Science

Overfed Black Holes Shut Down Galactic Star-Making

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This artistically modified image of the local galaxy Arp 220, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, helps...

NASA's Spitzer Sees the Light of Alien 'Super Earth'

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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope was able to detect a super Earth's direct light for the first time using its sensitive...

NASA Tests GPS Monitoring System for Big U.S. Earthquakes

The space-based technology that lets GPS-equipped motorists constantly update their precise location will undergo a major test of its ability to rapidly pinpoint the location and magnitude of strong earthquakes across the western United States....

NASA's WISE Catches Aging Star Erupting With Dust

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It's a dust bunny of cosmic proportions. Astronomers used images from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or...

Dawn Reveals Secrets of Giant Asteroid Vesta

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Aquilia Area in Color
These composite images from the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft show three...

Cassini Investigates Titan's Chemical Factory

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Saturn's third-largest moon Dione can be seen through the haze of its largest moon, Titan, in this view of the two...

Cassini Sees Objects Blazing Trails in Saturn Ring

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Images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed half-mile-sized (kilometer-sized) objects punching through parts of...

FBI warns web users about losing Internet access following hackers' advertising scam

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned that thousands of web users worldwide could lose Internet access after a hackers 'adverting scam infected computers.

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