News tagged with blue stragglers


BLUE STRAGGLERS IN GLOBULAR CLUSTER 47 TUCANAE

Even stars get fat -- And 'stellar cannibalism' is the reason

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Researchers have discovered evidence that blue stragglers in globular clusters, whose existence has long puzzled astronomers, are the result of 'stellar cannibalism' in binary stars. In other words, binary ...





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Stellar vampires unmasked

Stellar vampires unmasked

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 02, 2006 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 0

Astronomers have found possible proofs of stellar vampirism in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae. Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, they found that some hot, bright, and apparently young stars in the cluster ...


Blue rose

Blue roses to debut in Japan

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 1

Which colour would you like your roses? Red, white, yellow... or perhaps blue?


Stellar Sorting in Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae

Hubble yields direct proof of stellar sorting in a globular cluster

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 24, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 0

Imagine trying to understand how a football game works based on just a few fuzzy snapshots of the game in play. This is the just the kind of challenge faced by astronomers trying to understand the dynamics ...


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IBM makes Big Blue cloud

Technology / Software

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (8) | comments 9

IBM on Monday announced it has created the world's largest business computing "cloud" capable of holding an amount of digital data on a par with 250 billion iTunes songs.


Hybrid bluegrasses analyzed for use in transition zone

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The transition zone can be one of the most challenging places to maintain high-quality turfgrass; changeable growing conditions in these regions often prove too hot for some grasses and too cold for others. Finding turfgrass ...


Accidental discovery produces durable new blue pigment for multiple applications

Accidental discovery produces durable new blue pigment for multiple applications

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (33) | comments 6

An accidental discovery in a laboratory at Oregon State University has apparently solved a quest that over thousands of years has absorbed the energies of ancient Egyptians, the Han dynasty in China, Mayan ...


A blue whale swims in the deep waters off the southern Sri Lankan town of Mirissa

Blue whales disturbed by seismic surveys: scientists

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Seismic surveys used for oil and gas prospecting on the sea floor are a disturbance for blue whales, the world's biggest animal and one of its rarest species, biologists reported on Wednesday.


Some color shades offer better protection against sun’s ultraviolet rays

Some color shades offer better protection against sun’s ultraviolet rays

Chemistry / Other

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Economy-minded consumers who want protection from the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays -- but rather not pay premium prices for sun-protective clothing -- should think blue and red, rather than yellow. ...


Research could boost coastal economics with crustacean molting on demand

Research could boost coastal economics with crustacean molting on demand (w/ Video)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers are close to unraveling intricate cellular pathways that control molting in blue crabs. The discoveries could revolutionize the soft-shell crab industry, generating ...


GPS to track blue sheep and snow leopard

GPS to track blue sheep and snow leopard

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists hope to improve the survival odds of the endangered snow leopard in Nepal by venturing into the remote Himalayas to study its main prey, the Bharal or blue sheep.



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