 Astrophysicists discover youngest known supernova in Milky Way May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A North Carolina State University researcher has discovered the youngest known supernova in our galaxy. Estimated at a mere 140 years old, this celestial whippersnapper is at least 200 years younger than the ... | |
 A molecular thermometer for the distant universe May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Astronomers have made use of ESO’s Very Large Telescope to detect for the first time in the ultraviolet the carbon monoxide molecule in a galaxy located almost 11 billion light-years away, a feat that had ... | |
 Astronomers use new model of dust in galaxies to remeasure the total energy output of stars in the universe May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Anyone gazing up on a dark clear night is greeted by the spectacle of thousands of powerful fusion reactors - the stars. These balls of extremely hot gas are generating unimaginably large quantities of energy. ... | |
 Strange star stumps astronomers May 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 40 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 ... | |
 Eccentric pulsar system challenges theories of binary formation May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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An ongoing sky survey using the Cornell-managed Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico has turned up a massive, fast-spinning binary pulsar with a mysterious elongated orbit, researchers say. The pulsar and ... | |
Thirty-Meter Telescope Focuses on Two Candidate Sites May 16, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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After completing a worldwide survey unprecedented in rigor and detail of astronomical sites for the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT), the TMT Observatory Corporation board of directors has selected two outstanding sites, one ... | |
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