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Astronomers Discover Most Dark Matter-Dominated Galaxy in Universe
Sep 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by a Yale University astronomer has discovered the least luminous, most dark matter-filled galaxy known to exist.
Astronomer Offers New Theory Into 400-year-old Lunar Mystery
Jun 27, 2007 |
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Columbia astronomy professor Arlin Crotts thinks he has solved a 400-year-old mystery: the origin of strange optical flashes often reported as appearing on the moon’s surface.
Discovery of gamma rays from the edge of a black hole
Oct 27, 2006 |
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The astrophysicists of the international H.E.S.S. collaboration report the discovery of fast variability in very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays from the giant elliptical galaxy M 87. The detection of these gamma-ray ...
Hubble directly observes planet orbiting Fomalhaut
Nov 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Estimated to be no more than three times Jupiter's mass, the planet, called Fomalhaut b, orbits the bright southern star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis ...
Scientists identify smallest known black hole
Apr 01, 2008 |
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Using a new technique, two NASA scientists have identified the lightest known black hole. With a mass only about 3.8 times greater than our Sun and a diameter of only 15 miles, the black hole lies very close ...
Astronomers Obtain Highly Detailed Image of the 'Red Square'
Apr 13, 2007 |
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Astronomers today announced the arrival of a new member in the pantheon of exotically beautiful celestial objects. Christened the "Red Square" by Peter Tuthill, leader of the team, the image was compiled with ...
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 ...
Milky Way’s Giant Black Hole Awoke from Slumber 300 Years Ago
Apr 15, 2008 |
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Using NASA, Japanese, and European X-ray satellites, a team of Japanese astronomers has discovered that our galaxy’s central black hole let loose a powerful flare three centuries ago.
New Analysis of Viking Mission Results Indicates Presence of Life on Mars
Jan 07, 2007 |
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We may already have ‘met’ Martian organisms, according to a paper presented Sunday (Jan. 7) at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle.
Cassini Sees Into the Eye of a Monster Storm on Saturn
Nov 09, 2006 |
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has seen something never before seen on another planet -- a hurricane-like storm at Saturn's South Pole with a well-developed eye, ringed by towering clouds.
Findings Suggest Jets Bursting From Martian Ice Cap
Aug 17, 2006 |
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Every spring brings violent eruptions to the south polar ice cap of Mars, according to researchers interpreting new observations by NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter.
Mysteries of the Atlantic
Mar 01, 2007 |
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Cardiff University scientists will shortly set sail (March 5) to investigate a startling discovery in the depths of the Atlantic.
Dark energy existed in infant universe
Nov 16, 2006 |
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Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, researchers have discovered that dark energy, a mysterious repulsive force that makes the universe expand at an ever-faster rate, is not new but rather has been present ...
Scientists find black hole 'missing link'
Sep 17, 2008 |
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Scientists at Durham University have found the "missing link" between small and super-massive black holes.
Solar Cycle 25 peaking around 2022 could be one of the weakest in centuries
May 11, 2006 |
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The Sun's Great Conveyor Belt has slowed to a record-low crawl, according to research by NASA solar physicist David Hathaway. "It's off the bottom of the charts," he says. "This has important repercussions ...
