News tagged with asymptotic giant branch

Astronomers spot cosmic dust fountain

(PhysOrg.com) -- Space dust annoys astronomers just as much as the household variety when it interferes with their observations of distant stars. And yet space dust also poses one of the great mysteries of ...

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created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 0




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Researchers discover novel chemical route to form organic molecules

An international team of scientists led by University of Hawai‘i at M?noa Professor Ralf I. Kaiser, Alexander M. Mebel of Florida International University, and Alexander Tielens of Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands, ...

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created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dust, blowing in the wind

(PhysOrg.com) -- Interstellar space contains vast quantities of dust that obscures our view while helping to catalyze the chemical reactions that turn atomic gases into complex molecular species. Most dust ...

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created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Buckyballs... throwing astronomers a curve

When I first heard about buckyballs a couple of decades ago, I had nothing but the deepest respect for anyone who understood abstract ideas like string theory and branes. After all, how often were you likely ...

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created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

'Van Gogh' simulations give new insight into turbulent stars

Stunning simulations that give a multi-dimensional glimpse into the interior of stars show that material bubbling around the convection zone induces a rich spectrum of internal gravity waves in the stable layers above and ...

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created Apr 18, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Researcher Discovers Universe Building Block Evolution

The building blocks of planets and the life on them are formed inside of stars and returned to space in the form of stardust. In a new study, a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher discovered the formation of this stardust ...

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created Jun 09, 2005 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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