New observations of the white dwarf/red dwarf binary star 40 Eridani BC by astronomers at the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) have revealed new, definitive values for the orbital period and masses of the components of this ...
Astronomy
Sep 11, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A team of astronomers led by Yoshiki Matsuoka of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has detected a treasure trove of new high-redshift quasars (or quasi-stellar objects) and luminous galaxies. ...
When a team of astronomers found a galaxy in the direction of Ursa Major two years ago, they weren't sure what to make of it.
Astronomy
Mar 29, 2016
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Why is the universe expanding at an increasing rate? Scientists will attempt to gain a better understanding of this phenomenon by mapping the distribution of galaxies in the universe. Astrophysicists and robotics engineers ...
Astronomy
Sep 30, 2015
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Who wants to bet against Einstein? You? You? What about you?
Astronomy
Jun 9, 2015
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There are so many galaxies in the universe that if you point a telescope in any direction in the night's sky you are bound to see some.
Astronomy
Feb 17, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Cosmologist Christof Wetterich of the University of Heidelberg has uploaded a paper to the arXiv server in which he claims it's possible that the theory of expansion of the universe might be incorrect. He suggests ...
Albert Einstein's assertion that there's an ultimate speed limit – the speed of light – has withstood countless tests over the past 100 years, but that didn't stop University of California, Berkeley, postdoc Michael Hohensee ...
General Physics
Jul 29, 2013
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It is not yet clear what gives rise to supernovae with a peak brightness many times the average, so-called superluminous supernovae (SLSNe), but since they are observable from further away than normal supernovae, a better ...
Astronomy
Jul 12, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A CSIRO radio telescope has detected the raw material for making the first stars in galaxies that formed when the Universe was just three billion years old—less than a quarter of its current age. This opens ...
Astronomy
Jun 24, 2013
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