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Star factory in the early Universe challenges galaxy evolution theory
Apr 22, 2013 (SPX)
A team including Mat Page (UCL Space and Climate Physics) has discovered an extremely distant galaxy making stars more than 2000 times faster than our own Milky...
Massive Star Factory Churned in Universe's Youth
Apr 19, 2013 (SPX)
Astronomers using a world-wide collection of telescopes have discovered the most prolific star factory in the Universe, surprisingly in a galaxy so distant that...
Supernova Remnant
Apr 19, 2013 (SPX)
This year, astronomers around the world have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of X-ray astronomy. Few objects better illustrate the progress of the field i...
Sofia Observations Reveal a Surprise in Massive Star Formation
Apr 18, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers using the airborne Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have captured the most detailed mid-infrared images yet of a massive sta...
Dark Matter Search Results Indicate First Hint Of Wimp-Like Signal
Apr 17, 2013 (SPX)
An international collaboration whose search for dark matter is powered by detectors being fabricated at Texas A and M University has for the first time observed...
Dying Supergiant Stars Implicated in Hours-long Gamma-Ray Bursts
Apr 17, 2013 (SPX)
Three unusually long-lasting stellar explosions discovered by NASA's Swift satellite represent a previously unrecognized class of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Two i...
Astronomers observe 'blazar' emitting highest-energy light ever seen
Apr 16, 2013 (UPI)
Astronomers meeting in Denver say the skies are being flooded with the brightest display of Gamma rays -- the universe's highest-energy light -- ever seen. The ...
The mathematical method for simulating the evolution of the solar system has been improved
Apr 16, 2013 (SPX)
In order to improve a simulation designed to study the evolution of the solar system through time, numerical mathematical methods have been developed at the Com...
Supernova may have left biological 'signature' in ancient Earth
Apr 15, 2013 (UPI)
Samples from the Pacific Ocean floor may hold the signature of a distant supernova that bathed the Earth with high energy millions of years ago, scientists say....
Discovery of a Blue Supergiant Star Born in the Wild
Apr 12, 2013 (SPX)
A duo of astronomers, Dr. Youichi Ohyama (Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica or ASIAA, Taiwan) and Dr. Ananda Hota (UM-DAE Centre for Exce...
A Ghostly Green Bubble
Apr 12, 2013 (SPX)
This intriguing new picture from ESO's Very Large Telescope shows the glowing green planetary nebula IC 1295 surrounding a dim and dying star located about 3300...
Suzaku 'Post-mortem' Yields Insight into Kepler's Supernova
Apr 10, 2013 (SPX)
An exploding star observed in 1604 by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler held a greater fraction of heavy elements than the sun, according to an analysis of ...
Observationally Confirmed Supernova Explosion of a Yellow Supergiant Star
Apr 06, 2013 (SPX)
Observational results of the Hubble Space Telescope announced in March 2013 confirmed the theoretical prediction by the Bersten team at the Kavli Institute for ...
NASA Taps the Power of Zombie Stars in Two-in-One Instrument
Apr 06, 2013 (SPX)
Neutron stars have been called the zombies of the cosmos. They shine even though they're technically dead, occasionally feeding on neighboring stars if they ven...
Hubble breaks record for furthest supernova
Apr 05, 2013 (SPX)
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has broken the record in the quest to find the furthest supernova of the type used to measure cosmic distances. This superno...
Shining light on elusive dark matter
Apr 05, 2013 (ESA)
The antimatter hunter AMS-02 on the International Space Station is searching for the missing pieces of our Universe. The project's first results published are h...
Astrophysicists to probe dark matter in sunny California
Apr 04, 2013 (SPX)
Uncloaking the secrets of dark matter in the universe is a cosmological conundrum puzzling some of the brightest astrophysicists. An upcoming conference, sponso...
New Insights on How Spiral Galaxies Get Their Arms
Apr 03, 2013 (SPX)
Spiral galaxies are some of the most beautiful and photogenic residents of the universe. Our own Milky Way is a spiral. Our solar system and Earth reside somewh...
Swirling Secrets
Apr 03, 2013 (SPX)
Many newly formed stars are surrounded by what are called protoplanetary disks, swirling masses of warm dust and gas that can constitute the core of a developin...
Supernova remnant 1987A continues to reveal its secrets
Apr 03, 2013 (SPX)
A team of astronomers led by the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have succeeded in observing the death throws of a giant star in unpre...
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