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Researchers Study Formation Of Chemical Precursors to Life Space & Earth science / Astronomy August 07, 2006 \| User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 31 vote(s) \| No comments yet In just two years of work, an international research team has discovered eight new complex, biologically-significant molecules in interstellar space using the National Science Foundation's Robert C. Byrd Green ...

Makemake -- or Easter bunny -- enters book of space names Space & Earth science / Astronomy July 15, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Pluto -- downgraded two years ago to the status of a dwarf planet -- has an exotically-named chum on the fringes of the Solar System.

High-Tech 'Heart' of New-Generation Radio Telescope Passes First Test Space & Earth science / Astronomy August 12, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA), part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), took a giant step toward completion on August 7 with successful testing of advanced digital hardware designed ...

Cassini finds evidence for hydrocarbon lakes on Titan Space & Earth science / Astronomy July 25, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 29 vote(s) \| No comments yet The Cassini spacecraft, using its radar system, has discovered very strong evidence for hydrocarbon lakes on Titan. Dark patches, which resemble terrestrial lakes, seem to be sprinkled all over the high latitudes ...

Astronomers find gaping hole in the Universe Space & Earth science / Astronomy August 23, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 242 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 University of Minnesota astronomers have found an enormous hole in the Universe, nearly a billion light-years across, empty of both normal matter such as stars, galaxies and gas, as well as the mysterious, ...

Partial Solar Eclipse visible from the UK on the morning of 1st August Space & Earth science / Astronomy July 25, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 17 vote(s) \| No comments yet On 1st August 2008 there will be a total eclipse of the Sun, visible from Canada, northern Greenland, Svalbard, the Barents Sea, Russia, Mongolia and China. From the whole of the British Isles observers will see a partial ...

What's My Age? Mystery Star Cluster Has 3 Different Birthdays Space & Earth science / Astronomy July 10, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Imagine having three clocks in your house, each chiming at a different time. Astronomers have found the equivalent of three out-of-sync "clocks" in the ancient open star cluster NGC 6791. The dilemma may fundamentally ...

Could hadron collider devour the Earth? Space & Earth science / Astronomy June 28, 2008 \| User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 48 vote(s) \| User comments: 34 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.

Hubble Survey Finds Missing Matter, Probes Intergalactic Web Space & Earth science / Astronomy May 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 49 vote(s) \| User comments: 8 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 ...

Strange star stumps astronomers Space & Earth science / Astronomy May 16, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 59 vote(s) \| User comments: 16 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 ...

Swift satellite catches first 'normal' supernova in the act of exploding Space & Earth science / Astronomy May 21, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 50 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Thanks to a fortunate observation with NASA's Swift satellite, astronomers, for the first time, have caught a normal supernova at the moment of its birth--the first instant when an exploding star begins spewing ...

Proposed NASA Mission Could Explore Twisted Space Around Black Holes Space & Earth science / Astronomy July 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 22 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 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, ...

Voyager 2 proves solar system is squashed Space & Earth science / Astronomy December 10, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 121 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has followed its twin Voyager 1 into the solar system's final frontier, a vast region at the edge of our solar system where the solar wind runs up against the thin gas between the ...

Not a Quirk But a Quark ... a Quark Star! Space & Earth science / Astronomy June 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 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.

Open clusters like Orion have low fertility rate Space & Earth science / Astronomy July 08, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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, ...

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Researchers Study Formation Of Chemical Precursors to Life Space & Earth science / Astronomy August 07, 2006 \| User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 31 vote(s) \| No comments yet In just two years of work, an international research team has discovered eight new complex, biologically-significant molecules in interstellar space using the National Science Foundation's Robert C. Byrd Green ...

Makemake -- or Easter bunny -- enters book of space names Space & Earth science / Astronomy July 15, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Pluto -- downgraded two years ago to the status of a dwarf planet -- has an exotically-named chum on the fringes of the Solar System.

High-Tech 'Heart' of New-Generation Radio Telescope Passes First Test Space & Earth science / Astronomy August 12, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA), part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), took a giant step toward completion on August 7 with successful testing of advanced digital hardware designed ...

Cassini finds evidence for hydrocarbon lakes on Titan Space & Earth science / Astronomy July 25, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 29 vote(s) \| No comments yet The Cassini spacecraft, using its radar system, has discovered very strong evidence for hydrocarbon lakes on Titan. Dark patches, which resemble terrestrial lakes, seem to be sprinkled all over the high latitudes ...

Astronomers find gaping hole in the Universe Space & Earth science / Astronomy August 23, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 242 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 University of Minnesota astronomers have found an enormous hole in the Universe, nearly a billion light-years across, empty of both normal matter such as stars, galaxies and gas, as well as the mysterious, ...

Partial Solar Eclipse visible from the UK on the morning of 1st August Space & Earth science / Astronomy July 25, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 17 vote(s) \| No comments yet On 1st August 2008 there will be a total eclipse of the Sun, visible from Canada, northern Greenland, Svalbard, the Barents Sea, Russia, Mongolia and China. From the whole of the British Isles observers will see a partial ...

What's My Age? Mystery Star Cluster Has 3 Different Birthdays Space & Earth science / Astronomy July 10, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Imagine having three clocks in your house, each chiming at a different time. Astronomers have found the equivalent of three out-of-sync "clocks" in the ancient open star cluster NGC 6791. The dilemma may fundamentally ...

Could hadron collider devour the Earth? Space & Earth science / Astronomy June 28, 2008 \| User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 48 vote(s) \| User comments: 34 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.

Hubble Survey Finds Missing Matter, Probes Intergalactic Web Space & Earth science / Astronomy May 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 49 vote(s) \| User comments: 8 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 ...

Strange star stumps astronomers Space & Earth science / Astronomy May 16, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 59 vote(s) \| User comments: 16 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 ...

Swift satellite catches first 'normal' supernova in the act of exploding Space & Earth science / Astronomy May 21, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 50 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Thanks to a fortunate observation with NASA's Swift satellite, astronomers, for the first time, have caught a normal supernova at the moment of its birth--the first instant when an exploding star begins spewing ...

Proposed NASA Mission Could Explore Twisted Space Around Black Holes Space & Earth science / Astronomy July 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 22 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 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, ...

Voyager 2 proves solar system is squashed Space & Earth science / Astronomy December 10, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 121 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has followed its twin Voyager 1 into the solar system's final frontier, a vast region at the edge of our solar system where the solar wind runs up against the thin gas between the ...

Not a Quirk But a Quark ... a Quark Star! Space & Earth science / Astronomy June 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 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.

Open clusters like Orion have low fertility rate Space & Earth science / Astronomy July 08, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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, ...

Researchers Study Formation Of Chemical Precursors to Life

Makemake -- or Easter bunny -- enters book of space names

High-Tech 'Heart' of New-Generation Radio Telescope Passes First Test

Cassini finds evidence for hydrocarbon lakes on Titan

Astronomers find gaping hole in the Universe

Partial Solar Eclipse visible from the UK on the morning of 1st August

What's My Age? Mystery Star Cluster Has 3 Different Birthdays

Could hadron collider devour the Earth?

Hubble Survey Finds Missing Matter, Probes Intergalactic Web

Strange star stumps astronomers

Swift satellite catches first 'normal' supernova in the act of exploding

Proposed NASA Mission Could Explore Twisted Space Around Black Holes

Voyager 2 proves solar system is squashed

Not a Quirk But a Quark ... a Quark Star!

Open clusters like Orion have low fertility rate

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