Scientists observe super-massive black holes using Keck Observatory in Hawaii
An international team of scientists has observed four super-massive black holes at the center of galaxies, which may provide new information on how these central black hole systems operate. Their findings ...
Dec 10, 2009 |
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SOFIA Seeks Secrets of Planetary Birth
You don't always have to have a rocket to do rocket science. Sometimes a mere airplane will do - that is, a mere Boeing 747 toting a 17-ton, 9-foot wide telescope named SOFIA.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Researchers explain the activity of black holes at the centre of galaxy clusters
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers at the University of Bonn have clarified the connection between black holes at the centre of galaxy clusters and surrounding gas, which serves them as "food". The scientists have ...
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Scientists make first discovery using revolutionary long wavelength demonstrator array
Scientists from NRL's Space Science and Remote Sensing Divisions, in collaboration with researchers from the University of New Mexico and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory located in Socorro, N.M., ...
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Variability of type 1a supernovae has implications for dark energy studies
(PhysOrg.com) -- The stellar explosions known as type 1a supernovae have long been used as "standard candles," their uniform brightness giving astronomers a way to measure cosmic distances and the expansion ...
Aug 12, 2009 |
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Pulsating White Dwarfs Explained by 'Accidental Astronomer'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Exploring distant parts of the galaxy, astrophysicist Denis Sullivan has collaborated on the discovery of about six extrasolar planets--not bad for an accidental astronomer.
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Jul 28, 2009 |
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Building a stellar time machine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard researchers are building a celestial time machine that lets astronomers look back at hundreds of thousands of objects in the Earth’s skies over the past century.
Jul 07, 2009 |
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The cosmos is green: Researchers catch nature in the act of 'recycling' a star (w/Animations)
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, researchers have observed a singular cosmic act of rebirth: the transformation of an ordinary, slow-rotating pulsar into a superfast millisecond pulsar with an almost infinitely ...
May 21, 2009 |
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Herschel and Planck Share Ride to Space
Two missions to study the cosmos, Herschel and Planck, are scheduled to blast into space May 14 aboard the same Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. The European Space Agency, or ...
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May 05, 2009 |
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Scientists discover a nearly Earth-sized planet (Update)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Exoplanet researcher Michel Mayor announces the discovery of the lightest exoplanet found so far. The planet, "e," in the system Gliese 581, is only about twice the mass of our Earth. The ...
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Palomar Observatory is last stop on 24-hour webcast linking telescopes around the globe and in space
Around the World in 80 Telescopes, part of the International Year of Astronomy's 100 Hours of Astronomy Cornerstone Project of global outreach activities, will begin on April 3. Observatories in 15 countries ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Astronomy's bright future
To mark UNESCO's International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009), six leading astronomers from the UK, the US, Europe and Asia write in March's Physics World about the biggest challenges and opportunities facing international astron ...
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Astronomers unveiling life's cosmic origins
(PhysOrg.com) -- Processes that laid the foundation for life on Earth -- star and planet formation and the production of complex organic molecules in interstellar space -- are yielding their secrets to astronomers ...
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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Radio-astronomers form telescope the size of Earth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Radio telescopes around the world will join forces this week to carry out a unique observation of three quasars, distant galaxies powered by super-massive black holes at their cores.
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Looking through Galileo's eyes
In 1609, exactly four centuries ago, Galileo revolutionised humankind's understanding of our position in the Universe when he used a telescope for the first time to study the heavens, which saw him sketching radical new views ...
Jan 08, 2009 |
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