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NASA watchdog under fire for being 'too close'
The space agency's inspector general Robert Cobb was criticised yesterday for allegedly being too close to the agency's top managers, and not providing an independent check on the agency
Black holes may be snared by interstellar gas
Supermassive black holes could be forced to collide by the gentle drag from interstellar gas, new computer simulations suggest
Star duo are biggest yet
The two most massive stars ever discovered are circling each other near the centre of the Milky Way one is so big, some say it shouldn't exist
New quasar is the oldest yet
The discovery of a small quasar 13 billion light years away gives insights into the condition of the universe soon after the big bang
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Meteorite damage found on space station
Astronauts on a space walk at the International Space Station have found a hole left by a small meteorite, but it does not pose a danger to the crew
Landslides old and new found on Mars
Images have revealed a Martian landslide free of red dust, indicating recent activity, as well as an ancient flow of boulders on the massive volcano Olympus Mons
Solar shield could be quick fix for global warming
A geoengineering scheme to reflect some of the Sun's rays back into space might cool the climate within a decade - but the technique has its risks
Radio waves warn of imminent storm
Analysing polarised waves from distant galaxies could give sufficient warning to prevent the Sun's storms damaging vital equipment and harming astronauts
New distance record for quantum communication
A team in the Canary Islands has sent a quantum cryptographic key 144km using "spooky interaction" between photons
Smallest galaxy hints at hidden population
A minuscule galaxy orbiting the Milky Way could be part of the a horde of dwarf companions predicted by astronomers
Dwarf-flinging void is larger than thought
A dwarf galaxy flying at high speed out of an empty region of space called the Local Void implies that the area is at least 150 million light years across
MACHO matter is running out of places to hide
Astronomers have successfully measured the distance to a "dark object" on the edge of our galaxy by triangulating observations made on Earth and in space
Moon might be best place to study Earth's climate
Thermometers left on the surface of the Moon by the Apollo 17 mission in 1971 reveal a record of Earth's warming - but some doubt their worth
Cosmonauts take space walk in shield upgrade
Ongoing improvements in the safety shielding around the International Space Station have meant over 5 hours working in space for two Russian crew members
About this image
Courtesy of SOHO/EIT consortium. SOHO is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA. Image has been modified.
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is designed to study the internal structure of the Sun, its extensive outer atmosphere and the origin of the solar wind, the stream of highly ionized gas that blows continuously outward through the Solar System. An uninterrupted view of the Sun is achieved by operating SOHO from a permanent vantage point 1.5 million kilometers sunward of the Earth. SOHO was designed to observe the Sun continuously for at least two years.
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- Closing in on the gamma-ray sky
- Milky Way Black Hole May Be A Colossal 'Particle Accelerator'
- Cosmic Lighthouses: Astrophysicists Explain Differences In Brightness Of Supernova Explosions
- Universe Offers 'Eternal Feast,' Cosmologist Says
- Origin Of Darkest Galaxies In The Universe Elucidated
- Scientists Find High Energy Systems Hidden In 'Gas Cocoon'
- Astronomer Finds Closest Gravitational Lensing Galaxy
- First negatively charged molecule found in space
- Binary star pulsates with high-energy gamma rays
- Active galactic nuclei
- Gamma ray 'clock' found creating antimatter
- Astronomers Find First Ever Gamma Ray Clock
