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Nearest, youngest star with planet nursery found
February 28:
Astronomers have discovered the nearest and youngest star with a
visible disk of dust that may be a nursery for planets. The dim
red dwarf star is a mere 33 light years away, close enough that
the Hubble Space Telescope or ground-based telescopes with adaptive
optics to sharpen the image should be able to see whether the dust
disk contains clumps of matter that might turn into planets.
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Cassini captures stunning view of Saturn
February 27:
Four months before its scheduled arrival at Saturn, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft
sent its best colour postcard back to Earth of the ringed world. The spacecraft
is expected to send weekly postcards, as it gets closer to the ringed giant.
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Large planetoid found beyond Pluto
February 20:
A new object located by the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) survey
on February 17 and found in images by Mike Brown (Caltech), Chad Trujillo
(Gemini Observatory) and David Rabinowitz (Yale), may be the largest object
discovered in the solar system since Pluto in 1930.
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Mars Express images Kasei Vallis on Mars
February 18:
The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft has imaged Kasei Vallis,
one of the largest outflow channels on Mars. The feature is believed to have been
created by glaciers or the bursting of subterranean lakes dammed by the glaciers.
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Largest mirror in space under development
February 18:
The European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory, designed to make observations
in the infrared and sub-milimetre band, is due to be launched in February 2007.
Engineers have recently completed a crucial phase of the project by manufacturing
its 3.5-metre main mirror from silicon carbide. Use of this revolutionary material
will result in a primary with a mass one fifth of a conventional mirror. Further
machining is required before it can be given its reflective coating.
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Giant black hole rips star apart
February 18:
A super-massive black hole has ripped apart a star and consumed a portion
of it, according to data from ESA's XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra and X-ray
observatories. These results are the best evidence yet that such a phenomenon,
long predicted by theory, does actually happen.
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2010 Yearbook
 Our latest 132-page Astronomy Now special edition is an extravaganza of astronomy for the year ahead, with a complete 30-page guide to observing the planets, moon, meteor showers, two solar eclipses, and the deep sky in 2010.
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Hubble Reborn
 Hubble Reborn takes the reader on a journey through the Universe with spectacular full-colour pictures of galaxies, nebulae, planets and stars as seen through Hubble's eyes, along the way telling the dramatic story of the space telescope, including interviews with key scientists and astronauts.
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3D Universe
 Witness the most awesome sights of the Universe as they were meant to be seen in this 100-page extravaganza of planets, galaxies and star-scapes, all in 3D!
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Infinity Rising
 This special publication features the photography of British astro-imager Nik Szymanek and covers a range of photographic methods from basic to advanced. Beautiful pictures of the night sky can be obtained with a simple camera and tripod before tackling more difficult projects, such as guided astrophotography through the telescope and CCD imaging.
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Starry Night
 Explore the Universe with these new versions of the award-winning Starry Night Software. Available now from the Astronomy Now Store.
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Exploring Mars
 Astronomy Now is pleased to announce the publication of Exploring Mars. The very best images of Mars taken by orbiting spacecraft and NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers fill up the 98 glossy pages of this special edition!
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Mars rover poster
 This new poster features some of the best pictures from NASA's amazing Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
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