Bright dusty galaxies are hiding secret companions
A new University of Sussex study has cleared the air on what lies behind hot dust visible in the distant universe.
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How do we know there's a Planet 9?
At this point, I think the astronomy textbook publishers should just give up. They'd like to tell you how many planets there are in the solar system, they really would. But astronomers just can't stop discovering new worlds, ...
Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2016
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New Herschel maps and catalogues reveal stellar nurseries across the galactic plane
ESA's Herschel mission releases today a series of unprecedented maps of star-forming hubs in the plane of our Milky Way galaxy. This is accompanied by a set of catalogues of hundreds of thousands of compact sources that span ...
Astronomy
Apr 22, 2016
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Herschel reveals a ribbon of future stars
Star formation is taking place all around us. The Milky Way is laced with clouds of dust and gas that could become the nursery of the next generation of stars. Thanks to ESA's Herschel space observatory, we can now look inside ...
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Mar 30, 2016
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Image: Spokes in Serpens Core
The interstellar medium fills the 'empty' space between the stars in our galaxy. It is a mix of molecular clouds, cold and warm gases, regions of electrically charged hydrogen, and more.
Astronomy
Jan 19, 2016
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Ceres reveals its salty secrets – and blurs the line between comets and asteroids
When Guiseppe Piazzi reported his observations of a minor planet in 1801, he originally thought it might be a comet. But follow-up observations by fellow astronomers suggested that Ceres was actually an asteroid. So it's ...
Space Exploration
Dec 10, 2015
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Hubble views a young elliptical galaxy
At the center of this amazing Hubble image is the elliptical galaxy NGC 3610. Surrounding the galaxy are a wealth of other galaxies of all shapes. There are spiral galaxies, galaxies with a bar in their central regions, distorted ...
Astronomy
Nov 23, 2015
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Saturn's "Death Star" moon Mimas
Much has been learned about Saturn's system of moons in recent decades, thanks to the Voyager missions and the more recent surveys conducted by the Cassini spaceprobe. Between its estimated 150 moons and moonlets (only 53 ...
Space Exploration
Oct 26, 2015
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Saturn's icy moon Enceladus
n the ongoing drive to unlock the secrets of Saturn and its system of moons, some truly fascinating and awe-inspiring things have been discovered. In addition to things like methane lakes and propane-rich atmospheres (Titan) ...
Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2015
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The dwarf planet Orcus
Since the early 2000s, more and more objects have been discovered in the outer solar system that resemble planets. However, until they are officially classified, the terms Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) and Trans-Neptunian Object ...
Space Exploration
Aug 31, 2015
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