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Discovery of the Musket Ball Cluster

(Phys.org) -- Using a combination of powerful observatories in space and on the ground, astronomers have observed a violent collision between two galaxy clusters in which so-called normal matter has been wrenched ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Mystery deepens around dark core in cosmic collision

Five years ago, San Francisco State researcher Andisheh Mahdavi and his colleagues observed an unexpected dark core at the center of Abell 520, a cosmic "train wreck" of galaxy clusters. With new space-based telescope observations, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Dark matter core defies explanation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using data from NASA's Hubble Telescope have observed what appears to be a clump of dark matter left behind from a wreck between massive clusters of galaxies. The result could ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (25) | comments 87 | with audio podcast

Chandra finds largest galaxy cluster in early universe

(PhysOrg.com) -- An exceptional galaxy cluster, the largest seen in the distant universe, has been found using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the National Science Foundation-funded Atacama Cosmology ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

When galaxy clusters collide

A UC Davis graduate student who is leading a study of the collision of galaxy clusters 5 billion light years away will discuss the team's findings today, Jan. 10, in a press briefing at the annual meeting of the American ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

VLBA, RXTE team up to pinpoint black hole's outburst

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using observations from NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite and the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) radio telescope, an international team ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Four reasons why the quantum vacuum may explain dark matter

(PhysOrg.com) -- Earlier this year, PhysOrg reported on a new idea that suggested that gravitational charges in the quantum vacuum could provide an alternative to dark matter. The idea rests on the hypothesis that particles ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (67) | comments 124 | with audio podcast report

Supercomputer lifts OSU land speed racer toward 400-mph goal

Building a battery-powered land speed vehicle capable of achieving a speed of 400+ miles per hour requires innovative components, corporate partnerships, hours of diligent preparation and a powerful supercomputer.

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A galactic crash investigation

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists has studied the galaxy cluster Abell 2744, nicknamed Pandora’s Cluster. They have pieced together the cluster’s complex and violent history using telescopes ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Baby star blasts jets of water into space

Astronomers have found a nascent star 750 light years from earth that shoots colossal jets of water -- a cosmic fire hose -- out its poles in bullet-like pulses.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 21 | with audio podcast


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