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Milky Way’s Black Hole Munches On Supercooked Gas

May 7, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter It’s a simple menu, but smoking hot. The black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy is sucking in ultra-hot molecular gas, as seen through the eyes of the Herschel space telescope. Remove this ad

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Experts Urge Removal of Space Debris From Orbit

April 28, 2013

Action is needed soon to remove the largest pieces of space debris from orbit before the amount of junk destroys massive amounts of critical space infrastructure, according to a panel at the Sixth European Conference on Space Debris. “Whatever we are going to do, whatever we have to do, is an expensive solution,” said Heiner Klinkrad, [...]

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Jules Verne ATV

January 19, 2011

The Jules Verne ATV(Automated Transfer Vehicle) was an unmanned cargo resupply spacecraft launched by the European Space Agency(ESA) on March 9, 2008. Its sole mission was to dock and resupply the International Space Station(ISS). The Jules Verne was the first ATV, so it underwent three weeks of orbital testing before docking with the ISS on [...]

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European Space Agency

November 9, 2010

Established in 1975, the European Space Agency (ESA) is an multi-governmental organization that is dedicated to space exploration. The agency has its headquarters in Paris, has a staff of 2,000, and an annual budget of 3.6 billion euro. The ESA members include: France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, Norway, [...]

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