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Galileo's notebooks may reveal secrets of new planet
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Galileo knew he had discovered a new planet in 1613, 234 years before its official discovery date, according to a new theory by a University of Melbourne physicist.
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Astrophysicists 'weigh' galaxy's most massive star
Sep 19, 2008 |
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Theoretical models of stellar formation propose the existence of very massive stars that can attain up to 150 times the mass of our Sun.
New Cambridge University star catalogue 'most accurate ever'
Sep 27, 2007 |
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For thousands of years, people all over the world have gazed at the night sky and wondered just how far they would have to travel to reach the stars.
Integral expands our view of the gamma-ray sky
Feb 20, 2007 |
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Integral's latest survey of the gamma-ray universe continues to change the way astronomers think of the high-energy cosmos. With over seventy percent of the sky now observed by Integral, astronomers have been ...
A curious pair of galaxies
Mar 16, 2009 |
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The ESO Very Large Telescope has taken the best image ever of a strange and chaotic duo of interwoven galaxies. The images also contain some surprises -- interlopers both far and near.
'Star Trek Online' to beam gamers to the bridge
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The most iconic setting in "Star Trek" almost didn't make it into the series' online video game.
Trifid triple threat
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Smouldering several thousand light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer), the Trifid Nebula presents a compelling portrait of the early stages of a star's life, from gestation to first ...
New portrait of Omega Nebula's glistening watercolors
Jul 07, 2009 |
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The Omega Nebula, sometimes called the Swan Nebula, is a dazzling stellar nursery located about 5500 light-years away towards the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer). An active star-forming region of ...
Holiday wishes from the Hubble Space Telescope
Nov 29, 2007 |
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Messier 74, also called NGC 628, is a stunning example of a 'grand-design' spiral galaxy that is viewed by Earth observers nearly face-on. Its perfectly symmetrical spiral arms emanate from the central nucleus ...
An Eagle of Cosmic Proportions
Jul 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Today ESO has released a new and stunning image of the sky around the Eagle Nebula, a stellar nursery where infant star clusters carve out monster columns of dust and gas.
Infrared Space Observatory provides the first view of monstrous stars being born
Apr 20, 2006 |
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Scientists have secured their first look at the birth of monstrous stars that shine 100 000 times more brightly than the Sun, thanks to ESA’s Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). The discovery allows astronomers ...
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