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Spitzer Telescope Observes Baby Brown Dwarf

Spitzer Telescope Observes Baby Brown Dwarf

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has contributed to the discovery of the youngest brown dwarf ever observed -- a finding that, if confirmed, may solve an astronomical mystery about how these ...


NASA's WISE infrared satellite to reveal new galaxies, stars, asteroids

NASA's WISE infrared satellite to reveal new galaxies, stars, asteroids

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Data from the satellite, says principal investigator and UCLA professor Edward Wright, will help scientists answer fundamental questions about the history of our solar system, the Milky Way ...


Team using Subaru Telescope makes major discovery

Team using Subaru Telescope makes major discovery

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (21) | comments 2

An international team of scientists that includes an astronomer from Princeton University has made the first direct observation of a planet-like object orbiting a star similar to the sun.





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2 Earth-sized bodies with oxygen rich atmospheres found -- but they're stars not planets

Two Earth-sized bodies with oxygen rich atmospheres found -- but they're stars not planets

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (21) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astrophysicists at the University of Warwick and Kiel University have discovered two earth sized bodies with oxygen rich atmospheres - however there is a bit of a disappointing snag for anyone ...


Brown fat cells make 'spare tires' shrink

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Bonn have found a new signalling pathway which stimulates the production and function of so-called brown fat cells. They propose using these cells that serve as a "natural ...


Oceanic crust formation is dynamic after all

Oceanic crust formation is dynamic after all

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Imagine the Earth's crust as the planet's skin: Some areas are old and wrinkled while others have a fresher, more youthful sheen, as if they had been regularly lathered with lotion.


Gov't says brown pelicans are endangered no longer (AP)

Gov't says brown pelicans are endangered no longer

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Much like its death-defying dives for fish, the brown pelican has resurfaced after plummeting to the brink of extinction.


NASA to launch sky-mapping spacecraft (AP)

NASA to launch sky-mapping spacecraft

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created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(AP) -- NASA's latest space telescope will scan the sky in search of never-before-seen asteroids, comets, stars and galaxies, with one of its main tasks to catalog objects posing a danger to Earth. The sky-mapping ...


Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging

Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research from Butler Hospital and Brown University.


Ticking stellar time bomb identified

Ticking stellar time bomb identified (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- "One of the major problems in modern astrophysics is the fact that we still do not know exactly what kinds of stellar system explode as a Type Ia supernova," says Patrick Woudt, from the University ...


39 percent of Britons polled said climate change had not yet been proven to be man-made

Half of Britons deny climate change man-made: poll

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 14

Almost half of Britons do not believe human behaviour is the main cause of global warming, a new poll showed Sunday, a day before world leaders begin crunch climate talks in Copenhagen.


Denmark: 65 world leaders for UN climate summit (AP)

Denmark: 65 world leaders for UN climate summit

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created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(AP) -- Sixty-five world leaders have said they will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December, and several more have responded positively to invitations, Danish officials said Sunday.


NASA's Wise Gets Ready to Survey the Whole Sky

NASA's Wise Gets Ready to Survey the Whole Sky (w/ Video)

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, is chilled out, sporting a sunshade and getting ready to roll. NASA's newest spacecraft is scheduled to roll to the pad on Friday, Nov. ...



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