How did the universe begin? June 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 139 vote(s)
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One of the most interesting questions considered by astrophysicists deals with the start of our universe. Indeed, there is a great deal of speculation on the subject, with different theories about how the universe began, ... | |
Could hadron collider devour the Earth? June 28, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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Particle colliders creating black holes that could devour the Earth. Sounds like a great Hollywood script. But, according to UC Santa Barbara Physics Professor Steve Giddings, it's pure fiction. | |
 Strange star stumps astronomers May 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 59 vote(s)
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An obese oddball of a star has left astronomers wondering how it could have formed. Dr David Champion and his colleagues at CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility publish their findings about the star ... | |
 Earth: A Borderline Planet for Life? January 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Our planet is changing before our eyes, and as a result, many species are living on the edge. Yet Earth has been on the edge of habitability from the beginning. New work by astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian ... | |
Did the solar system 'bounce' finish the dinosaurs? May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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The sun’s movement through the Milky Way regularly sends comets hurtling into the inner solar system – coinciding with mass life extinctions on earth, a new study claims. | |
 100 years on, mystery shrouds massive 'cosmic impact' in Russia June 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 68 vote(s)
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A hundred years ago this week, a gigantic explosion ripped open the dawn sky above the swampy taiga forest of western Siberia, leaving a scientific riddle that endures to this day. | |
 Death of massive star creates brightest burst ever seen March 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 51 vote(s)
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Gamma-Ray Bursts are the most powerful explosive events in the Universe. They occur in far-off galaxies and so are usually faint. But on the morning of March 19th 2008 the Swift satellite found a burst which ... | |
 Black holes have simple feeding habits June 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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The biggest black holes may feed just like the smallest ones, according to data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based telescopes. This discovery supports the implication of Einstein's relativity ... | |
Ancient Galactic Magnetic Fields Stronger than Expected July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mining the far reaches of the universe for clues about its past, a team of scientists including Philipp Kronberg of Los Alamos National Laboratory has proposed that magnetic fields of ancient galaxies like ... | |
 Hot Cyclones Churn at Both Ends of Saturn January 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Despite more than a decade of winter darkness, Saturn's north pole is home to an unexpected hot spot remarkably similar to one at the planet's sunny south pole. The source of its heat is a mystery. Now, the ... | |
 Galaxies Gone Wild April 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Interacting galaxies are found throughout the Universe, sometimes as dramatic collisions that trigger bursts of star formation, on other occasions as stealthy mergers that result in new galaxies. A series ... | |
UO plays key role in LIGO's new view of a cosmic event January 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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An international team of physicists, including University of Oregon scientists, has concluded that last February's intense burst of gamma rays possibly coming from the Andromeda Galaxy lacked a gravitational wave. That absence, ... | |
 Nearby star should harbor detectable, Earth-like planets March 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 41 vote(s)
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A rocky planet similar to Earth may be orbiting one of our nearest stellar neighbors and could be detected using existing techniques, according to a new study led by astronomers at the University of California, ... | |
 Compact galaxies in early universe pack a big punch April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Imagine receiving an announcement touting the birth of a baby 50 centimetres long and weighing 80 kilograms. After reading this puzzling message, you would immediately think the baby’s weight was a misprint. | |
 Hubble Survey Finds Missing Matter, Probes Intergalactic Web May 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 49 vote(s)
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Although the universe contains billions of galaxies, only a small amount of its matter is locked up in these behemoths. Most of the universe's matter that was created during and just after the Big Bang must ... | |
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