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Massive Storms Can Stop Galactic Growth Data collected using the most advanced space telescope in the world are indicating that some galaxies may develop storms that are so powerful that they wipe out the gas used for forming new stars. These storm-like events generate a huge outflow of hydrogen gas out of stellar nurseries, and then out of galaxies, leavi... 9 May 2011 10:57 GMT Neptune May Have Been Impacted by a Comet Even though Neptune is one of the largest planets in our solar system, astronomers still know very little about how it works. Most of the phenomena going on at its surface are still a mystery to science, but recently astronomers managed to gain a few more insights into the celestial body's history. Using an Euro... 24 July 2010 04:44 GMT Herschel Captures Spectrograph Data on VY Canis Major Scientists handling the European Space Agency's (ESA) Herschel Space Observatory announce the release of observations performed on one of the largest stars ever known to science, VY Canis Major. The advanced instrument, which was launched in May aboard a modified Ariane 5 delivery system, alongside the Planck Ob... 28 November 2009 03:35 GMT