Seeing the universe through gamma-ray eyes July 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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The scientists have stopped holding their breath. Three weeks after the launch of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), researchers from Stanford University, the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and elsewhere ... | |
 Open clusters like Orion have low fertility rate July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A detailed survey of stars in the Orion Nebula has found that fewer than 10 percent have enough surrounding dust to make Jupiter-sized planets, according to a report by astronomers at the University of California, ... | |
 Proposed NASA Mission Could Explore Twisted Space Around Black Holes July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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A new NASA mission could discover the shape of space that has been distorted by a spinning black hole's crushing gravity, and explore the structure and effects of the formidable magnetic field around magnetars, ... | |
 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. | |
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. | |
 Not a Quirk But a Quark ... a Quark Star! June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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Astronomers recently announced that they have found a novel explanation for a rare type of super-luminous stellar explosion that may have produced a new type of object known as a quark star. | |
Cluster listens to the sounds of Earth June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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The first thing an alien race is likely to hear from Earth is chirps and whistles, a bit like R2-D2, the robot from Star Wars. In reality, they are the sounds that accompany the aurora. Now ESA's Cluster mission is showing ... | |
World's first space telescope to discover near-Earth objects June 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Canada is building the world's first space telescope designed to detect and track asteroids as well as satellites. Called NEOSSat (Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite), this spacecraft will provide a significant improvement ... | |
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, ... | |
 Astronomical clues point to eclipse in Homer's 'Odyssey' June 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Astronomical clues found in Homer's "The Odyssey" could help confirm a total solar eclipse when Odysseus returned home, providing a potentially accurate timeline for the fall of Troy, two scientists reported ... | |
Looking for New Light June 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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In many ways, astronomers are in the dark about asteroids. In the dark depths of the Kuiper Asteroid Belt beyond Neptune's orbit, and even in the nearby Main Belt between Jupiter and Mars, most asteroids are too small to ... | |
 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 ... | |
Newly born identical twin stars show surprising differences June 18, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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The analysis of the youngest pair of identical twin stars yet discovered has revealed surprising differences in brightness, surface temperature and possibly even the size of the two. | |
 A Slimmer Milky Way Revealed by New Measurements June 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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The Milky Way Galaxy has lost weight. A lot of weight. About a trillion Suns' worth, according to an international team of scientists from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-II), whose discovery has broad ... | |
 A trio of super-Earths June 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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Today, at an international conference, a team of European astronomers announced a remarkable breakthrough in the field of extra-solar planets. Using the HARPS instrument at the ESO La Silla Observatory, they ... | |
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