Astronomers ready for comet-smashing mission
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NASA and university astronomers are eagerly awaiting the launch of a space probe bound to collide with a comet and give researchers a glimpse inside the solar systemâs icy wanderers.
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NASA engineers are set to launch their Deep Impact space mission tomorrow. The space shot aims to smash an 820-pound (370-kilogram) projectile into a comet on July 4, 2005.
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Twin Nasa spacecraft capture panoramic images that will the study of solar explosions capable of causing havoc on Earth.
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A swarm of colliding comets is weaving  a dusty death shroud for a distant stellar corpse and providing astronomers  with rare proof that certain solar system objects can outlive their suns.
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Scientists who have peered through space to a time when light first filled the universe urged NASA on Thursday to ensure a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission includes a next generation infrared camera.
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For the first time ever, NASA is setting off on a collision course with a comet, in hopes of blasting a huge hole in the celestial snowball and gazing upon the original ingredients of the solar system preserved inside.
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Nasa has announced that the launch of a pioneering mission to further understanding of the make-up of comets will take place in January next year.
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SAN DIEGO&nbsp;-- Astronomers are highly confident that they've taken the first photograph of a planet outside our solar system.
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For the first time in the history of astronomy, scientists are about to glimpse the mysterious surface of Titan, Saturn&#39;s haze-shrouded moon.
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Years in the planning, one of the world's most powerful telescopes sees its first light over the weekend. It should be fully operational by next May.
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_ Astronomers say a new camera atop Mauna Kea will be able to capture images 36-hundred times larger that those taken by the camera on the Hubble Space Telescope.
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A dying comet has prompted astronomers to take issue with a mainstream theory about the impact of &quot;space weather&quot; on these enigmatic wanderers of the Solar System.
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Space watchers were set for a rare treat on Tuesday after US space authorities released pictures of a huge asteroid they said would zoom past Earth within sight of amateur telescopes.
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NASA is preparing to launch a new space telescope named GLAST to study the most violent explosions in the history of our Universe.
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Collisions between comets may be kicking up copious amounts of dust observed around a dead star.
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The big, grown-up boys on the NASA team can hardly wait. Next Fourth of July, they get to bust up a comet, Hollywood-style.
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Nasa's Deep Impact mission, which will crash a projectile into Comet Tempel 1, is ready for lift-off.