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Dissecting a stellar explosion

Dissecting a stellar explosion

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Integral has captured one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever seen. A meticulous analysis of the data has allowed astronomers to investigate the initial phases of this giant stellar explosion, ...





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Science with Integral -- 5 years on

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 17, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

With eyes that peer into the most energetic phenomena in the universe, ESA’s Integral has been setting records, discovering the unexpected and helping understanding the unknown over its first five years.


Integral satellite disproves dark matter origin for mystery radiation

Integral satellite disproves dark matter origin for mystery radiation

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created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers working with data from ESA’s Integral gamma-ray observatory has disproved theories that some form of dark matter explains mysterious radiation in the Milky Way.


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Integral looks at Earth to seek source of cosmic radiation

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created Mar 16, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cosmic space is filled with continuous, diffuse high-energy radiation. To find out how this energy is produced, the scientists behind ESA's Integral gamma-ray observatory have tried an unusual method: observing ...


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Integral looks at Earth to seek source of cosmic radiation

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created Feb 13, 2006 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Cosmic space is filled with continuous, diffuse high-energy radiation. To find out how this energy is produced, the scientists behind ESA's Integral gamma-ray observatory have tried an unusual method: observing ...


Rocket launches Air Force satellite from Fla.

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created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A rocket carrying an Air Force satellite that will be used by the military has launched from Cape Canaveral.


Giant eruption reveals 'dead' star

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created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 9

An enormous eruption has found its way to Earth after travelling for many thousands of years across space. Studying this blast with ESA's XMM-Newton and Integral space observatories, astronomers have discovered a dead star ...


ESA steps towards a great black hole census

ESA steps towards a great black hole census

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created Sep 07, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Astronomers using ESA's orbiting gamma-ray observatory, Integral, have taken an important step towards estimating how many black holes there are in the Universe.


Researchers and students to develop small CubeSat satellites

Researchers and students to develop small CubeSat satellites

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created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A satellite about the size of a loaf of bread will be designed and built at the University of Michigan and deployed to study space weather, thanks to a new grant from the National Science Foundation.


Detecting dirty bomb material with ESA gamma-ray technology

Detecting dirty bomb material with ESA gamma-ray technology

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 30, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Thanks to ESA and UK technology transfer support, a British company has developed a device based on the gamma-ray detection equipment used in ESA’s Integral astronomy satellite to detect and identify the radioactive ...


Japan launches 5th spy satellite (AP)

Japan launches 5th spy satellite

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created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (9) | comments 3

(AP) -- Japan launched its fifth spy satellite into orbit Saturday in a bid to boost its ability to independently gather intelligence, the government said.



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