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A Black Hole in Medusa's Hair
Mar 11, 2009 |
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This composite image of the Medusa galaxy (also known as NGC 4194) shows X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in blue and optical light from the Hubble Space Telescope in orange. Located above ...
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Integral sees the Galactic centre playing hide and seek
Jan 18, 2007 |
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ESA's gamma ray observatory Integral has caught the centre of our galaxy in a moment of rare quiet. A handful of the most energetic high-energy sources surrounding the black hole at the centre of the Galaxy ...
Largest collection of anomalous white dwarfs observed by Hubble
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Twenty-four unusual stars, 18 of them newly discovered, have been observed in new Hubble telescope images. The stars are white dwarfs, a common type of dead star, but they are odd because they are made of ...
Astronomers find triple interactions of supermassive black holes to be common in early universe
Jan 08, 2007 |
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New cosmological computer simulations produced by a team of astronomers from Northwestern University, Harvard University and the University of Michigan show for the first time that supermassive black holes (SMBHs), which ...
Newly born identical twin stars show surprising differences
Jun 18, 2008 |
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The analysis of the youngest pair of identical twin stars yet discovered has revealed surprising differences in brightness, surface temperature and possibly even the size of the two.
Red Hat's JBoss to Adopt Fedora Model
Apr 22, 2007 |
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The JBoss division of Red Hat is slated to move to a model in which its source code control system will be public and backward compatibility is not guaranteed, sources say.
Astronomers weigh the coldest brown dwarfs with astronomy's sharpest eyes
Jun 02, 2008 |
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Astronomers have used ultrasharp images obtained with the Keck Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope to determine for the first time the masses of the coldest class of "failed stars," a.k.a. brown dwarfs. With ...
Spitzer Finds Planets Thrive Around Stellar Twins
Mar 29, 2007 |
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The double sunset that Luke Skywalker gazed upon in the film "Star Wars" might not be a fantasy.
Brown Dwarfs Don't Hang Out With Stars
Jan 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Brown dwarfs, objects that are less massive than stars but larger than planets, just got more elusive, based on a study of 233 nearby multiple-star systems by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. ...
Neutron Star Swaps Lead to Short Gamma-Ray Bursts
Feb 02, 2006 |
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Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the universe, emitting huge amounts of high-energy radiation. For decades their origin was a mystery. Scientists now believe they understand the processes ...
Kepler and the Search for Life in Our Galaxy
Sep 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There are so many stars in our galaxy that even if planets with complex life (animals and plants) are rare - say one for every billion stars - there could still be dozens here in the Milky ...
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