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This composite image provided by NASA Wednesday Aug. 20, 2008 ...

(AP) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:07:25 GMT

(AP) - This composite image provided by NASA Wednesday Aug. 20, 2008 shows the active galaxy NGC 1275 (Perseus A). X-ray data from the Chandra's Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer and radio data from NRAO's Very Large Array were combined with optical wavelengths in the red, green and blue from Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys. In the composite image, the X-ray data contribute to the soft violet shells around the outside of the center. The pinkish lobes toward the center of the galaxy are from radio frequencies. The radio emission, tracing jets from the black hole, fills the X-ray cavities. Dust lanes, star-forming regions, hydrogen filaments, foreground stars, and background galaxies are contributions from the Hubble optical data. The Hubble Space Telescope has found the answer to a long-standing puzzle by seeing the details of giant but delicate filaments shaped by a strong magnetic field around the active galaxy NGC 1275. (AP Photo/NASA)

This nebula, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope on August ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:47:45 GMT

(Reuters) - This nebula, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope on August 10, 2008, is about 170,000 light-years away. Hubble completed its 100,000th orbit in its 18th year of exploration and discovery, and in doing so took a snapshot of a dazzling region of celestial birth and renewal. REUTERS/NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)/Handout. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reached a milestone of 100,000 ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:47:29 GMT

(Reuters) - NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reached a milestone of 100,000 orbits, as seen in this illustration, at 7:42 a.m. EDT on August 11, 2008. Hubble completes an orbit around Earth approximately once every 90 minutes. REUTERS/NASA, ESA, G. Bacon (STScI)/Handout. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.

This photo, released by NASA and the European Space Agency to ...

(AP) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:03:20 GMT

(AP) - This photo, released by NASA and the European Space Agency to commemorate the Hubble Space Telescope completing its 100,000th orbit around the Earth in its 18th year of exploration and discovery, scientists have aimed Hubble to take a snapshot of a dazzling region of celestial birth and renewal. Hubble peered into a small portion of the nebula near the star cluster NGC 2074, top, on Sunday,Aug.10, 2008. The region is a firestorm of raw stellar creation, perhaps triggered by a nearby supernova explosion. It lies about 170 000 light-years away near the Tarantula nebula, one of the most active star-forming regions in our local group of galaxies. In this representative color image, red shows emission from sulphur atoms, green from glowing hydrogen, and blue from glowing oxygen.(AP Photo/NASA-ESA)

The Pinwheel galaxy, otherwise known as Messier 101, sports ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:10:15 GMT

(Reuters) - The Pinwheel galaxy, otherwise known as Messier 101, sports bright reddish edges in this new infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope released by NASA July 21, 2008. Research from Spitzer has revealed that this outer red zone lacks organic molecules present in the rest of the galaxy. The red and blue spots outside of the spiral galaxy are either foreground stars or more distant galaxies. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI/Handout (UNITED STATES). FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.

In a photo provided by NASA, the Pinwheel galaxy, otherwise ...

(AP) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:22:54 GMT

(AP) - In a photo provided by NASA, the Pinwheel galaxy, otherwise known as Messier 101, sports bright reddish edges in this new infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Research from Spitzer has revealed that this outer red zone lacks organic molecules present in the rest of the galaxy. The red and blue spots outside of the spiral galaxy are either foreground stars or more distant galaxies. The organics, called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, are dusty, carbon-containing molecules that help in the formation of stars. Scientists also believe this space dust has the potential to be converted into the stuff of life. Spitzer found that the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons decrease in concentration toward the outer portion of the Pinwheel galaxy, then quickly drop off and are no longer detected at its very outer rim. According to astronomers, there's a threshold at the rim where the organic material is being destroyed by harsh radiation from stars. (AP Photo/HO/ NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI )