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GOODS-Herschel reveals gas mass role in creating fireworks versus beacons of star formation

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of galaxies in the deepest far-infrared image of the sky, obtained by the Herschel Space Observatory, highlights the two contrasting ways that stars formed in galaxies up to 12 billion ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Census of modern organisms reveals echo of ancient mass extinction

Paleontologists can still hear the echo of the death knell that drove the dinosaurs and many other organisms to extinction following an asteroid collision at the end of the Cretaceous Period 65 million years ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 0