If astronomers could somehow pull planets out of the sky and analyze them in the laboratory, it might look something like this artistically altered image illustrating new research from NASA's Spitzer ...
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An Astronomer's Fantasy - Planets in the Lab
Taken Under the 'Wing' of the Small Magellanic Cloud
The tip of the "wing" of the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy is dazzling in this new view from NASA's Great Observatories. The Small Magellanic Cloud, or SMC, is a small galaxy about 200,000 ...
Vega - Two Belts and the Possibility of Planets
Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the bright star Vega, as illustrated here at left in brown. The ring of warm, rocky debris was detected using NASA's ...
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Slide Show: Dazzling Universe
A new slide show features a few gems from the cosmos, including sparkling clusters of baby stars and the shimmery demise of a dying star.
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Slide Show: Snapshots of the Universe
Images of life and death in the universe.
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The Infrared Universe
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is using its infrared eyes to turn the dark and dusty cosmos into a beautiful garden of colorful objects.
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To Catch a Galactic Thief
A big bully of a galaxy has been caught stealing gas -- fuel for stars -- from a nearby, smaller galaxy.
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