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Gluttonous Star May Hold Clues to Planet Formation
Jun 20, 2016 (JPL)
In 1936, the young star FU Orionis began gobbling material from its surrounding disk of gas and dust with a sudden voraciousness. During a three-month binge, as...
First Detection of Methyl Alcohol in a Planet-forming Disc
Jun 20, 2016 (SPX)
The organic molecule methyl alcohol (methanol) has been found by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in the TW Hydrae protoplanetary disc. T...
Sites selected for world's largest gamma-ray detector
Jun 19, 2016 (SPX)
The National Institute for Astrophysics wins the European competition: the board of the project has decided that the headquarters of the international organizat...
Life's first handshake: Chiral molecule detected in interstellar space
Jun 19, 2016 (SPX)
Like a pair of human hands, certain organic molecules have mirror-image versions of themselves, a chemical property known as chirality. These so-called "handed"...
Nano 'hall of mirrors' causes molecules to mix with light
Jun 16, 2016 (SPX)
When a molecule emits a blink of light, it doesn't expect it to ever come back. However researchers have now managed to place single molecules in such a tiny op...
Failed star creates its own spotlight in the universe
Jun 15, 2016 (SPX)
Although astronomers often refer to brown dwarfs as "failed stars," scientists at the University of Delaware have discovered that at least one of these dim cele...
Light: Information's new friend
Jun 14, 2016 (SPX)
The rise of big data and advances in information technology has serious implications for our ability to deliver sufficient bandwidth to meet the growing demand....
Milky Way now hidden from one-third of humanity
Jun 14, 2016 (SPX)
The Milky Way, the brilliant river of stars that has dominated the night sky and human imaginations since time immemorial, is but a faded memory to one third of...
NASA's NICER Mission Arrives at Kennedy Space Center
Jun 14, 2016 (SPX)
An upcoming NASA astrophysics mission will uncover the physics governing the ultra-dense interiors of neutron stars. Using the same platform, the mission will d...
SOFIA Pinpoints Water Vapor in Young Star
Jun 14, 2016 (SPX)
A team of scientists using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has pinpointed the amount and location of water vapor around a newly for...
Optical 'sonic boom' could help graphene convert electricity into light
Jun 13, 2016 (UPI)
Researchers have discovered a new way to create a strong and focused beam of light using graphene. The technique uses a phenomenon called an "optical boom" -- n...
'Light pollution' dims Milky Way for 1/3 of stargazers: study
Jun 11, 2016 (AFP)
One third of stargazers around the world can't see the Milky Way at night because of "light pollution" from buildings, street lamps and other forms of artificia...
Computer simulations shed light on the Milky Way's missing red giants
Jun 10, 2016 (SPX)
New computer simulations from the Georgia Institute of Technology provide a conclusive test for a hypothesis of why the center of the Milky Way appears to be fi...
Japan OISTER collaboration uncovers the origin of extraordinary supernovae
Jun 10, 2016 (SPX)
Astronomers using the OISTER telescope consortium in Japan have uncovered new information about the origin of 'extraordinary supernovae' explosions, which are b...
Asteroseismologists listen to the relics of the Milky Way
Jun 09, 2016 (SPX)
Astrophysicists from the University of Birmingham have captured the sounds of some of the oldest stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way, according to research publi...
The mystery of the initial mass function solved
Jun 08, 2016 (SPX)
For the first time, scientists used methods of network science to solve a fundamental astrophysical problem - explaining the so-called "initial mass function", ...
Wasteful galaxies launch heavy elements into surrounding halos and deep space
Jun 08, 2016 (SPX)
Galaxies "waste" large amounts of heavy elements generated by star formation by ejecting them up to a million light years away into their surrounding halos and ...
Brand-new detector to reveal the interiors of stars
Jun 07, 2016 (SPX)
The most intense source of gamma radiation constructed to date will soon become operational at the ELI Nuclear Physics research facility. It will be possible to...
Observational distance record promises new tool for studying galaxies
Jun 07, 2016 (SPX)
Astronomers have used new capabilities of the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) to open a whole new realm of research into how...
Astronomers smash cosmic records to see hydrogen in distant galaxy
Jun 06, 2016 (SPX)
An international team of scientists has pushed the limits of radio astronomy to detect a faint signal emitted by hydrogen gas in a galaxy more than five billion...
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