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Astronomers find potentially habitable Earth-like planet
Apr 25, 2007 |
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Astronomers have discovered the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date, an exoplanet with a radius only 50% larger than the Earth and capable of having liquid water. Using the ESO 3.6-m telescope, ...
Scientists detect cosmic 'dark flow' across billions of light years
Sep 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using data from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), scientists have identified an unexpected motion in distant galaxy clusters. The cause, they suggest, is the gravitational ...
Chandra sees brightest supernova ever
May 07, 2007 |
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The brightest stellar explosion ever recorded may be a long-sought new type of supernova, according to observations by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based optical telescopes. This discovery indicates ...
Negative Vibes From Space
Dec 01, 2006 |
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Astronomers have discovered the first negatively charged molecule in space, identifying it from radio signals that were a mystery until now. While about 130 neutral and 14 positively charged molecules are known ...
Chandra sees remarkable eclipse of black hole
Apr 12, 2007 |
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A remarkable eclipse of a supermassive black hole and the hot gas disk around it has been observed with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This eclipse has allowed two key predictions about the effects of supermassive ...
The Case for Habitable Exoplanet Moons
Apr 27, 2006 |
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As scientists refine their methods, exoplanets are becoming easier and easier to detect. The current count is 163 planets orbiting 97 main-sequence stars, of which only one is even remotely Earth-like. All ...
XMM-Newton discovers part of missing matter in the universe
May 06, 2008 |
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ESA’s orbiting X-ray observatory XMM-Newton has been used by a team of international astronomers to uncover part of the missing matter in the universe.
Models show one nearby star system could host Earth-like planet
Jul 24, 2006 |
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The steady discovery of giant planets orbiting stars other than our sun has heightened speculation that there could be Earth-type worlds in nearby planetary systems capable of sustaining life. Now researchers running computer ...
Spinning Black Hole Pushes the Limit
Nov 20, 2006 |
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The existence of black holes is perhaps the most fascinating prediction of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. When any mass, such as a star, becomes more compact than a certain limit, its own gravity ...
Future Space Telescopes Could Detect Earth Twin
Apr 11, 2007 |
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For the first time ever, NASA researchers have successfully demonstrated in the laboratory that a space telescope rigged with special masks and mirrors could snap a photo of an Earth-like planet orbiting a ...
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 ...
Magellanic clouds: Single measurement throws out everything we thought we knew
Sep 17, 2007 |
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The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) are two of the Milky Way's closest neighboring galaxies. A stunning sight in the southern hemisphere, they were named after Ferdinand Magellan, ...
More Evidence Found for Water on Mars
Feb 15, 2007 |
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A spacecraft recently arrived at Mars has provided new evidence that fluids, likely including water, once flowed widely through underlying bedrock in a canyon that is part of the great Martian rift valley.
Astronomer detects atmosphere of extra-solar planet
Dec 07, 2007 |
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University of Texas at Austin astronomer and Hubble Fellow Seth Redfield has used the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) at McDonald Observatory to make the first ground-based detection of the atmosphere of a planet ...
