News tagged with stellar companions
HARPS-NEF to comb Kepler targets for new Earths
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Astronomers have announced plans to build an ultra-stable, high-precision spectrograph for the Science and Technology Facilities Council's 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope (WHT - part of the Isaac Newton Group ...
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Stars well-endowed with gold have fewer companions
Nov 08, 2007 |
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The chequered destinies of Australian Idol winners underscores what astronomers have known for a long time – star formation is complicated.
The star, the dwarf and the planet
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Astronomers have detected a new faint companion to the star HD 3651, already known to host a planet. This companion, a brown dwarf, is the faintest known companion of an exoplanet host star imaged directly ...
Study reveals food choices influenced by body types of dining partners
Oct 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether your companions are overweight or skinny and how much they put on their plates can greatly influence how much you eat. New research shows if we eat with skinny people, we tend to mimic their food ...
Even stars get fat -- And 'stellar cannibalism' is the reason
Jan 14, 2009 |
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Researchers have discovered evidence that blue stragglers in globular clusters, whose existence has long puzzled astronomers, are the result of 'stellar cannibalism' in binary stars. In other words, binary ...
Cygnus X-1: Still a 'Star' After All Those Years
Aug 28, 2009 |
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Since its discovery 45 years ago, Cygnus X-1 has been one of the most intensively studied cosmic X-ray sources. About a decade after its discovery, Cygnus X-1 secured a place in the history of astronomy when ...
What you eat depends on with whom you eat
Aug 05, 2009 |
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If you are a woman who dines with a man, chances are you choose food with fewer calories than if you dine with a woman. That is one of the findings in a study conducted by researchers at McMaster University.
Living fossils hold record of 'supermassive' kick
Jul 09, 2009 |
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The tight cluster of stars surrounding a supermassive black hole after it has been violently kicked out of a galaxy represents a new kind of astronomical object and a fossil record of the kick.
Ultra-Powerful Laser Reproduces How Star's Jets Travel through Interstellar Space
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A multi-trillion-watt laser at the University of Rochester has simulated a stellar jet -- an outpouring of matter from a fledgling star -- with unprecedented realism.
Astrophysicists Move Closer to Understanding the Beauty Behind Stellar Jets
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Certain stars stream vast amounts of matter into space, creating some of the most beautiful objects in astronomers' telescopes. But while the astronomers can enjoy the beauty, they can't explain it. Adam ...
First laboratory experiment to accurately model stellar jets explains mysterious 'knots'
Feb 09, 2009 |
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Some of the most breathtaking objects in the cosmos are the jets of matter streaming out of stars, but astrophysicists have long been at a loss to explain how these jets achieve their varied shapes. Now, laboratory research ...
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