Leo's Bright Star Regulus Flies like Bullet
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Shining brightly in the constellation  Leo is a fast-spinning&nbsp;star that shoots through the cosmos like an  extra-wide&nbsp;bullet, perplexing astronomers as it moves through space in the  same direction as its polar axis.
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Mojave, Calif.âIn a spectacular flight that opened a new window to space - and the imagination â-paceShipOne rocketed to victory in the international Ansari X Prize competition yesterday.
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Eta Carinae is a mysterious, extremely bright and unstable star located a mere stone's throw - astronomically speaking - from Earth at a distance of only about 7,500 light years.
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The fastest-aiming space science observatory ever built rocketed into orbit Saturday to scan the universe for violent celestial explosions that astronomers
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Observing the image of a faint object that lies close to a star is a demanding task as the object is generally hidden in the glare of the star. Characterising this object, by taking spectra, is an even harder challenge.
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Satisfied that his spaceplane is sound despite a series of unexpected rolls during Wednesday's flight, Burt Rutan will send SpaceShipOne aloft as scheduled to try to capture the $10 million X Prize. By Dan Brekke.
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European astronomers reported Thursday the discovery of a rocky &quot;super Earth-like object&quot; orbiting a nearby star much like our own sun.
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VLTI Discerns How Matter Behaves in Disc Around a Be Star Thanks to the unique possibilities offered by ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI), astronomers have solved a 140-year-old mystery concerning active hot stars.
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When you look at Sirius, the Dog Star, you&#39;re actually seeing light that left the star 8.6 years ago. In the meantime, the star could have burst into a supernova or run off chasing the gargantuan Ford Galaxy.
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MOJAVE, California -- A Southern California aerospace team took a big step toward capturing the $10 million Ansari X Prize Wednesday, but not without surviving a scary moment when the pilot found himself in a rapid spin as he roared across the threshold
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The German astronomer launches an exhaustive study of the exploding star that will soon bear his name.
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Another of Hollywood&#39;s shining stars has been relocated to the VIP area in the Sky. Jerry Orbach, best known for his long-running role on &quot;Law and Order&quot; has sadly passed away, aged 69.
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Astronomers have discovered something they've never seen before: a star with a tail like a comet.
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Astronomers have discovered a new class of planets that take less than a day to whiz round their parent stars.
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As first light spread across Hollywood, the spin machine hummed to life.
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A fine display of shooting stars is underway and peaks overnight Wednesday into early Thursday morning. Astronomers expect the 2004 Perseid meteor shower to be one of the best versions of the annual event in several years.
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Imagine a drive-in movie screen that floats 1,000 feet in the air &amp;#151; and travels 15 mph. An Orlando-based blimp company called The Lightship Group has effectively made one, and it could be coming to a night sky near you.