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The turbulent birth of super star clusters in galaxy mergers

By combining two of the most advanced telescopes in the world -- the new Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) and the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of ESO -- a team of French astronomers from the Institut d'astrophysique ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created 21 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA's NuSTAR ships to Vandenberg for March 14 launch

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, shipped to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Tuesday, to be mated to its Pegasus launch vehicle. The observatory will detect X-rays ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stellar embryos

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stars form as gravity coalesces the gas and dust in interstellar clouds until the material produces clumps dense enough to become stars. But precisely how this happens, and whether or not ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Galileo to image objects in geosynchronous orbit faster

Military satellites are critical sources of communications and data for today's operations environments. Through DARPA's Phoenix program, usable antennas or solar arrays from retired satellites in geosynchronous orbit (GEO ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Iconic telescope renamed to honor founder of radio astronomy

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's most famous radio telescope will become the "Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array" to honor the founder of radio astronomy, the study of the Universe via radio waves naturally emitted ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

VLBA, RXTE team up to pinpoint black hole's outburst

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using observations from NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite and the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) radio telescope, an international team ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Space Image: Ring of fire

(PhysOrg.com) -- This composite image shows the central region of the spiral galaxy NGC 4151. X-rays (blue) from the Chandra X-ray Observatory are combined with optical data (yellow) showing positively charged ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Africa pitches new promised land for astronomers

Africa, the birthplace of the human species, has long been a magnet for archaeologists.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

S.Africa ideal for world's largest telescope: minister

South Africa is well-placed to host the world's largest telescope because the costs would be lower, according to the deputy science minister.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

SETI search resumes at allen telescope array, targeting new planets

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is once again searching planetary systems for signals that would be evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence. Among its first targets are some of the exoplanet ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Hot cores in dark clouds

(PhysOrg.com) -- The earliest stages in the life of a star are among the most mysterious. This is primarily because stars form inside dark clouds of material that block optical light, and because they form ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Biocompatible graphene transistor array reads cellular signals

Researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, a graphene-based transistor array that is compatible with living biological cells and capable of recording the electrical signals they generate. This proof-of-concept ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

LIPA, BP Solar and Brookhaven National Lab flip the switch at the Long Island solar farm

Officials from the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), BP Solar International, Inc. (BP Solar), Brookhaven National Laboratory and a host of government officials and environmental leaders today celebrated ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New materials turn heat into electricity

Most of today's power plants--from some of the largest solar arrays to nuclear energy facilities--rely on the boiling and condensing of water to produce energy.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (19) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Prototype uses multi-lens display for 3-D depth (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Numerous 3-D displays that went on parade at last month's CEATEC 2011 in Japan touted glasses-free features, but one 3-D display presentation used a technique of special interest. Researchers ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Array

An array is a systematic arrangement of objects, usually in rows and columns. Specifically, it may refer to:

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