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Astronomers find gaping hole in the Universe
Aug 23, 2007 |
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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, ...
How did the universe begin?
Jun 24, 2008 |
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One of the most interesting questions considered by astrophysicists deals with the start of our universe. Indeed, there is a great deal of speculation on the subject, with different theories about how the universe began, ...
Voyager 2 proves solar system is squashed
Dec 10, 2007 |
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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 ...
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. ...
Closest Look Ever at the Edge of a Black Hole
Sep 03, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have taken the closest look ever at the giant black hole in the center of the Milky Way. By combining telescopes in Hawaii, Arizona, and California, they detected structure at ...
Ocean Planets on the Brink of Detection
Feb 02, 2007 |
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Imagine a world with no land at all, merely the impenetrable depths of a seething ocean. Models of planet formation predict the existence of such worlds, even though our own solar system has none. Indeed, ...
Mysterious energy burst stuns astronomers
Sep 28, 2007 |
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Astronomers studying archival data from an Australian radio telescope have discovered a powerful, short-lived burst of radio waves that they say indicates an entirely new type of astronomical phenomenon.
A galactic fossil: Star is found to be 13.2 billion years old
May 10, 2007 |
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How old are the oldest stars" Using ESO's VLT, astronomers recently measured the age of a star located in our Galaxy. The star, a real fossil, is found to be 13.2 billion years old, not very far from the 13.7 ...
Largest 3D Map of Galaxies
Oct 03, 2006 |
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A team of American, Australian and British astronomers has released maps from the largest full-sky, three-dimensional survey of galaxies ever conducted.
Surprises from the Edge of the Solar System
Sep 22, 2006 |
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Almost every day, the great antennas of NASA's Deep Space Network turn to a blank patch of sky in the constellation Ophiuchus. Pointing at nothing, or so it seems, they invariably pick up a signal, faint but ...
New View of Doomed Star
Jun 20, 2007 |
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Eta Carinae is a mysterious, extremely bright and unstable star located a mere stone's throw - astronomically speaking - from Earth at a distance of only about 7500 light years. The star is thought to be ...
Scientists discover possible cosmic defect, remnant from Big Bang
Oct 25, 2007 |
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Scientists from the Institute of Physics of Cantabria (IFCA) and the University of Cambridge may have discovered an example of a cosmic defect, a remnant from the Big Bang called a texture. If confirmed, their discovery, ...
Black Holes May Fill the Universe with Seeds of Life
Apr 20, 2007 |
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New research shows that black holes are not the ultimate destroyers that are often portrayed in popular culture. Instead, warm gas escaping from the clutches of enormous black holes could be one source of ...
Voyager 1 Hits New Milestone
Aug 16, 2006 |
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Voyager 1, already the most distant human-made object in the cosmos, reaches 100 astronomical units from the sun on Tuesday, August 15 at 5:13 p.m. Eastern time (2:13 p.m. Pacific time). That means the spacecraft, ...
Cassini Images Bizarre Hexagon on Saturn
Mar 27, 2007 |
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An odd, six-sided, honeycomb-shaped feature circling the entire north pole of Saturn has captured the interest of scientists with NASA's Cassini mission.
