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Hubble's deepest view ever of the Universe unveils earliest galaxies
09-Mar-2004: Astronomers today unveiled the deepest portrait of the visible Universe ever achieved by humankind. Called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), the million-second-long exposure reveals the first galaxi...
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heic0405
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V838 Monocerotis revisited: Space phenomenon imitates art
04-Mar-2004: Starry Night", Vincent van Gogh's famous painting, is renowned for its bold whorls of light sweeping across a raging night sky. Although this image of the heavens came only from the artist's restless ...
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heic0404
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Hubble and Keck team up to find farthest known galaxy in the Universe
15-Feb-2004: An international team of astronomers may have set a new record in discovering what is the most distant known galaxy in the Universe. Located an estimated 13 billion light-years away, the object is bei...
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heic0402
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Supernova blast bonanza in nearby galaxy
03-Feb-2004: The nearby dwarf galaxy NGC 1569 is a hotbed of vigorous star birth activity which blows huge bubbles and super-bubbles that riddle the main body of the galaxy. The galaxy's vigorous ‘star factories' ...
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heic0401
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First supernova companion star found
07-Jan-2004: A joint European/University of Hawaii team of astronomers has for the first time observed a stellar ‘survivor' to emerge from a double star system involving an exploded supernova. Supernovae are some ...
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