Sweeping up Stardust, Wild-2, and Cygnus X-3
#1 Sweeping up Stardust -- Our solar system is moving through a cloud of gas and dust from between the stars. NASA's STARDUST probe began collecting samples of the cloud last week.
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Sweeping up Stardust #2 Going Comet Wild -- The STARDUST probe celebrated its first year in space this month en route to mysterious comet Wild-2.
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Going Comet Wild #3 Waiting for Cygnus X-3 -- From the Marshall Space Flight Center: One of the brightest x-ray sources in the Milky Way seems about to erupt in a dazzling flare. By studying the explosion scientists hope to unravel an extragalactic mystery.
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Waiting for Cygnus X-3 ###
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