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News Release: European astronomers observe first evaporating planet
12-Mar-2003: Using the Hubble Space Telescope, for the first time, astronomers have observed the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet evaporating off into space. Much of this planet may eventually disappear, leaving...
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Photo Release: Hubble resolves a blaze of stars in galaxy's core
06-Mar-2003: The central region of the small galaxy NGC 1705 blazes with the light of thousands of young and old stars. Astronomers call NGC 1705 a dwarf irregular, that is, a small galaxy lacking regular structur...
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Photo Release: The Boomerang Nebula - the coolest place in the Universe?
20-Feb-2003: The Boomerang Nebula is a young planetary nebula and the coldest object found in the Universe so far. The NASA /ESA Hubble Space Telescope image illustrates how Hubble's keen vision reveals surprises ...
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News Release: First light for Europe's virtual observatory
17-Dec-2002: Imagine you are an astronomer with instant, fingertip access to all existing observations of a given object and the opportunity to sift through them at will. In just a few moments, you can have inform...
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News Release: Missing link found between supernovae and black holes
18-Nov-2002: A nearby black hole, hurtling like a cannonball through the plane of our Milky Way, has provided possibly the best evidence yet that stellar-mass black holes are made in supernova explosions. This bla...
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