Dust particles in space form the basis for new stars and planets. But what do these particles consist of and how do they behave? Sascha Zeegers studied this. Ph.D. defence 1 November.
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Nov 6, 2018
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Back in Ye Olden Times, the job of astronomer was a pretty exclusive club. Either you needed to be so rich and so bored that you could design, build, and operate your own private observatory, or you needed to have a rich ...
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Oct 22, 2018
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One of NASA's space telescopes is back in business after a two-day shutdown.
Space Exploration
Oct 15, 2018
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Another NASA space telescope has shut down and halted science observations.
Astronomy
Oct 12, 2018
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Astronomers using ESA's XMM-Newton space observatory have captured the X-ray glow (shown here in purple) emitted by the hot gas that pervades the galaxy cluster XLSSC006.
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Oct 8, 2018
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Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, is 100 times closer to us than any other SMBH and therefore a prime candidate for studies of how matter radiates as it accretes onto ...
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Oct 8, 2018
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A study published recently in Nature has revealed the presence of a hitherto undetected component of the universe—large masses of gas surrounding distant galaxies. An international team from some 10 scientific institutions ...
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Oct 3, 2018
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For the first time, the two halves of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope—the spacecraft and the telescope—were connected together using temporary ground wiring that enabled them to "speak" to each other like they will ...
Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2018
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An odd-shaped formation of gas and dust at the centre of the Milky Way, captured by the far-infrared cameras on board ESA's Herschel space observatory. The nearly continuous strip of dense and cold clumps of material forms ...
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Sep 24, 2018
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Technicians ensure James Webb Space Telescope's sunshield survives stresses experienced during liftoff
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Jul 20, 2018
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