 XMM-Newton's massive discovery August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 44 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's orbiting X-ray observatory XMM-Newton has discovered the most massive cluster of galaxies seen in the distant Universe until now. The galaxy cluster is so big that there can only be ... | |
 Spitzer Reveals Stellar "Family Tree" August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope tells a tale of life and death, and reveals a rich family history. The striking infrared picture shows a colorful cosmic cloud, called W5, studded with multiple ... | |
 Scientists discover minimum mass for galaxies 10 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By analyzing light from small, faint galaxies that orbit the Milky Way, UC Irvine scientists believe they have discovered the minimum mass for galaxies in the universe – 10 million times the ... | |
The mystery of young stars near black holes solved August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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The mystery of how young stars can form within the deep gravity of black holes has been solved by a team of astrophysicists at the Universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh. | |
Researchers reveal brown dwarfs as third class of celestial bodies after stars and planets August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The systematics of celestial bodies apparently needs to be revised. Researchers at the Argelander Institute of Astronomy of the University of Bonn have discovered that brown dwarfs need to be treated as a ... | |
 How Do Galaxies Grow? August 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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How do galaxies form? The most widely accepted answer to this fundamental question is the model of 'hierarchical formation', a step-wise process in which small galaxies merge to build larger ones. One can ... | |
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