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Goddard-led GEMS mission to explore the polarized universe

GEMS mission to explore the polarized universe

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 1

An exciting new astrophysics mission led by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will provide a revolutionary window into the universe. Named the Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer ...


A young pulsar shows its hand

A young pulsar shows its hand

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (22) | comments 7

A small, dense object only twelve miles in diameter is responsible for this beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years. At the center of this image made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is a very ...


Integral locates origin of high-energy emission from Crab Nebula

Integral locates origin of high-energy emission from Crab Nebula

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 29, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to data from ESA's Integral gamma-ray observatory, scientists have been able to locate where particles in the vicinity of the rotating neutron-star in the Crab Nebula are accelerated ...





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Fingers, Loops and Bays in the Crab Nebula

Fingers, Loops and Bays in the Crab Nebula

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 06, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- This image gives the first clear view of the faint boundary of the Crab Nebula's X-ray-emitting pulsar wind nebula. The nebula is powered by a rapidly-rotating, highly-magnetized neutron star, ...


Researchers discover never-before-seen pulsar blasts in Crab Nebula

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created Jan 08, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Astronomers and physicists using the Cornell-managed Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico have discovered radio interpulses from the Crab Nebula pulsar that feature never-before-seen radio emission spectra. This leads scientists ...


Heart of the Crab Pulsar probed -- first direct look into the core of a neutron star

Heart of the Crab Pulsar probed -- first direct look into the core of a neutron star

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 02, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (23) | comments 6

New information about the heart of one of the most famous objects in the sky -- the Crab Pulsar in the Crab Nebula -- has been revealed by an international team of scientists searching for gravitational waves. ...


Scientists discovers 'firework' display in Helix Nebula

Scientists discovers 'firework' display in Helix Nebula

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A star does not die without getting noticed and may even leave the universe with "fireworks." At the end of its life cycle, a star begins to collapse in the middle and throws new material ...


Blue crab research funds slashed

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 08, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The federal government cut a $4 million fund to increase blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay, sending Baltimore researchers scrambling to continue the program.


Regulators allow horseshoe crab harvest

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created Feb 12, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council has declined to extend a moratorium on horseshoe crab harvesting aimed at protecting migrating shore birds.


Decline of shorebird linked to bait use of horseshoe crabs

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created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Declining numbers of a shorebird called the red knot have been linked to bait use of horseshoe crabs.


Crab claws pack strengthening bromide-rich biomaterial

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created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Next time you have an unlucky encounter with a crab's pinchers, consider that the claw tips may be reinforced with bromine-rich biomaterial 1.5 times harder than acrylic glass and extremely fracture resistant, says a University ...


Caught in a trap: bumblebees vs. robotic crab spiders

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created Sep 04, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Bumblebees learn to avoid camouflaged predators by sacrificing foraging speed for predator detection, according to scientists from Queen Mary, University of London.


White dwarf pulses like a pulsar

White dwarf pulses like a pulsar

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created Jan 02, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 4

New observations from Suzaku, a joint Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA X-ray observatory, have challenged scientists’ conventional understanding of white dwarfs. Observers had believed ...



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