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Swirling red nebula is part of angry chicken in the sky
A crucible of bright stars illuminates a nebula in glowing red hydrogen that would normally be too faint for the human eye to see
A crucible of bright stars illuminates a nebula in glowing red hydrogen that would normally be too faint for the human eye to see
Astronomy
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Apr 17, 2014, 7:31am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Apr 17, 2014, 7:31am
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Sun traces giant figures-of-eight in the sky
A pinhole camera recorded this time-lapse image over a whole year, showing how the path of the sun across the sky traces a shape called an analemma
A pinhole camera recorded this time-lapse image over a whole year, showing how the path of the sun across the sky traces a shape called an analemma
Astronomy
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014, 7:38am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014, 7:38am
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Changing The Face Of Astronomy Research
An apprenticeship program in New York City helps lower-income and minority students break into advanced sciences. For one, the love of the stars was motivation to tackle the tough field of astronomy.
An apprenticeship program in New York City helps lower-income and minority students break into advanced sciences. For one, the love of the stars was motivation to tackle the tough field of astronomy.
Astronomy
Source: NPR
Posted on: Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014, 10:11am
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Source: NPR
Posted on: Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014, 10:11am
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Dead exoplanets can have oxygen-rich atmospheres too
If Earth's ostensible twin is out there, it might be a lifeless rock – dead worlds can build up oxygen in their atmospheres as well as living ones
If Earth's ostensible twin is out there, it might be a lifeless rock – dead worlds can build up oxygen in their atmospheres as well as living ones
Astronomy
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Mar 28, 2014, 7:59am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Mar 28, 2014, 7:59am
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Hubble Telescope sees galaxy spill its "guts" in space
Incredible new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows a distant galaxy's inner stars spewing out
Incredible new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows a distant galaxy's inner stars spewing out
Astronomy
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Thursday, Mar 27, 2014, 8:02am
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Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Thursday, Mar 27, 2014, 8:02am
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As scientists watch, distant asteroid disintegrates
Patsy Cline's classic country song "I Fall to Pieces," has nothing on this one.
Patsy Cline's classic country song "I Fall to Pieces," has nothing on this one.
Astronomy
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Friday, Mar 07, 2014, 8:32am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Friday, Mar 07, 2014, 8:32am
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'Planet Bonanza' Indeed: NASA Unveils 715 New Worlds
The space agency announces a stunning discovery, as the Kepler mission identifies 715 new planets that orbit 305 stars. The finding boosts the verified number of such planets by around 70 percent.
The space agency announces a stunning discovery, as the Kepler mission identifies 715 new planets that orbit 305 stars. The finding boosts the verified number of such planets by around 70 percent.
Are We Living in a Black Hole?
Some astrophysicists think our universe owes its origin to a monster black hole, wherein we reside today.
Some astrophysicists think our universe owes its origin to a monster black hole, wherein we reside today.
Astronomy
Source: National Geographic News
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 19, 2014, 7:33am
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Source: National Geographic News
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 19, 2014, 7:33am
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WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Star Cluster Jewel
A Gaia test image of the young star cluster NGC1818 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, taken as part of calibration and testing before the science phase of the mission begins. The field-of-view is 212 x 212 arcseconds and the image ...
A Gaia test image of the young star cluster NGC1818 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, taken as part of calibration and testing before the science phase of the mission begins. The field-of-view is 212 x 212 arcseconds and the image ...
"Tatooine" alien planets may form far from twin suns
Scientists offer new clues into the formation of alien planets like the fictional home of "Star Wars" character Luke Skywalker
Scientists offer new clues into the formation of alien planets like the fictional home of "Star Wars" character Luke Skywalker
Astronomy
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014, 10:31am
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Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014, 10:31am
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Star-rich galaxy found from universe's baby years
Astronomers have found an old and distant galaxy that is believed to date back to a time when the universe was just 650 million years old, a fraction of its current age.
Astronomers have found an old and distant galaxy that is believed to date back to a time when the universe was just 650 million years old, a fraction of its current age.
Astronomy
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014, 10:31am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014, 10:31am
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Watch a Massive Sunspot Speed Across the Sun
Watch as an enormous and extremely energetic group of sunspots complete their trek across the face of the sun. Known as Active Region 1967 (AR1967), the sunspot complex is roughly 180,000 kilometers across, making it larger than the planet Jupiter. ...
Watch as an enormous and extremely energetic group of sunspots complete their trek across the face of the sun. Known as Active Region 1967 (AR1967), the sunspot complex is roughly 180,000 kilometers across, making it larger than the planet Jupiter. ...
Astronomy
Source: Wired
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014, 10:31am
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Source: Wired
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014, 10:31am
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NASA's revived exoplanet-hunter sees its first world
After suffering a critical injury last year, the Kepler space telescope is once again spying planets, thanks to some tweaks to its steering system
After suffering a critical injury last year, the Kepler space telescope is once again spying planets, thanks to some tweaks to its steering system
Astronomy
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Feb 07, 2014, 9:09am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Feb 07, 2014, 9:09am
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Fiery black hole debate creates cosmological Wild West
Bids to solve the black hole firewall paradox are producing a free-for-all in theoretical physics – cue time reversal, walls of ice and bouncing stars
Bids to solve the black hole firewall paradox are producing a free-for-all in theoretical physics – cue time reversal, walls of ice and bouncing stars
Astronomy
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 06, 2014, 8:29am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 06, 2014, 8:29am
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Dark halo around spiral galaxy poses stellar mystery
The best measurement yet of the Pinwheel Galaxy's mass shows that its halo is oddly devoid of stars, putting a wrinkle in a key theory of galactic growth
The best measurement yet of the Pinwheel Galaxy's mass shows that its halo is oddly devoid of stars, putting a wrinkle in a key theory of galactic growth
Astronomy
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 05, 2014, 8:17am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 05, 2014, 8:17am
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A Hunk Of Planet Dissolves Before Our Eyes
It's been there for thousands, maybe tens of thousands of years — a huge, solid, endless mass of white ice. Then, all of sudden ("It's starting, Adam," says an onlooker) there's a crack, then another, and whoosh, an immense field vanishes — splits, splits again, and right before your eyes (you've got to see this) sinks into the sea. This is how ice leaves our planet.
It's been there for thousands, maybe tens of thousands of years — a huge, solid, endless mass of white ice. Then, all of sudden ("It's starting, Adam," says an onlooker) there's a crack, then another, and whoosh, an immense field vanishes — splits, splits again, and right before your eyes (you've got to see this) sinks into the sea. This is how ice leaves our planet.
Asteroid Belt May Be Just One Big Melting Pot Of Space Rocks
New research shows that a planetary reshuffle might have shaped the ring of rubble between Mars and Jupiter.
New research shows that a planetary reshuffle might have shaped the ring of rubble between Mars and Jupiter.
Now for the weather on Luhman: Cloudy with a chance of molten iron rain
You think the weather is bad on Earth lately. On Luhman 16B, a hybrid planet-star located 6.7 light years away, scientists say it's raining molten iron, research released on Wednesday shows.
You think the weather is bad on Earth lately. On Luhman 16B, a hybrid planet-star located 6.7 light years away, scientists say it's raining molten iron, research released on Wednesday shows.
Astronomy
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 30, 2014, 9:23am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 30, 2014, 9:23am
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Astrophile: Jellyfish galaxies found spawning in clusters
Blobby galaxies with long glowing tendrils of stars could help explain why spiral galaxies are unusually rare in large clusters
Blobby galaxies with long glowing tendrils of stars could help explain why spiral galaxies are unusually rare in large clusters
Astronomy
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014, 10:15am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014, 10:15am
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Closest supernova in 27 years may reveal fate of cosmos
The nearest exploding star detected since 1987 could offer insights into dark energy, ghostly neutrinos, and even how the universe's story will play out
The nearest exploding star detected since 1987 could offer insights into dark energy, ghostly neutrinos, and even how the universe's story will play out
Astronomy
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 23, 2014, 9:52am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 23, 2014, 9:52am
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The sound of space: Voyager provides music from solar system and beyond
Music from 37 years' data taken from space probe gives the depths of space an up-tempo orchestral ensemble. By Samuel GibbsSamuel Gibbs
Music from 37 years' data taken from space probe gives the depths of space an up-tempo orchestral ensemble. By Samuel GibbsSamuel Gibbs
Astronomy
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 22, 2014, 7:46am
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Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 22, 2014, 7:46am
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In Search For Habitable Planets, Why Stop At 'Earth-Like'?
Scientists hunting for planets that could support life have been too focused on finding places that resemble Earth, according to a report in the journal Astrobiology. The authors have come up with a list of traits that might make a planet "superhabitable."
Scientists hunting for planets that could support life have been too focused on finding places that resemble Earth, according to a report in the journal Astrobiology. The authors have come up with a list of traits that might make a planet "superhabitable."
Alien planet around solar twin found in distant star cluster, a first
Scientists using a powerful telescope in Chile have found an alien planet circling a star that is nearly identical to the sun and located in a star cluster 2,500 light-years from Earth
Scientists using a powerful telescope in Chile have found an alien planet circling a star that is nearly identical to the sun and located in a star cluster 2,500 light-years from Earth
Astronomy
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 16, 2014, 7:53am
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Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 16, 2014, 7:53am
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Hubble telescope sees star that may explode soon
A doomed star is poised to explode in a devastating supernova event
A doomed star is poised to explode in a devastating supernova event
Astronomy
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014, 10:04am
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Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014, 10:04am
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Astrophile: Binary stars that form like fraternal twins
Half of the sun-like stars in the galaxy are in binary pairs – we've just glimpsed into a stellar nursery to see how such pairs come into the universe
Half of the sun-like stars in the galaxy are in binary pairs – we've just glimpsed into a stellar nursery to see how such pairs come into the universe
Astronomy
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014, 8:01am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014, 8:01am
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Gas blob comes late to black hole supper
A huge cloud of gas heading toward the black hole at the centre of our galaxy is getting stretched into spaghetti, but hasn't been devoured yet
A huge cloud of gas heading toward the black hole at the centre of our galaxy is getting stretched into spaghetti, but hasn't been devoured yet
Astronomy
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 09, 2014, 9:57am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 09, 2014, 9:57am
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Universe measured to 1% accuracy
Astronomers have pinpointed the positions of galaxies in the universe to a new 'gold standard' accuracy of just 1%.
Astronomers have pinpointed the positions of galaxies in the universe to a new 'gold standard' accuracy of just 1%.
Astronomy
Source: BBC News
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 09, 2014, 9:57am
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Source: BBC News
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 09, 2014, 9:57am
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5 rocky alien planets revealed by NASA's Kepler spacecraft
The 5 planets range in size from 10 to 80 percent larger than Earth
The 5 planets range in size from 10 to 80 percent larger than Earth
Astronomy
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 08, 2014, 12:23pm
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Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 08, 2014, 12:23pm
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Hubble Reveals Universe's Oldest Galaxies
The storied space telescope reveals the most ancient galaxies, ones born in the era of the first stars.
The storied space telescope reveals the most ancient galaxies, ones born in the era of the first stars.
Astronomy
Source: National Geographic News
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 08, 2014, 12:23pm
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Source: National Geographic News
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 08, 2014, 12:23pm
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Dust factory seen in the heart of an exploding star
The expanding remnant of a supernova holds a vast core of dust, which could help explain how the universe got so dusty
The expanding remnant of a supernova holds a vast core of dust, which could help explain how the universe got so dusty
Astronomy
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 07, 2014, 8:46am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 07, 2014, 8:46am
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