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Scientists watch supernova in real-time
Aug 30, 2006 |
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For the first time a star has been observed in real-time as it goes supernova – a mind bogglingly powerful explosion as the star ends its life, the resulting cosmic eruption briefly outshining an entire galaxy. ...
Silent, microchip-sized 'fan' has no moving parts, yet produces enough wind to cool a laptop
Mar 18, 2008 |
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Engineers harnessing the same physical property that drives silent household air purifiers have created a miniaturized device that is now ready for testing as a silent, ultra-thin, low-power and low maintenance ...
Quiet wind turbine could provide up to 30% of a home's power
Oct 31, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A quiet wind turbine developed in Scotland is now available in the US and Canada. Its developers say that the roof-based turbine can provide significant power for homes and commercial buildings ...
Gamma-Ray Burst Challenges Theory
Mar 08, 2007 |
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In a series of landmark observations gathered over a period of four months, NASA's Swift satellite has challenged some of astronomers' fundamental ideas about gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which are among the most ...
'Naked Eye' Gamma Ray Burst Was Aimed Squarely At Earth
Sep 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The brightest explosion ever seen was observed in March this year. Now a team of astronomers from around the world, including the University of Leicester, the Mullard Space Science Laboratory ...
Scientists Determine the Nature of Black Hole Jets
Oct 06, 2006 |
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NASA and Italian scientists using Swift have for the first time determined what the particle jets streaming from black holes are made of.
Swift satellite catches first 'normal' supernova in the act of exploding
May 21, 2008 |
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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 ...
Death of massive star creates brightest burst ever seen
Mar 20, 2008 |
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Gamma-Ray Bursts are the most powerful explosive events in the Universe. They occur in far-off galaxies and so are usually faint. But on the morning of March 19th 2008 the Swift satellite found a burst which ...
The hibernating stellar magnet: First optically active magnetar-candidate discovered
Sep 24, 2008 |
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Astronomers have discovered a most bizarre celestial object that emitted 40 visible-light flashes before disappearing again. It is most likely to be a missing link in the family of neutron stars, the first ...
Bird sized airplane to fly like a swift
Jul 18, 2007 |
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Nine Dutch Aerospace Engineering students at the Delft University of Technology, together with the Department of Experimental Zoology of Wageningen University, designed the RoboSwift.
Astronomers unveil new type of active galaxy
Jul 30, 2007 |
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An international team of astronomers using NASA’s Swift satellite and the Japanese/U.S. Suzaku X-ray observatory has discovered a new class of active galactic nuclei (AGN).
A Star That Bursts, Blinks and Disappears
Sep 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- "Twinkle, twinkle little star" goes the nursery rhyme. Now, astronomers are reporting on a strange case where one of the littlest of stars "twinkled" with gamma rays, X-rays, and light -- ...
Intergalactic 'shot in the dark' shocks astronomers
Dec 18, 2007 |
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A team of astronomers has discovered a cosmic explosion that seems to have come from the middle of nowhere — thousands of light-years from the nearest galaxy-sized collection of stars, gas, and dust. This ...
New Massive Black Hole Smashes Record
Oct 30, 2007 |
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Using two NASA satellites, astronomers have discovered the heftiest known black hole to orbit a star. The new black hole, with a mass 24 to 33 times that of our Sun, is more massive than scientists expected ...
New Kind of Cosmic Explosion Detected
Feb 27, 2006 |
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Scientists using NASA's Swift satellite have detected a new kind of cosmic explosion. The event appears to be a precursor to a supernova, which is expected to reach peak brightness in about a week's time. UK ...
