 ET" instead of "December 1st at 19:50 ET". The corrected version follows. Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Robert Thirsk comes back to Earth this Tuesday aboard a Soyuz ...
Astronomers have long wondered which came first, the black hole or the galaxy around it. The leading theory holds that the two co-evolve, starting small and building over time.
We ought to consider how NASA's discovery of water on the moon could alter the fabric of life on earth. The implications of this find -- including the possible near-term development of a viable lunar colony -- are staggering.
The only black-hole–powered quasar without a galaxy surrounding it is one of the strangest objects astronomers have ever found. Now, it turns out to be building its future home out of a neighboring galaxy.
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. -- Monday was the last chance to apply to NASA for space shuttle mission memorabilia. Only five missions away from retirement, the three shuttles are the biggest prizes and Eyewitness News took at a look at the local efforts to keep a shuttle in Central Florida.
LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Nov. 30, 2009) - Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Robert Thirsk comes back to Earth this Tuesday aboard a Soyuz capsule along with Russian Roman Romanenko and Belgian Frank De Winne with who he has been in space since last May. The Soyuz capsule will undock from the International Space Station on December 1st at 19:50 ET and the landing is scheduled at 02:16 ...
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