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Organic compound found in early stages of star formation
Jun 13, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) are part of a team that have for the first time detected methyl isocyanate (or CH3NCO) in a solar-type p...
Device designed to exploit scattering of light by mechanical vibrations
Jun 07, 2017 (SPX)
The proposed device resulted from the projects "Nanophotonics in Group IV and III-V semiconductors" and "Optomechanics in photonic and phononic crystals", both ...
Celestial boondocks: Study supports the idea we live in a void
Jun 07, 2017 (SPX)
Now, a new study by a UW-Madison undergraduate, also a student of Barger's, not only firms up the idea that we exist in one of the holes of the Swiss cheese str...
A stream of superfluid light
Jun 07, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers from CNR NANOTEC of Lecce in Italy, in collaboration with Polytechnique Montreal in Canada have shown that for light "dressed" with electrons, an ev...
Jackpot! Cosmic magnifying-glass effect captures universe's brightest galaxies
Jun 07, 2017 (SPX)
The galaxy images, magnified through a phenomenon called gravitational lensing, reveal a tangled web of misshapen objects punctuated by exotic patterns such as ...
CU Boulder researchers explain mystery of 'banging' galaxy clusters
Jun 07, 2017 (SPX)
The two clusters, which are coming together to create the larger galaxy cluster Abell 115, are located some 2.4 billion light years away. The turbulent area of ...
New Jupiter-like world so hot it stretches definition of 'planet'
Jun 06, 2017 (SPX)
With a day-side temperature of 4,600 Kelvin (more than 7,800 degrees Fahrenheit), planet KELT-9b is hotter than most stars, and only 1,200 Kelvin (about 2,000 d...
ALMA returns to Boomerang Nebula
Jun 06, 2017 (SPX)
The answer, according to astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), may be that a small companion star has plunged into the hear...
Hubble 'traps' a vermin galaxy
Jun 05, 2017 (SPX)
This shows a distant galaxy - visible as the smudge to the lower right - as it begins to align with and pass behind a star sitting nearer to us within the Milky...
NRL Astronomers Inspire Youth to Gaze at Stars
Jun 02, 2017 (SPX)
As in previous years, thousands of participants are expected to gaze at the stars, planets and Moon through telescopes, participate in hands-on demonstrations, ...
Looking at complex light wave forms
Jun 01, 2017 (SPX)
Light pulses are electromagnetic waves. Their characteristics such as the direction of oscillation, duration and intensity depend on the spatiotemporal evolutio...
Scientists detect light-matter interaction in single layer of atoms
May 31, 2017 (SPX)
Scientists typically use spectrometry tools to study the way light interacts with a gas, liquid or solid. That method is described as "inelastic," meaning the l...
NASA Team Takes on a New Optical Challenge - the Lyman Alpha Limit
May 31, 2017 (SPX)
Now, they're attempting to set another record. Manuel Quijada and his team, optical experts at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, are in...
China's space telescope to observe big eaters in universe
May 30, 2017 (XNA)
Scientists have discovered that almost every galaxy has a supermassive black hole with a mass several million to several billion times that of the Sun at its ce...
China's space telescope to survey Milky Way
May 30, 2017 (XNA)
China will soon launch its first X-ray space telescope, the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), with the aim of surveying the Milky Way to observe celestial...
New NASA Mission to Study Mysterious Neutron Stars, Aid in Deep Space Navigation
May 29, 2017 (SPX)
Launching June 1, the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) will be installed aboard the space station as the first mission dedicated to studying n...
First Stone Ceremony for ESO's Extremely Large Telescope
May 29, 2017 (SPX)
This milestone marked the beginning of the construction of the dome and main telescope structure of the world's biggest optical telescope, and ushered in a new ...
Researchers find new way to control light with electric fields
May 29, 2017 (SPX)
"Our method is similar to the technique used to provide the computing capabilities of computers," says Linyou Cao, an assistant professor of materials science a...
Understanding Star Formation in the Nucleus of Galaxy IC 342
May 28, 2017 (SPX)
At a distance of about 13 million light-years, galaxy IC 342 is considered relatively nearby. It is about the same size and type as our Milky Way Galaxy, and or...
Biggest Ever Simulations Help Uncover the History of the Galaxy
May 25, 2017 (SPX)
Astronomers study our own and other galaxies with telescopes and simulations, in an effort to piece together their structure and history. Spiral galaxies like t...
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