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Astrophysicists solve mystery in Milky Way galaxy
Jul 09, 2009 |
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A team of astrophysicists has solved a mystery that led some scientists to speculate that the distribution of certain gamma rays in our Milky Way galaxy was evidence of a form of undetectable "dark matter" ...
Queen's astronomers propose new supernova interpretation
Jun 09, 2009 |
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In a controversial new paper in the journal Nature, astronomers from Queen's University Belfast have proposed a new physical interpretation of a supernova discovered on 7th November 2008.
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Astronomers catch binary star explosion inside nebula
Nov 19, 2008 |
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The explosion of a binary star inside a planetary nebula has been captured by a team led by UCL (University College London) researchers – an event that has not been witnessed for more than 100 years. The study, published ...
Not a Quirk But a Quark ... a Quark Star!
Jun 27, 2008 |
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Astronomers recently announced that they have found a novel explanation for a rare type of super-luminous stellar explosion that may have produced a new type of object known as a quark star.
Peculiar, junior-sized supernova discovered by New York teen
Jun 11, 2009 |
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In November 2008, Caroline Moore, a 14-year-old student from upstate New York, discovered a supernova in a nearby galaxy, making her the youngest person ever to do so. Additional observations determined that the object, called ...
Chandra Finds Star With a Mystery Partner
Jul 11, 2007 |
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When stars are more massive than about 8 times the Sun, they end their lives in a spectacular explosion called a supernova.
Unusual shape of exploded star puzzles scientists
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Penn State astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to produce a new image of a ghostly exploded star with an unusual shape in a galaxy near the Milky Way. Astronomers think the object may be ...
A Black Hole in Medusa's Hair
Mar 11, 2009 |
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This composite image of the Medusa galaxy (also known as NGC 4194) shows X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in blue and optical light from the Hubble Space Telescope in orange. Located above ...
Possible progenitor of special supernova type detected
Feb 13, 2008 |
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Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have reported the possible detection of a binary star system that was later destroyed in a supernova explosion. The new method they used provides ...
Double explosion heralds the death of a very massive star
Jun 13, 2007 |
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A unique discovery of two celestial explosions at exactly the same position in the sky has led astronomers to suggest they have witnessed the death of one of the most massive stars that can exist.
An Oxygen Factory in a Nearby Galaxy
Mar 17, 2008 |
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This Chandra X-ray Observatory image shows the debris of a massive star explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy about 160,000 light years from Earth.
Death of massive star creates brightest burst ever seen
Mar 20, 2008 |
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Gamma-Ray Bursts are the most powerful explosive events in the Universe. They occur in far-off galaxies and so are usually faint. But on the morning of March 19th 2008 the Swift satellite found a burst which ...
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