News articles tagged with 'encounter'
Cosmic dance helps galaxies lose weight
— 30 Jul 2009 09:20 | AstronomyA study published this week in the journal Nature offers an explanation for the origin of dwarf spheroidal galaxies. The research may settle an outstanding puzzle in understanding galaxy…
NASA spacecraft to make historic flyby of Mercury
— 11 Jan 2008 21:16 | AstronomyOn Monday, 14 January, a pioneering NASA spacecraft will be the first to visit Mercury in almost 33 years when it soars over the planet to explore and snap close-up images of never-before-seen…
A close-up of Mars
— 18 Dec 2007 20:52 | AstronomyNASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this close-up of the red planet Mars when it was just 55 million miles - 88 million kilometres - away. This colour image was assembled from a series…
Ulysses catches record for catching comets by their tails
— 23 Oct 2007 04:00 | AstronomyWhen it was launched 17 years ago, scientists and mission engineers for the Ulysses project knew they should expect, well, the unexpected. After all, the joint NASA/European Space Agency-managed…
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