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Galaxies in the young cosmos

(Phys.org) -- The universe was born about 13.7 billion years ago in the big bang. The Sun and its system of planets formed about five billion years ago. What happened, then, during that long, intervening stretch ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

In distance space, a water world: Hubble reveals a new class of extrasolar planet

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of astronomers led by Zachory Berta of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) made the observations of the planet GJ 1214b.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (24) | comments 24 | with audio podcast

Hubble pinpoints furthest protocluster of galaxies ever seen

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered a cluster of galaxies in the initial stages of development, making it the most distant such grouping ever observed in ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 42 | with audio podcast

Reach out and touch 3D characters with RePro3D (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lonely gamers who have felt the pain of being separated by a screen from their favorite personalities now have a way to reach out and touch their game characters, and that new way is RePro3D. ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Looking deep into a violent storm on Saturn

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has teamed up with NASA’s Cassini spacecraft to study a rare storm in the atmosphere of the planet Saturn in more detail than has ever been possible ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Small distant galaxies host supermassive black holes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the Hubble Space Telescope to probe the distant universe, astronomers have found supermassive black holes growing in surprisingly small galaxies. The findings suggest that central black ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 28 | with audio podcast

Scientists capture 'terrifying' Tolkien-like eclipse (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have captured a 'terrifying' image of a giant Goliath-like star undergoing a two year eclipse. First discovered by a German astronomer 180 years ago, it is the first close-up image of an eclipse ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (22) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Motion-capture helping reveal how kangaroos hop

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Australia, the UK and US have for the first time used infrared motion capture technology outdoors to work out how kangaroos distribute their weight and the forces as they hop ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 11, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Imaging the planet-sized companion of a nearby star

(PhysOrg.com) -- Of the nearly 500 extra-solar planets that have been confirmed to date, only about a dozen have actually been seen in images. Because planets are so much fainter than their host stars, special ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Hubble's Deepest View of Universe Unveils Never-Before-Seen Galaxies (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2004, Hubble created the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), the deepest visible-light image of the Universe, and now, with its brand-new camera, Hubble is seeing even farther. This image was ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (50) | comments 33

Hubble Reaches the 'Undiscovered Country' of Primeval Galaxies

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has broken the distance limit for galaxies and uncovered a primordial population of compact and ultra-blue galaxies that have never been seen before.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 05, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (29) | comments 24 | with audio podcast

New camouflage technology from BAE hides war machines

(PhysOrg.com) -- BAE Systems says it has a camouflage system that can render battle machines like tanks invisible or even seen as other objects in the immediate environment to protect against attack. The 'cloak' ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 15 | with audio podcast report

Galaxy cluster hidden in plain view

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of astronomers has discovered the most distant cluster of red galaxies ever observed using FourStar, a new and powerful near-infrared camera on the 6.5m Magellan Baade Telescope. The ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

VLT takes most detailed infrared image of the Carina Nebula

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESO's Very Large Telescope has delivered the most detailed infrared image of the Carina Nebula stellar nursery taken so far. Many previously hidden features, scattered across a spectacular ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Study: Fungus behind bat die-off came from Europe

The mysterious deaths of millions of bats in the United States and Canada over the past several years were caused by a fungus that hitchhiked from Europe, scientists reported Monday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0