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• Herschel Sees Intergalactic Bridge Aglow With Stars
  

  
  
  The Herschel Space Observatory has discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars.

  
  
  
  
  
• NASA Lends Galaxy Evolution Explorer to Caltech
  

  
  
  NASA is lending the Galaxy Evolution Explorer to the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, where the spacecraft will continue its exploration of the cosmos.

  
  
  
  
  
• NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
  

  
  
  Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardous asteroids.

  
  
  
  
  
• JPL Invites all Earthlings to Annual Open House
  

  
  
  NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., invites the public to its annual Open House on Saturday, June 9, and Sunday, June 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

  
  
  
  
  
• Mojave Desert Tests Prepare for NASA Mars Roving
  

  
  
  Engineers ran rover-mobility tests on California sand dunes this week in preparation for operating NASA's Curiosity rover after it lands in Mars' Gale Crater.