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Glittering jewels of Messier 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most detailed image so far of Messier 9, a globular star cluster located close to the center of the galaxy. This ball of stars is too faint ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Classic portrait of a barred spiral galaxy

(PhysOrg.com) -- The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1073, which is found in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea Monster). Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, ...

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created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Planck satellite manoeuvre aims at L2 arrival

(PhysOrg.com) -- Beginning today, ESA's Planck satellite will carry out a critical mid-course manoeuvre that will place the satellite on its final trajectory for arrival at L2, the second Lagrange point of ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Indian-French satellite put into orbit

An Indian-French satellite that will study monsoon patterns and global warming was launched on Wednesday from a space centre in southern India.

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created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

More accurate than Santa Claus: First Galileo satellite orbit determination with high precision

Every year for Christmas, the North American Air Defence Command NORAD posts an animation on their website, in which the exact flight path of Santa Claus' sled led by reindeer Rudolf is precisely located (http://www.noradsanta.org/en/). The path of navigation satellites, however, ...

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created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Space station has plenty of supplies: NASA

The six-member crew aboard the International Space Station has plenty of food and fuel and will not be immediately affected by the crash of a Russian supply ship, NASA said Wednesday. ...

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created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Rosetta to sleep through loneliest leg of comet mission

On 8 June, mission controllers will have the first opportunity to switch ESA's Rosetta comet-hunter into deep-space hibernation for 31 months. During this loneliest leg of its decade-long mission, Rosetta ...

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created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Russia launches military satellite after delay

Russia on Wednesday successfully put a military satellite into orbit after a three-week delay caused by the failure of one its workhorse Proton-M rockets, the Roskosmos space agency said.

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created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Russia launches Chinese satellite

A Russian Proton-M rocket completed the successful launch Saturday of an advanced Chinese communications satellite that should help expand television coverage in parts of Southeast Asia.

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created Nov 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 8