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Organic compounds found in proto-planetary disks

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from scientists in the US has reported that organic compounds could be formed in proto-planetary disks, and could have seeded the development of life in our own and other planetary ...

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created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

In the heart of Cygnus, NASA's Fermi reveals a cosmic-ray cocoon

(PhysOrg.com) -- The constellation Cygnus, now visible in the western sky as twilight deepens after sunset, hosts one of our galaxy's richest-known stellar construction zones. Astronomers viewing the region ...

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created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Insoluble dust particles can form cloud droplets affecting global and regional climates

New information on the role of insoluble dust particles in forming cloud droplets could improve the accuracy of regional climate models, especially in areas of the world that have significant amounts of mineral ...

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created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Herschel Space Observatory discovers source of cosmic dust in a stellar explosion

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's Herschel Space Observatory is helping unravel the mystery of where cosmic dust comes from. Thanks to the resolution and sensitivity of Herschel, astronomers have been able to detect ...

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created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Making stars: Studies show how cosmic dust and gas shape galaxy evolution

Astronomers find cosmic dust annoying when it blocks their view of the heavens, but without it the universe would be devoid of stars. Cosmic dust is the indispensable ingredient for making stars and for understanding ...

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created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Bizarre X-shaped intruder linked to an unseen asteroid collision (w/ Video)

Last January astronomers thought they had witnessed a fresh collision between two asteroids when images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope revealed a bizarre X-shaped object at the head of a comet-like ...

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created Oct 13, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Astronomers See Historical Supernova From a New Angle (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Since Galileo first pointed a telescope at the sky 400 years ago, a myriad of technological advances have allowed astronomers to look at very faint objects, very distant objects, and even ...

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created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Planck sees tapestry of cold dust (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Giant filaments of cold dust stretching through our Galaxy are revealed in a new image from ESA's Planck satellite. Analysing these structures could help to determine the forces that shape ...

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created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Scientist uncovers relics of ancient cosmos

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Manchester scientist, working as part of an international team, has uncovered an unexpectedly rich trove of relicts from the ancient cosmos.

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created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (19) | comments 3

Cassini Reveals New Ring Quirks, Shadows During Saturn Equinox

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists are marveling over the extent of ruffles and dust clouds revealed in the rings of Saturn during the planet's equinox last month. Scientists once thought the rings were almost ...

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created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Why Are Galaxies So Smooth?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered streams of young stars flowing from their natal cocoons in distant galaxies. These distant rivers ...

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created May 01, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (18) | comments 1

Atmospheric lead causes clouds to form more easily, could change pattern of rain and snow

(PhysOrg.com) -- By sampling clouds -- and making their own -- researchers have shown for the first time a direct relation between lead in the sky and the formation of ice crystals that foster clouds. The ...

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created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 15

Galaxy Cores to Crash in a Few Million Years

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope offers a rare view of an imminent collision between the cores of two merging galaxies, each powered by a black hole with millions of times the ...

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created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (23) | comments 3

Swift, Fermi probe fireworks from a flaring gamma-ray star (Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using NASA's Swift satellite and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope are seeing frequent blasts from a stellar remnant 30,000 light-years away. The high-energy fireworks arise from ...

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created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Baby galaxies grew up quickly

Baby galaxies from the young Universe more than 12 billion years ago evolved faster than previously thought, shows new research from the Niels Bohr Institute. This means that already in the early history of ...

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created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 67 | with audio podcast