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This composite image shows the distribution of dark matter, galaxies, and hot gas in the core of the...

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Uploaded on Mar 2, 2012

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Observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have come up with a new class of planet, a water-world...

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Uploaded on Feb 21, 2012

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These images reveal light from a massive stellar outburst in the Carina Nebula reflecting off dust...

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Uploaded on Feb 15, 2012

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The magic of the universal construct in an amazing, on going creation. Breathtaking! Courtesy: Hubble Space telescope web-site.

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Uploaded on Dec 15, 2011

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope presents a festive holiday greeting that's out of this world. The...

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Uploaded on Dec 15, 2011

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A new analysis of Hubble surveys, combined with simulations of galaxy interactions, reveals that...

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Uploaded on Oct 27, 2011

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There is radiation from massive stars that is carving away at cold molecular clouds,...

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Uploaded on Sep 16, 2010

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A beautiful new image of two colliding galaxies has been released by NASA's Great Observatories. The...

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Uploaded on Aug 14, 2010

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By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News This is the extraordinary place where we all live...

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Uploaded on Jul 5, 2010

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This spectacular image of sunset on the Indian Ocean was taken by astronauts aboard the International...

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Uploaded on Jun 16, 2010

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On April 21, 2010, NASA released the first-light images from its newest sun-monitoring mission, the...

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Uploaded on Apr 27, 2010

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NASA's best-recognized, longest-lived, and most prolific space observatory zooms past a threshold of...

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Uploaded on Apr 24, 2010

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sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/mission/scienc e/science.php SDO is helping us to understand the how and why...

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Uploaded on Apr 21, 2010

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This image depicts a vast canyon of dust and gas in the Orion Nebula from a 3-D computer model based...

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Uploaded on Mar 19, 2010

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Fiery arcs rise above an active region on the surface of the Sun in this series of images taken by...

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Uploaded on Feb 16, 2010

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A mysterious arc of light found behind a distant cluster of galaxies has turned out to be the...

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Uploaded on Feb 15, 2010

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Credit: NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA) This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope picture of...

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Uploaded on Feb 2, 2010

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Saharan "Land of Terror" Revealed: White salt flats seem to melt over dark sandstone hills...

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Uploaded on Jan 4, 2010

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