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Cool_Cosmos

  1. In a first-of-its-kind move, NASA lends its GALEX space telescope to Caltech galex.caltech.edu/newsroom/glx20… 1:03 PM May 16th via Twitter for Mac
  2. A swirling cauldron of color is on display in new Herschel image herschel.caltech.edu/index.php?Site… 6:52 PM May 11th via Twitter for Mac
  3. Black holes grow really big and then squash star formation, according to new Herschel study: herschel.caltech.edu/index.php?Site… 11:33 AM May 9th via Twitter for Mac
  4. Gulp! NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer catches a black hole swallowing a star. galex.caltech.edu/newsroom/glx20… 11:11 AM May 2nd via Twitter for Mac
  5. Herschel sees evidence for comet storm around a star herschel.caltech.edu/index.php?Site… 11:07 AM Apr 12th via web
  6. Centaurus A galaxy is all prettied up in infrared and X-ray light in new view herschel.caltech.edu/index.php?Site… 3:18 PM Apr 4th via Twitter for Mac
  7. Exploding stars and the jets of a huge black hole are blasting away a galaxy's star-making fuel galex.caltech.edu/newsroom/glx20… 3:29 PM Apr 3rd via Twitter for Mac
  8. We think most would agree -- this nebula really does look like a jellyfish. See cool new picture from GALEX mission. galex.caltech.edu/media/glx2012-… 3:52 PM Mar 22nd via Twitter for Mac
  9. @johngizis Thanks for noticing that -- it wasn't a brown dwarf. We fixed! 4:58 PM Jan 20th via Twitter for Mac in reply to johngizis
  10. @pinguinstall Planck's low-frequency instrument is still working and scanning the sky. 10:02 PM Jan 18th via Twitter for Mac in reply to pinguinstall
  11. Remember those towering "Pillars of Creation" captured by Hubble? Now, they appear tiny in new, wide Herschel view herschel.caltech.edu/index.php?Site… 2:58 PM Jan 18th via Twitter for Mac
  12. The Planck telescope has warmed up as planned, after five scans of the sky for leftover light from big bang nasa.gov/mission_pages/… 2:54 PM Jan 17th via Twitter for Mac
  13. "Galatic glories" - including pictures from Spitzer, Herschel and WISE - are featured in great wrap-up article photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/… #aas219 9:45 AM Jan 11th via Twitter for Mac
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