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Baby stars and cosmic votes: The week in space

This week's gallery includes images of stellar baby booms in a nearby galaxy and US astronauts who cast their votes from space

By Maggie Mckee

7 November 2008

Astronauts Greg Chamitoff and Mike Fincke voted in this week's historic US election from the International Space Station — Astronauts Greg Chamitoff and Mike Fincke voted in this week’s historic US election from the International Space Station
(Image: NASA TV)

View a gallery of images that include stellar baby booms in a nearby dwarf galaxy and US astronauts who cast their votes from the space station.

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