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Miromatrix Medical is developing technology to create bio-engineered organs for human transplant.

12/28/2016 12:12 PM EST

More than 120,000 people are on the national organ transplant waiting list, and the list continues to grow. To help meet the need for viable organs, Miromatrix Medical, a small business funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is developing a technology to create bio-engineered organs for ...

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Gemini tracks collapse of Io's atmosphere (Image 1)

12/27/2016 12:12 PM EST

Observations by the Gemini Observatory show that the thin atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Io undergoes dramatic changes during frequent daily eclipses with the giant planet. These changes in temperature appear to cause the moon's atmosphere to collapse during daily eclipses. In this graphic, part of ...

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Gemini tracks collapse of Io's atmosphere (Image 3)

12/27/2016 12:12 PM EST

Observations by the Gemini Observatory show that the thin atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Io undergoes dramatic changes during frequent daily eclipses with the giant planet. These changes in temperature appear to cause the moon's atmosphere to collapse during daily eclipses. In this graphic, part of ...

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Moon illuminates Gemini South Telescope

12/27/2016 12:12 PM EST

As the moon illuminates the Gemini South Telescope?s interior, astronomers gear up for a night of observation. Located on the steep cliffs of Cerro Pachon in Chile?s Andes Mountains, the telescope complements its Hawaiian twin, the Gemini North Telescope. Each telescope weighs 418 U.S. tons and ...

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Gemini tracks collapse of Io's atmosphere (Image 2)

12/27/2016 12:12 PM EST

Observations by the Gemini Observatory show that the thin atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Io undergoes dramatic changes during frequent daily eclipses with the giant planet. These changes in temperature appear to cause the moon's atmosphere to collapse during daily eclipses. In this graphic, part of ...

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The Elephant Trunk Nebula

12/27/2016 12:12 PM EST

This image of the Elephant Trunk Nebula was taken with the Mosaic camera on the WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory located near Tucson, Arizona. The Elephant Trunk is a dense, elongated cloud of gas inside a bright cluster of stars known as IC 1396. The trunk conceals many ...

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Baby Eagle Nebula

12/27/2016 12:12 PM EST

This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. The Baby Eagle Nebula (LBN 777) is a portion of the large cloud of dust and gas known as the Taurus Molecular Cloud. The brownish color is caused by large dust ...

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Sunset at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

12/27/2016 12:12 PM EST

As the sun sets, the domes of the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile open their shutters in preparation for a night of observing. (Date image taken: 2007; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: Dec. 27, 2016)

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