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New Herbig-Haro jets in Orion
(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team using the Subaru Prime Focus Camera (Suprime-Cam) has obtained some of the deepest and highest resolution images ever taken of the large star-forming molecular cloud Lynds ...
Aug 20, 2010 |
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RXTE Homes in on a Black Hole's Jets
(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, X-ray astronomers have studied the complex behavior of binary systems pairing a normal star with a black hole. In these systems, gas from the normal star streams toward the black ...
Jul 01, 2010 |
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CH Cyg: A Close-up View of Codependent Stellar Living
(PhysOrg.com) -- This image shows the symbiotic system known as CH Cyg, located only about 800 light years from Earth. The large image shows an optical view of CH Cyg, using the Digitized Sky Survey, and the ...
Jun 09, 2010 |
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The cosmic burp of dying stars
The mysteries of the Universe and how we came to be are set to be unlocked by a technique for modelling fluids, similar to one which is becoming increasingly popular within the film industry to improve the realism of special ...
May 27, 2010 |
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Laser security for the Internet
A British computer hacker equipped with a "Dummies" guide recently tapped into the Pentagon. As hackers get smarter, computers get more powerful and national security is put at risk. The same goes for your own personal and ...
Mar 23, 2010 |
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Getting WISE About Nemesis
Is our Sun part of a binary star system? An unseen companion star, nicknamed 'Nemesis,' may be sending comets towards Earth. If Nemesis exists, NASA's new WISE telescope should be able to spot it.
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Most extreme white dwarf binary system found with orbit of just 5 minutes
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of astronomers, including Professor Tom Marsh and Dr Danny Steeghs from the University of Warwick, have shown that the two stars in the binary HM Cancri definitely revolve ...
Mar 08, 2010 |
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A New Class of Variable Stars Revealed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Modern astronomy sometimes makes discoveries by looking in new places, the distant universe for example, using telescopes and instruments that extend the previous limits of detection.
Feb 26, 2010 |
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Massive white dwarf in our galaxy may go supernova
(PhysOrg.com) -- A massive white dwarf star in our galaxy may become a supernova several million years from now, and could damage the Earth and possibly destroy life on Earth.
Jan 07, 2010 |
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Giant Planet Set for a Cataclysmic Show
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Chinese astronomers have discovered a giant planet close to the exotic binary star system QS Virginis. Although dormant now, in the future the two stars will one day erupt in a violent ...
Dec 16, 2009 |
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First Direct Imaging of a Young Binary System
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of astronomers from The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, and other universities have captured the first direct image of a young ...
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Rapid supernova could be new class of exploding star
(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusual supernova rediscovered in seven-year-old data may be the first example of a new type of exploding star, possibly from a binary star system where helium flows from one white dwarf ...
Nov 05, 2009 |
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In the heart of the Orion Nebula
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of astronomers, led by Stefan Kraus and Gerd Weigelt from the Max-Planck-Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn, used ESO's Very Large telescope Interferometer (VLTI) to obtain ...
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Geriatric pulsar still kicking
(PhysOrg.com) -- The oldest isolated pulsar ever detected in X-rays has been found with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This very old and exotic object turns out to be surprisingly active.
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Jupiter-like planets could form around twin suns
(PhysOrg.com) -- Life on a planet ruled by two suns might be a little complicated. Two sunrises, two sunsets. Twice the radiation field.
Jan 05, 2009 |
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