News tagged with spectroscopic observations

Hot molecule explains cold chemistry

(PhysOrg.com) -- Surprisingly, hydrogen cyanide and its far more energetic isomer, hydrogen isocyanide, are present in almost equal amounts in cold interstellar gas clouds. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Hubble breaks new ground with discovery of distant exploding star

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has looked deep into the distant universe and detected the feeble glow of a star that exploded more than 9 billion years ago. The sighting is the first finding of an ambitious ...

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created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Maps Unveil the Source of Starburst Galaxy's Winds

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research group at Kyoto University has discovered that shocks are the primary energy sources that excite the galactic wind region of starburst galaxy NGC 253. Their images of the center ...

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0




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NASA preparing to launch NuSTAR, its newest X-ray eyes

(Phys.org) -- NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is being prepared for the final journey to its launch pad on Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean. The mission will study everything ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

11.5 billion years old: Stellar archaeology traces Milky Way's history

(Phys.org) -- Unfortunately, stars don't have birth certificates. So, astronomers have a tough time figuring out their ages. Knowing a star's age is critical for understanding how our Milky Way galaxy built ...

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created May 30, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Microreactors to produce explosive materials

The larger the reaction vessel, the quicker products can be made – or so you might think. Microreactors show just how wrong that assumption is: in fact, they can be used to produce explosive materials ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Subaru telescope pioneers the use of adaptive optics for optical observations

A research team from the University of Tokyo/Kavli IPMU, Ehime University, and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has succeeded in conducting the first, full-scale scientific observationswith ...

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created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Calling familiar assumptions into question results in better materials design

(Phys.org) -- Carbon and fluorine are at the heart of a family of chemical compounds that can be used for nonstick coatings, blood substitutes, and seemingly everything in between.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

DoD basic research discovers new spectroscopic signatures from the 'Stuff of Life'

There is hardly a greater discovery during the past century than DNA–deoxyribonucleic acid–the biomolecular material in every cell of the human body. DNA contains the genetic information necessary ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Black hole caught red-handed in a stellar homicide

(Phys.org) -- Astronomers have gathered the most direct evidence yet of a supermassive black hole shredding a star that wandered too close.

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created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Subaru telescope discovers the most distant protocluster of galaxies

Using the Subaru Telescope, a team of astronomers led by Jun Toshikawa (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan), Dr. Nobunari Kashikawa (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), and Dr. Kazuaki ...

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created May 05, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New microscope captures nanoscale structures in dazzling 3D

(Phys.org) -- A new x-ray microscope probes the inner intricacies of materials smaller than human cells and creates unparalleled high-resolution 3D images. By integrating unique automatic calibrations, scientists ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

The earth is not at rest

(Phys.org) -- The Earth is not at rest. It orbits the Sun, which in turn orbits the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, which in turn moves within the Local Group of Galaxies - a collection of about fifty four ...

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created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (19) | comments 4 | with audio podcast


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