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Mysterious objects at the edge of the electromagnetic spectrum

The human eye is crucial to astronomy. Without the ability to see, the luminous universe of stars, planets and galaxies would be closed to us, unknown forever. Nevertheless, astronomers cannot shake their ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (36) | comments 71 | with audio podcast

A second look at supernovae light: Universe's expansion may be understood without dark energy

(PhysOrg.com) -- The 2011 Nobel Prize in physics, awarded just a few weeks ago, went to research on the light from Type 1a supernovae, which shows that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. The ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (52) | comments 185 | with audio podcast feature

Suspects in the quenching of star formation exonerated

Supermassive black holes millions to billions times the mass of our Sun lie at the heart of most, maybe all large galaxies. Some of these power brilliantly luminous, rapidly growing objects called active galactic nuclei that ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Saturn's geyser moon Enceladus shows off for Cassini

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully completed its Oct. 1 flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus and its jets of water vapor and ice. At its closest approach, the spacecraft flew approximately ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

CERN's new Einstein Observatory to explore black holes, Big Bang

A new era in astronomy will come a step closer when scientists from across Europe present their design study today for an advanced observatory capable of making precision measurements of gravitational waves ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Perspective on: The future of fusion

Stewart Prager, a well-known plasma physicist and fusion scientist with a distinguished career and a record of discovery at the University of Wisconsin, arrived in January 2009 as director of PPPL, the United ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 76

Seeing the light: Scientists bring plasmonic nanofields into focus

In typical plasmonic devices, electromagnetic waves crowd into tiny metal structures, concentrating energy into nanoscale dimensions. Due to coupling of electronics and photonics in these metal ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How Earth's orbital shift shaped the Sahara

A change in the Earth’s orbit, many scientists believe, transformed the “Green Sahara” into what is now the largest desert on the planet. While scientists are still trying to find out if the ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 21, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (20) | comments 20 | with audio podcast

NIST ultraviolet source helps NASA spacecraft measure the origins of space weather

With a brilliant, finely tuned spark of ultraviolet (UV) light, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology helped NASA scientists successfully position a crucial UV sensor inside a space-borne ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cassini Saturnalia

Six years ago, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft began orbiting Saturn. Scientists are celebrating the data and detailed images the mission has provided of the planet, its famous ring, and its many moons.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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