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This image obtained from NASA shows the newest images of Pluto ...

(AFP/NASA) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:39:02 GMT

(AFP/NASA) - This image obtained from NASA shows the newest images of Pluto taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Pluto, the dwarf planet on the outer edge of our solar system, has a dramatically ruddier hue than it did just a few years ago, NASA scientists said Thursday, after examining photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.(AFP/NASA)

A combination picture of the most detailed view to date of the ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:08:16 GMT

(Reuters) - A combination picture of the most detailed view to date of the entire surface of the dwarf planet Pluto, as constructed from multiple NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken from 2002 to 2003 are seen in these images released on February 4, 2010. Hubble reveals a complex-looking and variegated world with white, dark-orange, and charcoal-black terrain. The overall color is believed to be a result of ultraviolet radiation from the distant Sun breaking up methane that is present on Pluto's surface, leaving behind a dark, molasses-colored, carbon-rich residue. This series of pictures took four years and 20 computers operating continuously and simultaneously to accomplish. REUTERS/NASA, ESA, and M. Buie (Southwest Research Institute)/Handout

The most detailed view to date of the entire surface of the ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:46:44 GMT

(Reuters) - The most detailed view to date of the entire surface of the dwarf planet Pluto as constructed from multiple NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken from 2002 to 2003 and released on February 4, 2010. Hubble reveals a complex-looking and variegated world with white, dark-orange, and charcoal-black terrain. The overall color is believed to be a result of ultraviolet radiation from the distant Sun breaking up methane that is present on Pluto's surface, leaving behind a dark, molasses-colored, carbon-rich residue. This series of pictures took four years and 20 computers operating continuously and simultaneously to accomplish. REUTERS/NASA, ESA, and M. Buie (Southwest Research Institute)/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

This undated handout photo provided by NASA, taken by NASA's ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:07:39 GMT

(AP) - This undated handout photo provided by NASA, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, shows the dwarf planet Pluto.The image shows an icy, mottled, dark molasses-colored world undergoing seasonal surface color and brightness changes. (AP Photo/NASA)

This image provided by NASA Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010 shows a mystery ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:16:12 GMT

(AP) - This image provided by NASA Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010 shows a mystery object that was discovered on Jan. 6, 2010, by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) sky survey. The object appears so unusual in ground-based telescopic images that discretionary time on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope was used to take this close-up look. The observations show a bizarre X-pattern of filamentary structures near the point-like nucleus of the object and trailing streamers of dust. This complex structure suggests the object is not a comet but instead the product of a head-on collision between two asteroids traveling five times faster than a rifle bullet. Astronomers have long thought that the asteroid belt is being ground down through collisions, but such a smashup has never before been seen. (AP Photo/NASA)

This Hubble Space Telescope picture, from the January 29, 2010, ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:16:09 GMT

(Reuters) - This Hubble Space Telescope picture, from the January 29, 2010, shows a bizarre X-pattern of filamentary structures near the point-like nucleus of the object and trailing streamers of dust. Astronomers have found a comet-like object they believe was created by the collision of two asteroids, possible siblings of the rogue rock blamed for killing the dinosaurs millions of years ago. The object, known as P/2010 A2, was circling about 90 million miles (144 million km) from Earth in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter when it was spotted last week by the Hubble Space Telescope. REUTERS/NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA)/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SCI TECH) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

This Hubble Space Telescope picture, from the January 29, 2010, ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:05:47 GMT

(Reuters) - This Hubble Space Telescope picture, from the January 29, 2010, shows a bizarre X-pattern of filamentary structures near the point-like nucleus of the object and trailing streamers of dust. Astronomers have found a comet-like object they believe was created by the collision of two asteroids, possible siblings of the rogue rock blamed for killing the dinosaurs millions of years ago. The object, known as P/2010 A2, was circling about 90 million miles (144 million km) from Earth in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter when it was spotted last week by the Hubble Space Telescope. REUTERS/NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA)/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

The object known as P/2010 A2 in an image taken last week by ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:16:57 GMT

(Reuters) - The object known as P/2010 A2 in an image taken last week by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. REUTERS/Handout

A NASA imageof Stephan?s Quintet, also known as Hickson Compact ...

(AFP/NASA/ESA/File) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:08:14 GMT

(AFP/NASA/ESA/File) - A NASA imageof Stephan?s Quintet, also known as Hickson Compact Group 92 as seen from NASA?s Hubble Space Telescope. As the citizens of Planet Earth strive ever more enthusiastically to reach E.T., some experts say numerous messages zipping through the cosmos are confusing or little more than space spam.(AFP/NASA/ESA/File)