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Unusual supernova is doubly unusual for being perfectly normal
Jun 24, 2013 (SPX)
August, 2011, saw the dazzling appearance of the closest and brightest Type Ia supernova since Type Ia's were established as "standard candles" for measuring th...
Colliding Galaxy Pair Takes Flight
Jun 21, 2013 (SPX)
This striking NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, which shows what looks like the profile of a celestial bird, belies the fact that close encounters between gala...
Cosmic Giants Shed New Light on Dark Matter
Jun 19, 2013 (SPX)
An international team of astronomers (Note) from Taiwan, England, and Japan has used the Subaru Telescope to measure the distribution of dark matter in fifty ga...
New Kind of Variable Star Discovered
Jun 17, 2013 (SPX)
Astronomers using the Swiss 1.2-metre Euler telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile have found a new type of variable star. The discovery was based on ...
Euclid to probe dark Universe with Astrium science module
Jun 14, 2013 (ESA)
The module carrying the telescope and scientific instruments of ESA's Euclid 'dark Universe' mission is now being developed by Astrium in Toulouse, France. Eucl...
Simple theory may explain mysterious dark matter
Jun 13, 2013 (SPX)
Most of the matter in the universe may be made out of particles that possess an unusual, donut-shaped electromagnetic field called an anapole. This proposal, wh...
A Video Map of Motions in the Nearby Universe
Jun 13, 2013 (SPX)
An international team of researchers, including University of Hawaii at Manoa astronomer Brent Tully, has mapped the motions of structures of the nearby univers...
NGC 6334: A Mini Starburst Region?
Jun 13, 2013 (SPX)
Stars are known to form in dense clouds of gas and dust, but why do some regions show prodigious rates of star formation, while others barely produce any young ...
Shining a Light on Cool Pools of Gas in the Galaxy
Jun 13, 2013 (JPL)
Newly formed stars shine brightly, practically crying out, "Hey, look at me!" But not everything in our Milky Way galaxy is easy to see. The bulk of material be...
NASA's warp-speed mission leads to Star Trek-like spacecraft concept
Jun 12, 2013 (UPI)
Since 2012, physicist Harold White has been working with engineers at NASA to determine whether a spacecraft could be designed to reach "warp speed" -- to trave...
UCI scientists size up universe's most lightweight dwarf galaxy
Jun 12, 2013 (SPX)
The least massive galaxy in the known universe has been measured by UC Irvine scientists, clocking in at just 1,000 or so stars with a bit of dark matter holdin...
Young star suggests our sun was a feisty toddler
Jun 12, 2013 (SPX)
If you had a time machine that could take you anywhere in the past, what time would you choose? Most people would probably pick the era of the dinosaurs in hope...
Stellar brightness points to new class of stars
Jun 12, 2013 (AFP)
An intriguing stellar cluster located 7,000 light years from Earth has prompted astronomers to create a new class of stars with "pulsating" brightness, the Euro...
Galaxy in its death throes may hold clues to birth of dwarf systems
Jun 12, 2013 (SPX)
A bright dwarf galaxy relatively close to Earth's Milky Way and trailing fireballs is the first clear example of a galaxy in the act of dying, scientists argue ...
Astronomers Discover Light Echo From Supernova
Jun 10, 2013 (SPX)
Astronomers have discovered light echoing off material surrounding a recent supernova explosion, SN 2009ig. The dust and gas that are reflecting the light are s...
Cat's Paw Nebula 'littered' with baby stars
Jun 10, 2013 (SPX)
Most skygazers recognize the Orion Nebula, one of the closest stellar nurseries to Earth. Although it makes for great views in backyard telescopes, the Orion Ne...
Spitzer Sees Milky Way's Blooming Countryside
Jun 07, 2013 (JPL)
New views from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show blooming stars in our Milky Way galaxy's more barren territories, far from its crowded core. The images are p...
Hubble Maps 3-D Structure Of Ejected Material Around Erupting Star
Jun 06, 2013 (SPX)
A flash of light from a stellar outburst has provided a rare look at the 3-D structure of material ejected by an erupting nova. Astronomers used NASA's Hubble S...
Penn State controlled satellite captures best ultraviolet maps of two galaxies
Jun 06, 2013 (SPX)
The most detailed ultraviolet light surveys ever made of the two major galaxies that are closest to our own Milky Way, the Large and Small Magellanic clouds, ha...
Galaxy In Its Death Throes May Hold Clues To Birth Of Some Dwarfs
Jun 05, 2013 (SPX)
A bright dwarf galaxy relatively close to Earth's Milky Way and trailing fireballs is the first clear example of a galaxy in the act of dying, scientists argue ...
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