News tagged with massive
Asia home to glacier melt, human vulnerabilities
A new report prepared by scientists from the Joint Global Change Research Institute, a collaboration of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Maryland, provides recommendations on how ...
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Massive galaxies formed when universe was young
(PhysOrg.com) -- Some of the universe's most massive galaxies may have formed billions of years earlier than current scientific models predict, according to surprising new research led by Tufts University. ...
Nov 24, 2010 |
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The time to prepare for climate change is now
Though the massive glaciers of the greater Himalayan region are retreating slowly, development agencies can take steps now to help the region's communities prepare for the many ways glacier melt is expected ...
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Herschel's hidden talent: digging up magnified galaxies
(PhysOrg.com) -- It turns out the Herschel Space Observatory has a trick up its sleeve. The telescope, a European Space Agency mission with important NASA contributions, has proven to be excellent at finding ...
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Astrophysicists discover new galaxy clusters revealed by cosmic 'shadows'
An international team of scientists led by Rutgers University astrophysicists have discovered 10 new massive galaxy clusters from a large, uniform survey of the southern sky. The survey was conducted using ...
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Star, not so bright: Model explains evolution of unusual binary system, why large star not so luminous
In a galaxy far away, an exceptionally massive black hole is traveling around a massive star in an unusually tight orbit. Also odd, the star is not as bright as it should be.
Oct 20, 2010 |
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Astronomer leverages supercomputers to study black holes, galaxies
An Ohio State University astronomer is working to unlock some of the mysteries surrounding the formation of vast galaxies and the evolution of massive black holes with his own large constellation of silicon ...
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Mysterious pulsar with hidden powers discovered
Dramatic flares and bursts of energy - activity previously thought reserved for only the strongest magnetized pulsars - has been observed emanating from a weakly magnetised, slowly rotating pulsar. The international ...
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Ghosts of the future: First giant structures of the universe
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using the South Pole Telescope report that they have discovered the most massive galaxy cluster yet seen at a distance of 7 billion light-years. The cluster (designated SPT-CL ...
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Mass limits of dark matter derived from 'strange' stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Much of the matter in our universe may be made of a type of dark matter called weakly interacting massive particles, better known as WIMPs. Although some scientists predict that these hypothetical ...
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Pushing the envelope
(PhysOrg.com) -- G327.1-1.1 is the aftermath of a massive star that exploded as a supernova in the Milky Way galaxy.
Oct 05, 2010 |
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Gigantic mirror for X-radiation in outer space
It is to become the largest X-ray telescope ever: The International X-Ray Observatory (IXO), which has been planned in a cooperation between NASA, ESA and Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA, will be ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Where do supernovae come from?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Supernovae, the explosive deaths of massive stars, are among the most momentous events in the cosmos because they disburse into space all of the chemical elements that were produced inside ...
Sep 17, 2010 |
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Cosmic ice sculptures: Dust pillars in the Carina Nebula
Enjoying a frozen treat on a hot summer day can leave a sticky mess as it melts in the Sun and deforms. In the cold vacuum of space, there is no edible ice cream, but there is radiation from massive stars ...
Sep 16, 2010 |
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Making massive stars
Massive stars -- those with more than about eight times the mass of the sun -- are arguably the most important actors in the universe. Much hotter and more luminous than the sun, they live only hundreds of ...
Sep 10, 2010 |
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