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hey, where are those galaxy clusters going?

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Further analysis with the WMAP data suggests that the cosmological dark flow is real.

Astronomers spot ticking supernova time bomb

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Astronomers have spotted a potential Type Ia supernova in our own galaxy.

Want a planet? You might want to avoid lithium

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Stars that have planets appear to be poor in lithium.

Carbon Atmosphere Discovered On Neutron Star

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The Chandra X-ray Observatory discovers a carbon atmosphere on a neutron star.

NASA finds reservoir of water ice on the Moon!

Preliminary analysis of the impact plume from LCROSS indicates significant amounts of water on the Moon.

In the news this month... a record-breaking distant cluster

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The most distant galaxy cluster ever found so far at 10.2 billion light-years away has been discovered.

A New Challenge to Einstein?

Measurements of weak gravitational lensing suggest that large-scale structure in the universe might deviate from what would be predicted by general relativity.

First Images of LCROSS Centaur Impact Plume Released

NASA has released new images of the LCROSS impact, where the plume appears to have just been less spectacular than expected.

Puffing up elliptical galaxies

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Ellipticals at high redshift appear to be much smaller in size than those in our local Universe, but have about the same mass and density of stars.

New mega ring around Saturn discovered using Spitzer

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Infrared observations using the Spitzer Space Telescope have revealed the largest known ring around Saturn.

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