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Scientists discover new planet orbiting dangerously close to giant star
Nov 18, 2008 |
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A team of astronomers from Penn State and Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland has discovered a new planet that is closely orbiting a red-giant star, HD 102272, which is much older than our own Sun. The ...
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Hubble Finds Stars That 'Go Ballistic'
Jan 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even some stars go ballistic, racing through interstellar space like bullets and tearing through clouds of gas.
Young Star Clusters
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Most stars form in clusters. Recent studies of nearby star forming regions find that about three-quarters of their young stars are located in groups with ten or more members. The formation ...
Gene linked with human kidney aging
Oct 16, 2009 |
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A gene has been associated with human kidney aging, according to researchers from Stanford University, the National Institute on Aging, the MedStar Research Institute, and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. In work ...
Galactic Dust Bunnies Found to Contain Carbon After All
Mar 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers have found evidence suggesting that stars rich in carbon complex molecules may form at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
Most babies born this century will live to 100
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Most babies born in rich countries this century will eventually make it to their 100th birthday, new research says. Danish experts say that since the 20th century, people in developed countries are living about three ...
Hidden facial cheek fat compartments are key to youthful appearance
Jun 24, 2008 |
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Rejuvenating newly identified fat compartments in the facial cheeks can help reduce the hollowed look of the face as it ages, according to new research by plastic surgeons at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Close-up of a dying heavyweight
May 27, 2008 |
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A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn and European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Garching near Munich have for the first time taken a close-up of an individual ...
Gyrochronology -- a Powerful New Method to Determine Stellar Ages
Apr 27, 2007 |
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Gyrochronology, a new method for accurately determining the ages of field stars based on their rotational rates, is being announced today by Sydney Barnes, Lowell Observatory astronomer. This fundamental research, "Ages for ...
The Explosive Disintegration of a Young Stellar System in Orion
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Orion Nebula is one of the most beautiful sights of the winter night sky, its gas and dust glowing from the intense ultraviolet radiation of a cluster of massive young stars.
Key to Angelina-like cheeks? Add volume to deep fat compartment
May 28, 2008 |
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Not only are cheeks central to your face – they are central to the American concept of beauty. A study in June’s Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeo ...
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