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An alien code close to home: Seeking ET beyond the radio silence

Any intelligent extraterrestrial life that exists probably won't announce itself by blowing up the White House, or win over the hearts of children as a lovable alien with a glowing finger. Many scientists ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (19) | comments 97 | with audio podcast

Astronomers discover that galaxies are either asleep or awake

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have probed into the distant universe and discovered that galaxies display one of two distinct behaviors: they are either awake or asleep, actively forming stars or are not forming ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Verdict: Supermassive black holes not guilty of shutting down star formation

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Yale University astronomers has discovered that galaxies stop forming stars long before their central supermassive black holes reach their most powerful stage, meaning the black ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 9

Baby Jupiters must gain weight fast

The planet Jupiter gained weight in a hurry during its infancy. It had to, since the material from which it formed probably disappeared in just a few million years, according to a new study of planet formation ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Alien matter in the solar system: A galactic mismatch

This just in: The Solar System is different from the space just outside it.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 13 hours ago | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Planck mission steps closer to the cosmic blueprint

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's Planck mission has revealed that our Galaxy contains previously undiscovered islands of cold gas and a mysterious haze of microwaves. These results give scientists new treasure to mine ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created 11 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Writing a new code for life?

On "Star Trek, the aliens often look so human that crew members fall in love with them. But in real life, scientists in the field known as astrobiology can't be sure alien life would even be carbon-based like us, or use DNA ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created 8 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Searching for planets in clouds of dust

(PhysOrg.com) -- A UA astronomy research team was awarded a $600,000 grant for technology development under NASA’s Explorer mission program. The mission would send a space telescope high above Earth's ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

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 ...

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created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Tailor-made search tools for the Web

For companies, customer feedback is a matter of strategic importance. Smart apps for the semantic analysis of user opinions from the Web help businesses keep an eye on feedback. Users benefit as well: with ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Young stars at home in ancient cluster

(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking like a hoard of gems fit for an emperor's collection, this deep sky object called NGC 6752 is in fact far more worthy of admiration. It is a globular cluster, and at over 10 billion ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Tidal forces could squeeze out planetary water

Alien planets might experience tidal forces powerful enough to remove all their water, leaving behind hot, dry worlds like Venus, researchers said.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

VLT takes most detailed infrared image of the Carina Nebula

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESO's Very Large Telescope has delivered the most detailed infrared image of the Carina Nebula stellar nursery taken so far. Many previously hidden features, scattered across a spectacular ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Dutch team has solution for troubled ITER nuclear fusion reactor

(PhysOrg.com) -- The superconducting cables designed for the ITER fusion reactor (cost: 16 billion euros = $21.2 billion) are unable to withstand the planned forty to sixty thousand charge cycles. Barring a solution, the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 4


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