News tagged with gemini north telescope
Mysterious stellar absorption lines could illuminate 90-year puzzle
The discovery of 13 diffuse interstellar bands with the longest wavelengths to date could someday solve a 90-year-old mystery.
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Astronomers find elusive planets in decade-old Hubble data
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a painstaking re-analysis of Hubble Space Telescope images from 1998, astronomers have found visual evidence for two extrasolar planets that went undetected back then.
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Surprise Collision on Jupiter Captured by Gemini Telescope
(PhysOrg.com) -- Jupiter is sporting a glowing bruise after getting unexpectedly whacked by a small solar system object, according to astronomers using the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawai'i. A ...
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How to see the best meteor showers of 2012: Tools, tips and 'save the dates'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether you're watching from a downtown area or the dark countryside, here are some tips to help you enjoy these celestial shows of shooting stars. Those streaks of light are really caused ...
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Jan 02, 2012 |
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STAR TRAK for December
Venus will be at its dazzling brightest as December begins, appearing in the southwestern sky after sunset. This beautiful "evening star" will set two hours after the sun on Dec. 1 and an hour later at month's end.
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Dec 01, 2011 |
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Andromeda dwarf galaxies help unravel the mysteries of dark matter
Yep. It’s that time of year again. Time to enjoy the Andromeda Galaxy at almost every observing opportunity. But now, rather than just look at the nearest spiral to the Milky Way and sneaking a peak at ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Cosmic bullseye: Auriga's wheel
One of the strangest types of galaxies are those known as ring galaxies. Examples of these include Hoag’s Object (shown above), the Cartwheel Galaxy, and AM 0644-741. These unusual shapes are cause by ...
Jul 25, 2011 |
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Space shuttle veterans were a different breed of astronaut
As a teenager in Costa Rica, Franklin Chang-Diaz had an improbable goal: becoming an American astronaut. Ultimately, he would fly a record seven shuttle missions and today wants to fly to Mars.
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Jul 04, 2011 |
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Astronomers find universe's most distant quasar (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of European astronomers has used ESO’s Very Large Telescope and a host of other telescopes to discover and study the most distant quasar found to date. This brilliant beacon, powered ...
Jun 29, 2011 |
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New candidate for most distant object in universe
(PhysOrg.com) -- A gamma-ray burst detected by NASA's Swift satellite in April 2009 has been newly unveiled as a candidate for the most distant object in the universe. At an estimated distance of 13.14 billion ...
May 25, 2011 |
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Chandra observes extraordinary event
(PhysOrg.com) -- Chandra observation confirms the association of GRB 110328A with the core of a distant galaxy.
Apr 08, 2011 |
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Ancient era of fast growth in supermassive black holes studied
(PhysOrg.com) -- In collaboration with an international team of astronomers, an assistant professor of physics at the University of North Texas has identified the earliest known epoch of fast growth of the supermassive black ...
Mar 23, 2011 |
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New evidence that asteroid, not comet, struck Jupiter in 2009
(PhysOrg.com) -- Infrared images of the aftermath of an impact on Jupiter in 2009 have been combined with other observations to conclude that an asteroid, not a comet, slammed into the planet.
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Jan 26, 2011 |
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