News tagged with gravitational pull
Related topics: dark matter , nasa , galaxies , solar system
Hubble snaps heavyweight of the Leo Triplet
Hubble has snapped a spectacular view of the largest "player" in the Leo Triplet, a galaxy with an unusual anatomy: it displays asymmetric spiral arms and an apparently displaced core. The peculiar anatomy ...
Apr 08, 2010 |
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Scientists discover 'catastrophic event' behind the halt of star birth in early galaxy formation
Scientists have found evidence of a catastrophic event they believe was responsible for halting the birth of stars in a galaxy in the early Universe.
Mar 09, 2010 |
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Fall Into A Black Hole At The Speed Of Light With New Simulator
(PhysOrg.com) -- Black holes are my constant companions, at least in my imagination. Starting back a couple of decades ago, two sets of basketball tickets disappeared into one of them, and since then a pair ...
Feb 10, 2010 |
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New research suggests that near-Earth encounters can 'shake' asteroids
(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, astronomers have analyzed the impact that asteroids could have on Earth. New research by MIT Professor of Planetary Science Richard Binzel examines the opposite scenario: that ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 20, 2010 |
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New research resolves conflict in theory of how galaxies form (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- For more than two decades, the cold dark matter theory has been used by cosmologists to explain how the smooth universe born in the big bang more than 13 billion years ago evolved into the ...
Jan 13, 2010 |
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What will the Large Hadron Collider reveal?
With its successful test run at the end of 2009, the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, seized the world record for the highest-energy particle collisions created by mankind. We can now reflect ...
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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Image: Prometheus Plays Tug of War with One of Saturn's Rings
(PhysOrg.com) -- The diminutive moon Prometheus whips gossamer ice particles out of Saturn's F ring in this image taken by the Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 21, 2009.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 25, 2009 |
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New Celestial Map Gives Directions for GPS
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many of us have been rescued from unfamiliar territory by directions from a Global Positioning System (GPS) navigator. GPS satellites send signals to a receiver in your GPS navigator, which ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Gravitational Space Corridors Could Slash Space Travel Costs (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists studying space travel possibilities have proposed that gravitational space corridors could be used by spacecraft, in much the same way as ships use ocean currents. Taking advantage ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Craters on Vesta and Ceres Could Hold Key to Jupiter's Age
Crater patterns on Vesta and Ceres could help pinpoint when Jupiter began to form during the evolution of the early solar system.
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Jupiter had temporary moon for 12 years
Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu was captured as a temporary moon of Jupiter in the mid-20th century and remained trapped in an irregular orbit for about twelve years.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 14, 2009 |
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New report explains sea level anomaly this summer along the US Atlantic coast
Persistent winds and a weakened current in the Mid-Atlantic contributed to higher than normal sea levels along the Eastern Seaboard in June and July, according to a new NOAA technical report.
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Sep 02, 2009 |
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