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Colossal black holes common in early universe
Oct 16, 2008 |
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Astronomers think that many - perhaps all - galaxies in the universe contain massive black holes at their centers. New observations with the Submillimeter Array now suggest that such colossal black holes were ...
Galaxies coming of age in cosmic blobs
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The "coming of age" of galaxies and black holes has been pinpointed, thanks to new data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes. This discovery helps resolve the true nature of gigantic ...
Colossal quake may hit Sumatra in 30 years: geologist
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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A colossal earthquake may hit Indonesia's Sumatra island within 30 years, triggering a tsunami and making last month's deadly temblor look tiny by comparison, a geologist has warned.
Violent flickering in Black Holes
Oct 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Unique observations of the flickering light from the surroundings of two black holes provide new insights into the colossal energy that flows at their hearts. By mapping out how well the variations ...
New Clues to Mechanism for Colossal Mangetoresistance
Aug 17, 2007 |
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Experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory shed new light on some materials' ability to dramatically change their electrical resistance in the presence of an external magnetic ...
Milky Way Black Hole May Be a Colossal 'Particle Accelerator'
Feb 26, 2007 |
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Scientists were startled when they discovered in 2004 that the center of our galaxy is emitting gamma rays with energies in the tens of trillions of electronvolts. Now astrophysicists at The University of Arizona, ...
Researchers analyze material with 'colossal ionic conductivity'
Jul 31, 2008 |
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A new material characterized at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could open a pathway toward more efficient fuel cells.
Faint gamma-ray bursts do actually exist
Oct 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Gamma-ray bursts, powerful glares of high-energy that wash through the Universe once every day or so are, for a brief time, the brightest objects in the gamma-ray sky. ESA’s Integral gamma-ray ...
Putting a Strain on Nanowires Could Yield Colossal Results
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In finally answering an elusive scientific question, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have shown that the selective placement ...
A new class of dim supernovae
Jun 05, 2009 |
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The colossal stellar explosions called supernovae come in many kinds and flavours. Some of them are produced when a massive star reaches the end of its life in a sudden gravitational collapse. Astronomers ...
Ultracold gas mimics ultrahot plasma
Feb 15, 2009 |
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Several years after Duke University researchers announced spectacular behavior of a low density ultracold gas cloud, researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory have observed strikingly similar properties in a very hot ...
Census of Marine Life and ocean in Google Earth bring ocean information to life
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Web visitors can now share the excitement of Census of Marine Life explorations as scientists uncover the mysteries of what lives below the surface of the global ocean.
Physicists discover surprising variation in superconductors
Jan 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT physicists have discovered that several high-temperature superconductors display patchwork quilt-like variations at the atomic scale, a surprising finding that could help scientists understand a new class ...
If Spitzer Could Talk: An Interview with NASA's Coolest Space Telescope
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 05, 2009 |
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is about to use its last drop of the coolant that has chilled it for the past five-and-a-half years. On about May 12, give or take a week or so, the observatory is predicted ...
'Colossal' Magnetic Effect Under Pressure
Jun 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Millions of people today carry around pocket-sized music players capable of holding thousands of songs, thanks to the discovery 20 years ago of a phenomenon known as the “giant magnetoresistance ...
