The infrared observatory Spitzer has been at work for 10 years, revealing the cool dusty regions where stars and planets form, as well as shedding light on planets, exoplanets, stars and galaxies. Spitzer data have brought ...
Astronomy
Oct 1, 2013
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Giant goldfish could be threatening the ecology of Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada border.
Ecology
Feb 24, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This composite image shows the Rosette star formation region, located about 5,000 light years from Earth.
Astronomy
Sep 8, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This is a composite image of NGC 1068, one of the nearest and brightest galaxies containing a rapidly growing supermassive black hole.
Astronomy
Mar 3, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This composite image of data from three different telescopes shows an ongoing collision between two galaxies, NGC 6872 and IC 4970.
Astronomy
Dec 10, 2009
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Ten years ago, on July 23, 1999, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched aboard the space shuttle Columbia and deployed into orbit. Chandra has doubled its original five-year mission, ushering in an unprecedented decade ...
Astronomy
Jul 23, 2009
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A model for supernova explosions first proposed in the 1980s has received strong support from the observation by RIKEN astrophysicists of titanium-rich plumes emanating from a remnant of such an explosion.
Astronomy
Jul 28, 2021
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One of the best things about that universe is that there is so much to it. If you look hard enough, you can most likely find any combination of astronomical events happening. Not long ago, we reported on research that found ...
Astronomy
Jun 16, 2021
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Black holes in the early universe pose a bit of a problem. Based on observations from telescopes on Earth and in space, we know that some black holes grew to be a billion times the mass of the sun just one billion years after ...
Astronomy
Dec 9, 2019
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The Smithsonian today made available a new online interactive experience that allows users to explore a three-dimensional (3-D) visualization of the remnants of a supernova, or exploded star.
Space Exploration
May 1, 2019
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