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GLAST Lifts Off On Gamma Ray Mission (Science Daily)
NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope successfully launched aboard a Delta II rocket June 11. The spacecraft will study the highest-energy form of light, helping scientists to answer questions about supermassive black hole systems, pulsars and the origin of cosmic rays.

Gamma-ray telescope searches for dark matter, universal truths (Sun-Sentinel)
Fresh from its success landing the Phoenix robot on Mars, NASA is ready for its next galactic coup: a new high-tech lens on the universe ? the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST.

Tuning into E. T. (The Buffalo News)
HAT CREEK, Calif. ?In this remote volcanic valley near Mount Shasta, 42 radio telescope dishes have sprouted amid the soaring ponderosa pines, listening for a voice from outer space.

XMM-Newton Watches Lazy Pulsar Being Jazzed Up By Companion (SpaceDaily)
by Staff Writers Paris, France (ESA) Jun 24, 2008 XMM-Newton has, for the first time, detected signals from both stars of a binary pulsar system in X-rays, unveiling a scientific goldmine.

Looking toward the stars (The East Liverpool Review)
CHESTER - A West Virginia University student with local ties has been recognized for his work in looking toward the skies. While a senior at University High School in Morgantown, Dominic Ludovici nabbed a $30,000 scholarship in the regional round of the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology.

2008 Pulsar Awards (City Pulse)
The envelopes were opened and the 2008 Pulsar awards handed out Monday at the Golden Rose Restaurant in Mason.

Genetic Profiling For Breast Cancer On The Horizon (Medical News Today)
Cancer Research UK scientists have shown that it may soon be possible to offer women a genetic test to assess their risk of breast cancer which could aid early diagnosis for those at high risk of the disease. Their findings are revealed in the New England Journal of Medicine*.

Rare Binary Pulsars Provide High Energy Physics Lab (Universe Today)
For the first time, a spacecraft has detected signals from both stars of a binary pulsar system in X-rays. XMM-Newton is watching both stars radiate pulsating X-rays, providing scientist with the perfect laboratory for high-energy physics and a never-ending source of intriguing physical problems. The binary pulsar PSR J0737-3039 was first spotted by [...]

XMM-Newton watches lazy pulsar being jazzed up by companion (SpaceRef)
XMM-Newton has detected signals from both stars of a binary pulsar system in X-rays, unveiling a scientific goldmine. Each star of the closely-packed system is a dense neutron star, spinning extremely fast, radiating X-rays in pulses.

'Lazy' pulsar orbits a faster and more energetic companion in binary system (New Kerala)
Paris, June 24 : Astronomers have spotted an extremely rare sight of two pulsars orbiting each other in a binary system, in which a slowly-rotating 'lazy' pulsar or neutron star (Pulsar B) orbits a faster and more energetic companion (Pulsar A).